Or they ask you for your email addy so they can send fake pics, pretending to be someone they're not, then try and hook you, as in 'make you fall in love with them' and then send them money for a plane ticket to come and see you. As soon as you ask them for a phone number so you can speak on the phone, they make up excuses like looking after their mum cos she's ill, and you will wake her up.
We used to get a lot of Russian scammers back in the day when ICQ was popular, but that was years ago now.
Hi Lindsay. I'm looking for a nice lady for love & you look perfect but you live so far away, can you send me 2 thousand of your english pennies for petrol money so i can meet you please pretty lady.
I think my scamming skills arn't quite up to yank or russian levels yet, need more practice, can someone send me some pennies so i can buy some extra scam skills on ebay.
Enrol in a Nigerian Computer Class and become a fully qualified 419er......
That was all the rage a while ago, you don't hear much from the 419ers these days. If you get one on your case you can mess them around for days sending them to and from Western Union offices to cash the money you sent them. Photoshop the receipts and you can string them along for ages, then when you've had enough you can find an address for a Nigerian cop shop and give them that address and send them to collect the money in person. Once they twig it's a police station they go quiet.
But that's only if you're bored at work and have nothing better to do with your time, like doing the work you're being paid to do...........
No thanks Scarecrow, that email link you clicked installed some software that gives me all your keystrokes. I've got all your log in details for those porn sites too now ;-)
Ok, now I think I'very had one. Feeling very special . 4 pms back and forth, suddenly wants to communicate on email. English not his first language from the grammar and syntax . That on its own not necessarily an issue but, have got virtually no specific info from him. And we haven't talked bikes once! I haven't supplied my email address I return for the onr he kindly provided. I have reported the profile...