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3rd February 2009 #1
I have been ripped off....
Like many others I have tried Internet dating and like many others encountered scams, some childish, some a bit sophisticated.... I don't need to repeat the golden rule: a decent and reliable person will never ask for money! If I can give a piece of advice based on my personal experience and judgment (I have been working with law enforcement for nearly three decades and encountered hundreds of crooks in my career..), if you have doubts on the person or just want to make sure she is sincere, use her phone, call her unexpectedly (mind the time difference of course!), use snail mail to be sure her address indeed exists and in some cases Google can be a very efficient detective. My GF introduced herself to me as a recently graduated licensed nurse and this was indeed confirmed by the governmental listings you can access to through Google. Just an example..
Now, as far as the scams are concerned: "my sister wants to sell our computer, and if I can't access a computer how can we communicate Honey?"..... I did not respond. One week later: "my eldest sister died, we need 10.000 Pesos for the funerals". That time I received photos of a funeral with people nearby a coffin, the whole family sobbing in the church, etc.... I sent the 10.000 Pesos. There was one chance out a billion that the story was true... one week later, I got a message about a Social Security check she could not cash because she had no bank account.... I did not respond and in the end she quit. Good luck!
More recently another one wrote me that because a cousin had forgotten something on the stove the whole house had burnt down.... I sent some money again and after she told me that if I was good enough to "lend" 50.000 Pesos she could buy a small house..... well again I decided not to respond. I don't like being a sucker, eventhough this happens to me from time to time.
That's about it, you know what to expect if the girl raises the financial issue..........
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3rd February 2009 #2
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Sorry to hear your repeated story. But please don't give up as not all filipinas are asking for money. Scammers are everywhere so be careful with all the tricks you will encounter.
Goodluck for your next try.
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3rd February 2009 #3
Penny.....can I have some money?
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3rd February 2009 #4
Well at the same time you feel a bit guilty when you know the living conditions in the Philippines. Once I communicated with a schoolmistress in Quezon City, she had to share a room with her brother, they had to share a bathroom with other people and they had no fridge.... mind you, no fridge in a tropical country! And still she had to sell Avon stuff to make both ends meet.... but of course it is not pleasant when this feeling of guilt and compassion is exploited by scammers!
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4th February 2009 #5
i had sideline jobs when i was there (other than my accounting jobs): sold AVON products, Dakki Inflatable pillows, insurances name it!! hehhe...
also, sharing rooms with relatives are so common (but not with a brother if they belong in the same age group?)...
fregarding the fridge: NOT YOUR PROBLEM! there is always an ICE BLOCK/cubes that can be bought in the nearby convenience store...
but she is indeed a scammer.. just be very careful next time...
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4th February 2009 #6
Ummm ... before I arrived in her life, Ruby's family (about a dozen people living there) only had one bed and one room. The only other option was to sleep outdoors. The bed was Ruby's - she bought it because she had become accustomed to a bed while working in Singapore ... and other members of the family did share it with her.
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4th February 2009 #8
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same here,when i applied for my fiancee visa ,some friends of mine says,did you put some western union receipt there, i said "why? he didn't send me money since we met more than year ago" and the reason they say is "commitment" issue, but i think i would be more questionable of the ECO if i ask money,cause i have good business here
the issue here is not all filipina are asking for money
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3rd February 2009 #9
Sorry to hear that Pacificelectric. You seem a nice and genuine person. You deserve someone like you as well. Don't get disappointed you will meet the perfect one for you. Just be very careful because scammers are everywhere. Decent women don't ask money from people they don't even know and never met in person. It's obvious that it is a scam but still you keep on sending money to her. You're really loaded i suppose....
" The people who mean something to your life are not rated "the best" don't have the most money, haven't won the greatest prizes....
