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    Online dating scams: new tricks that fleece victims of an average '£9,589'

    Nearly £10k!

    Singletons sign up to online dating sites in the hope of finding love, but they are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters.
    Read more here ......

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...rage-9589.html
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Going by those figures the fraudsters are making nearly 90k a day, if my maths are correct. Astonishing!


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    Are these people silly people or just madly in love.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    Are these people silly people or just madly in love,
    Often the two go hand-in-hand


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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    Often the two go hand-in-hand
    True Peter, i am glad i have very deep pockets


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    I paid Maritess University fees, but it wasn't much and she never asked, it was me who offered and it helped her parents!


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    most of these scams are from nigeria they are the capital of scammers .


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    Quote Originally Posted by tiger31 View Post
    most of these scams are from nigeria they are the capital of scammers .
    Plenty of 'home grown' UK scammers too........


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    So far it has yielded me very little money. I must be doing something wrong.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    So far it has yielded me very little money. I must be doing something wrong.
    You need to raise your profile and get featured on that BBC programme 'Saints and Scroungers' or 'Rip-off Britain'


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    Are these people silly people or just madly in love?
    Silly? Well ... ... put it this way, they seem to have [a lot] more money than sense!

    Madly in love? I doubt it; ... realistically, how can someone claim to "love" another person if he/she hasn't met the "object of his/her affections"? Infatuated, perhaps ... but not "in love".

    Infatuation - bordering on obsessiveness - can cause people to act in a , often irrational, manner ... like becoming unwittingly hooked on dating sites.


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    You'd have thought that dozens of scamming stories concerning online dating highlighted in the press would act as a warning to these people but obviously not.


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    I think many are groomed over a long time period where some kind of trust is built up.

    I doubt many just sent £9k after a few chats
    http://www.filipinouk.com/forum/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=870&dateline=1270312908


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    Soon as the scammer has reeled their victim in due to their infatuation is when the process starts. Can be as early as a couple of weeks.


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