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Romance Blog
Romance Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the romance facet of life. Romance Blog: Romance-Scam News Scammers defraud Aussies of $36m a year: police: August 20, 2008 by Asher Moses
Australians lose at least $36 million a year to so-called Nigerian scammers who continue to fleece naive internet users because victims fail to report incidents. Some Nigerian fraudsters go as far as setting up fake profiles on dating sites using pictures of attractive men and women. They string along potential targets for months before organising to meet them, but first ask for money to, for instance, help pay for a plane ticket. Queensland Police recently contacted 139 people who had sent money to Nigeria and found 135 were fraud victims. Some romance scam victims lost $35,000, while businesses who fell prey to Nigerian investment scams - such as the construction of a fictitious oil pipeline - lost up to $5 million. Romance Blog Comment:
I almost everyday keep getting such romance scam emails. Mostly the spam filter doesn't let them reach my view. But at times a few do manage to skip through to my inbox. Here is the latest example of one of these: Hello muffin! Okay, maybe muffin is too cute, but I was seriously browsing for guys when I came across your profile page. Not bad! I want to know more! I'm back on the market, after a serious relationship ended. I'd like something different now. (I'm also looking for someone local - I think we're in the same area? I'm just visiting my best friend, so I'm not sure.) Maybe start off slow, play it by ear. I think you should know more about me. I'm good-looking, smart and ambitious. I'm very easy going and independent... not the clingy type. I like doing many things and I'm a coffee fanatic! Go caffeine go! Don't be shy; if you're interested, get back to me, you will not regret it. FYI, I'm using my best friend's account presently, so please don't reply directly. Instead, send your message to this e-mail address: - - - - - - - - - - - - Thank you. I just laugh at them. At times I do respond to them just in order to trap the trapper... It's only because we are starved of love that we so easily fall prey to such scams around, not only on Internet but in our local interactions too. We are gullible! Here is The Super Mind Evolution System that claims to change your personal life, so if you feel the system is good too - like I do - it may be a humble beginning in the direction of changing the way we live! Just watch this video to check for yourself:
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