They are the ones who care about you, take care of you, those who, no matter what, stay close by... "
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3rd February 2009 #10
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I agree...decent woman dont ask money to whom they are talking in net.If the purpose is to find out a real and serious relationship. Its not bad doing so, like sending money if the relationship is too close already and committed with each other surely. And have meet in person already too...So when a woman ask money easily,even just have newly known each other,, its a real scam..so beware especially young girls using cafe..
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3rd February 2009 #11
Get out there to Philippines and actually meet the girl I say! You'll learn that Filipino's are good natured when you get there, and your sure to have a cracking time! Because your on this website you've become an easy target for scammers it seems..
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16th March 2009 #12
Im wondering why mu husband always different
Because we met on the internet by accident , that time it was my OJT and i had one hour to wait before shift so i went to internet cafe and a friend teach me how to go YM. Luckily he is online and after knowing i am widow with 4kids working hard for them. His heart melt and told me "oh i need to help you". He requested me then to come online next day. After a week of bein chattin he quoted "oh your teeth were beautiful and i replied "nope bcoz last night i have terrible tooth ache which makes me unable to sleep" After a while ive seen him on the phone (thru webcam) then told me to collect money (western union). I was surprised! i dont know how to do collect it, never done it before, but he insisted 4me to go and be back after collecting the money. Gosh! nearly 10k and 100 pounds sent
Never ask for money.
On the 2nd week of our chat, he send again voluntarily. Another Ł100 so i could rent a car to pick him up at the airport.
I had mixed emotion, as if it wasnt real. Im tellin to myself "will he really come? But indeed he cum (CUM?)
When i met him at NAIA, he hug me (gosh i was ashamed hehe) and said
"If your plan is to have money, here, (he open his brief case) take the money (Ł2,000) and let me back to the UK please. dont kill me
I gave him 12 days to think very carefully and to have chance to see filipina ways (oh our ways) also he can withdraw if he find out he didnt love me..
But he cant wait to marry me
he keep on trying to pull me on his room
he didnt succeed
As a son of God, never go to bed without marriage
that makes him to love me more!!!
Never ask for money
not before our marriage
after that YES!!!
ALWAYS
and we live happily ever after
but after 3 n half yrs of happy marriage
here we are facing difficult & heavy situation
pls
pray for us!
THANK YOU"Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city"...
(Psalm 31:21)
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17th March 2009 #13
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3rd February 2009 #14
My wife never asks for money......she's already spent it all....
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3rd February 2009 #15
Well the lady I have now found in Mindanao is great and I am looking forward to meet her there....
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3rd February 2009 #16
Oh great stuff! I've been to Davao twice now, I like Jacks Ridge and there's an eagle sanctuary in Davao if your interested in that kind of thing..Filipino's are fun, good natured people, they've got these amazing smiles I'll never forget it! You may well be expected to pay for everything while your out there...you'll have great fun though!
There are 7 Planes Of Existance:
7 — Material Plane: The earth, where you are right now.
6 — Plane of Forces
5 — Astral Plane
4 — Mental Plane
3 — Too mysterious to describe.
2 — Too mysterious to describe.
1 — Too mysterious to describe.
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4th February 2009 #23
from the photos she is not Abu Sayaf..... not even his sister!!!
SHe is from Davao City and I hope the city is safe. I remember quite vividly the episode of hostage-taking of several westerners among whom several French in Jolo in 2000.... 32 weeks prisoners in the jungle!
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4th February 2009 #26
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4th February 2009 #27
I'll be careful.... I remember being approached by ladyboys when I was on this dating website...
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4th February 2009 #29
I haven't seen the TV news yet but, as far as I can see, most (all?) the recent kidnaps have been is Sulu or Basilan .. quite a way from Davao.
I know that when there have been security problems around here, the police road checks are very evident ... one evening we were stopped and searched three times between Davao and Tagum. There was no sign of any extraordinary activity today.
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4th February 2009 #30
I was also given to understand that life in Manila/Quezon City was far more expensive than anywhere else in the Phils and people there would end up in "crash pads" where they can be lie sardines in a tin can!
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