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15.02.2011, 17:35 quote

gooddude

Hi all, i noticed someone wants to meet me so i looked up her profile and she was a dark haired 30 year old and really quite attractive ( if shes real ) Mmm nice. However these were the words on her profile and it made me think " is she really a nigerian man " out on the scam? bearing in mind shes allegedly from U.K.!

HER PROFILE

I will write about itself only that I weak woman (and in a weakness is our force), well and the word «woman» speaks about yourself - romantic, tender, charming, cheerful, perceptible, emotional, and, main, I IS WOMAN WITH A FAITH IN THE BEST. Curious, I like to read is history, psychology, classic artistic literature science fiction. I love nature and all living sounds, which surround us is noise of marine surf, singing of birds in a forest, silence of enigmatic moon, soft light and crackle of fire. I love sport and conduct the active way of life pretty.

Now i may be a bit dense but it doesnt really make much sense in my dust covered walnut which i know to be my brain, which makes me think it is someone from somwhere else whos grasp of English isnt too good maybe! possibly! casting out the line in the hope that the little fishy ( me ) will swallow the hook and be caught.......Or am i just being too cautious ? Confused

 

15.02.2011, 19:57 quote

gooddude

[quote="handsel"]Can one be too careful, Grasshopper?



They (her and kissforyou) do look similar; it could be the same person; she could be 30; she could have moved to London in the 3 years since (when she found they'd fibbed about Canada! Razz); and she could be a teacher (but maybe not English! Razz) - but I still think you are right to be cautious

Hi Handsel you wise old dog! ( compliment )
How did you know it was kissforyou ??????
There was me trying to be the perfect gent and not disclose any personal details about said young lady!
could it be that you ARE IN FACT KISSFORYOU lol..
Hi Gypsy hope you are well?
Generally:
[ ] spammers approach you;

Yea but i approach people too so does that mean that the reason im not getting many responses from mail is because all the good looking ladies are really thinking " Jeebus hes Soooo Hot he has to be scamming and thats why im being ignored!!!! lol

[ ] they usually leave a Facebook, or similar link;

Yea have noticed that one but its hard to tell,I contacted a lady in USA to say hello because she had been on my page and she left me her E address without even really talking...Now not too sure me thinks!.

[ ] they often include an email address ('for very nice photos I have');

That hasnt happened yet but i am new here so there is plenty of time i suppose.

[ ] the profile pic is usually very good;

Yeap that appears to be the case

[ ] the profile text (like the message) is often very poor English.

What talk bout you say so how you are doing !!! You mean kina like that lol

If you tick two or more, the chances are it's a spammer.

Mmmmmm SPAM Who remembers spam fritters ,? yumyum!

 

02.08.2011, 08:08 quote

caroline68

I recieve an email from him, you know; very attracttive, millonaire, and WIDOWER,,,,so in the past I recieve this kind of "PROPOSSALS", with questions very instructive, and the letters from him are so so so LARGE and my god, I cant believe but is true..and when I asded him if we can see us in webcam..he pretend change the conversation, becasue the work he hava etc...

P L E A S E .....BEWARE FROM SWANDAV, DAVIES GWYNNE is the name he gave me..

I hope you can expose him to all the audience..

Thanks a lot.
Caroline68
Hi Handsel you wise old dog! ( compliment )
How did you know it was kissforyou ??????
There was me trying to be the perfect gent and not disclose any personal details about said young lady!
could it be that you ARE IN FACT KISSFORYOU lol..
[...][/quote]
I Googled one part and got the woman on here and then - because they tend to cut-and-paste - I Googled another and got the American one. You'll find they reuse the same profile text and often reuse the same 'handle'. A bit of Google finds them out! Razz

There's only one profile for me here - and this is it! Lump it, or like it!
(And I get a few liking it! Razz)
And wiseolddogforyou wouln't have worked! Razz

You'll have to experiment with the replying. Nobody could say - without reading both posts - which were my words and which were yours. If you don't want to cut out the various bits you want to reply to, it's best to leave the whole post as a quote and just post below.
Or cut out the bit you want to reply to (as I've done) and just reply to that.
Otherwise the attributions get shot to bits and it's impossible to decide who said what.

But (you'll notice) I never said kissforyou is a scammer!

Good luck with your search. There's been a lot of topics about how to best display your 'wares'! Laughing
And what works best in the messages to women.
If you learn to use the search over there >>>
you'll be able to find them.
But getting your profile right and getting that first message right are the things to concentrate on. Then a bit of diligence and perseverance...[/quote] UT

 
 
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