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 Pete1955
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Age: 58
Looking for: Friendship
Country: United States
State, City: South Carolina
Posts: 112
Status: Offline
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:01 am
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Grace, that same scam has been going on for years...you can google the email address and find the same format and email address reported in 2009 and 2010.
What I don't understand is, why they can get away with using the same email address for so long?
I know most scambaiters don't like to shut down email accounts, but this is ridiculous.
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 Bulbanna
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Age: 35
Looking for: Serious Relationship
Country: Poland
State, City: Gdansk
Posts: 36
Status: Offline
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:36 pm
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The same happened to me... Though I think I should consider myself lucky - I saw through the scam pretty quickly and didn't lose any money. And before now, I'd not even been on a dating website. The scammers approached me on facebook, sending me a PM, which didn't worry me at first - I made a lot of friends in this way... When I started to get suspicious - first with the spelling/punctuation, then with certain slipups - the scammer changed some vital details, mixed up some facts, sent the same emails twice. I started googling, and that's how I came across romancescam, and with all the information about IPs/proxy etc I made sure it's a scam. It really feels horrible, despite no financial loss on my side - but I do feel utterly betrayed, violated. At first when I thought it's just a friend, we exchanged emails and I shared so many personal details: who I am, what I do for a living, information about my family and previous relationship. I even sent them my pics, which they will perhaps use to scam someone else 
It's an awful breach of trust, and indeed, it's hard to forget. I'd never think it could happen too me - I don't think my country is very attractive to fraudsters, my FB profile doesn't give any indications as to my financial status, I was not on any dating websites. My experience proves it can happen to anyone, anywhere in the web.
But I'm determined not to let this experience get me down or lose my faith in people. I'll still trust others, just be extra careful next time.
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Maria Vanetti
SOY 100% HETEROSEXUAL
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Age: 51
Looking for: Friendship
Country: Argentina
State, City: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:50 pm
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Bulbanna: Happened to me just like you. I'd not even been on a dating website. The scammers approached me on facebook, sending me a PM. And I started to get suspicious when the scammer changed some vital details. The positive side: I meet datingmore because of it. 
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Conocerán la verdad y la verdad los hará libres.
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
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Bulbanna
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Age: 35
Looking for: Serious Relationship
Country: Poland
State, City: Gdansk
Posts: 36
Status: Offline
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:54 pm
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Same story here! I was so shattered by the experience and I love the support and help I got on RS - so when I saw that there's a DnM website, I thought it might be a great idea to make friends
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queenelizabeth143
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Age: 39
Looking for: Friendship
Country: Philippines
State, City: Quezon City
Posts: 118
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:04 pm
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@Bulbanna & Maria Vanetti we should be very grateful because we're still alive. I really didn't know about Romance Scamming before that's why I was hooked & scammed.
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spectrumAU
Wizard of Oz
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Age: 62
Looking for: Serious Relationship
Country: Australia
State, City: New South Wales, Sydney
Posts: 1898
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:58 pm
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Very few people know or understand. That's why we need to spread the word. The more who know, the less will get caught eventually putting the scammers out of business.
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Laughter (n): A smile having an orgasm
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queenelizabeth143
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Age: 39
Looking for: Friendship
Country: Philippines
State, City: Quezon City
Posts: 118
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:50 pm
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Very true Ms. Louise!!! That's why I am grateful for Marisa and all the moderators for making this site 99% scam and spam free.
Thank you!!!  
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aloneindekalb
alone in dekalb
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Age: 54
Looking for: Friendship
Country: United States
State, City: dekalb,illinois
Posts: 154
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:01 pm
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amd ot goves us a bond that makes us stronger. finding sonething good from the bad.
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life is lived best with friends. we grow with the friends that we meet.
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queenelizabeth143
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Age: 39
Looking for: Friendship
Country: Philippines
State, City: Quezon City
Posts: 118
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:00 am
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Yes...I agree with you alone...
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:58 am
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To Bulbanna:
All the stories are so similar. I wasn't on dating site either, my scammer found me on Skype which I use only for calling my family and friends. A strange coincidence, his surname was the same as my friend's and I've accepted him as a contact. Fortunately I discovered the site about romance scams soon, made some research and found out the truth. Only one thing seems very strange, I was able to see my scammer for a short time on web cam. But even that could be a fake, I think. I feel very sorry for the people whose pictures are used for the scams. And I talk about my experience with all of my friends to warn them about the risks of the social network. We need to spread the word so the people around us are more cautious. I fear that other victims will fall for scams but the emotional support of this forum helps a lot. At least I realized that there is nothing wrong with me and gained my self-esteem again. We mustn't give them chance to put us on the knees.
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