ATTENTION PM Spam Scam for the lovelorn

It's not a fraudster really - although this site may have been targeted by one such setup. Usually there's a gang of boys doing this from one Internet Cafe, using that one as their base of operations.

And they handle all minor traffic - getting people to send money and stuff. Well armed with pictures of women from different nationalities, more often than not with one or more women involved to handle phone calls as well (although in many cases, especially new set-ups, the boys will try to impersonate a woman on the phone as well).

If they manage to lure someone to travel down there, other gangs of more well established fraudsters will take over. The same people trying to trick money out of people by using the "millions in the bank looking for an owner" scheme. More often than not resulting in the disappearance of whoever's stupid enough to travel down there, and the subsequent death when the person can't get them more money.

Most common in Nigeria true enough, but these days most African nations have such schemes. As long as they have a destabilized government system where corruption flourishes, these set-ups will go on without anyone looking into them. For quite a few nations it is one of their most important "industries".

  The fraudsters behind this Nigerian scam have been doing it for a while on the internet (sometimes poses as female, sometimes as male).

Edited by Logan - February 28 2010 at 00:35

Just to note that PMs were sent under various accounts to various members.  PA has taken action, but if you get a message from a stranger that says she or he is interested in you and wants you to contact her/him, it is part of a scam and you should not communicate with the person.


Edited by Logan - February 28 2010 at 00:13