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  • Dec 25, 2010, 06:22 PM
    interestedin
    Can scammers use other peoples pictures, saying they are that person
  • Dec 25, 2010, 06:24 PM
    ITstudent2006

    Why couldn't they. I can spoof my email and include a picture of anybody I want and say it's me. Anybody can say they are somebody else and unless you know them you don't know any better!
  • Dec 25, 2010, 06:35 PM
    interestedin
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    Would consider a woman that has sent pictures an her address to be a sammer
  • Dec 25, 2010, 06:45 PM
    ITstudent2006

    What is your question?
  • Dec 25, 2010, 07:58 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    It is from Ghana, scam of some sort,

    Very pretty lady, how much money does she want you to send her.

    And of course you know this lady is not really in Ghana, they merely found her on the internet , copied her photo and are using it.
  • Dec 25, 2010, 08:21 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    I have merged your posts,

    And yes, most if not all scammers always use the photos of other people, those 24 year old models will normally be a 50 or 60 year old grandma or even a man who is merely typing form a script they are given, There are normally a room full of people who work for a company that does nothing but scams
  • Dec 25, 2010, 08:27 PM
    ITstudent2006

    If you Google the companies on her lanyard it will show you that CCBill, Cave Creek and DRM netowrks are hosting companies. :D. Hosting what? Hmm... I wonder
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:14 AM
    cmeeks
    OK if the email did not come from a trusted source or if it was unsolicited it is a scam. Also if it comes from a friends account and ask for money it is usually a scam. If it is a friend do not contact them through email because if their email is hacked the bad guys will still have control of it so of course they will say "yea it is me and I need money I am... and this... happened.
    Trust No One
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:20 AM
    J_9

    Hey, that pic is me!! How did they get that pic? :p
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:37 AM
    Fr_Chuck

    I new you were hot and sexy J9
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:36 PM
    interestedin
    Thank you,I have quite a few pictures of her an she calls me daily an there is another one going by the name of patricia farris that got 10,000.00 from me ,I also have pictures of her to, but when she couldn't get anymore money from ,she disappeared ,but I know she uses other sites also , she started in Kelowna, Canada, I sent her money to come here,but the next time I heard from her ,she was in lagos Nigeria... did you see the documents I send to you,do they look fake to you... the lady that is calling me now, her real name iszenabu Abubakar... her adderess is {personal info removed} Ghana,is there any way you could find out who she really is, the ph no. she uses is a cell ph ,I'm sure an she has been on a web cam to me an it is the same girl ,in the pictures, is there a way they could fake that. Her phone no. is {personal info removed}, this person has already gotten 8,000.00 dollars from me, is there anyway you could find out if she is real ,because I'm suppose to send for her on the 1st. Of Jan, an I really hate to lose any more money... Thank you for your help...
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:42 PM
    interestedin
    Comment on J_9's post
    Don't know, but they have sent me a lot of them ,where do you live..?
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:47 PM
    ITstudent2006
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by interestedin View Post
    don,t know, but they have sent me a lot of them ,where do you live....???

    Don't expect her to tell you where she lives. I wouldn't expect anybody to tell a person online where they live!
  • Dec 26, 2010, 08:50 PM
    J_9

    You've actually spent Eighteen THOUSAND dollars on people you have never met?

    OMG, I almost choked when I read that! I had to read it twice. The second time with my glasses on!

    Are you nucking FUTZ!?

    Look, my 17 year old could really use a car and I don't have the money, my husband lost his job and I'm working like mad just to put food in our mouths and not lose our home. I only need about $5,000.

    Seriously though, you really think these people are going to come meet you? It's not going to happen. It's a scam and your $18,000 has disappeared into thin air.
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:14 PM
    interestedin
    Comment on ITstudent2006's post
    She says its her in the photos, I'd be pissed if someone was using my picture to scam people out of money...
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:16 PM
    interestedin
    Comment on J_9's post
    I'm not worried about the money, I have money ,I just don't like liars an if you want a car ,tell your old man to go to work...
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:19 PM
    ITstudent2006

    It was a joke!
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:20 PM
    Alty

    An official document with more spelling errors than a 3rd grader would make, and you have to ask if it's a scam? Come on, they spelled subject: sunbject, not to mention many other errors.

    It's fake. She's fake.

    Keep talking to her, tell her you're broke and can't send any money. Watch how quickly she disappears.
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:20 PM
    interestedin
    Comment on ITstudent2006's post
    I did ,it seems to be some kind of company, that porno checks among other things... writes..
  • Dec 26, 2010, 09:28 PM
    Alty

    Quote:

    she says its her in the photos, I'd be pissed if someone was using my picture to scam people out of money...
    J9 was joking. It's not her in the pictures. It was a joke.

    The scam however isn't a joke, and it happens all the time. I'd bet a lot of money that the picture that was sent to you isn't the picture of the girl you're talking to. Heck, you may not even be talking to a girl.

    I'm shocked that you would fall for this twice. Didn't you learn the first time? Remember what happened the first time? The girl disappeared. This one will do the same as soon as she soaks you for all the money she can. Once you stop paying, she'll move on to her next victim.

    Do you have a webcam? As her to do a web chat. I think it would be very enlightening.

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