I used an ip locator to track this persons email address and I found the IP address to see if they were really posting from Cyprus, Larnaca, which is located, near Turkey and Greece But the persons location was NOT in Cyprus, but in NIGERIA, a sudden red flag for me So that's how I found out just now after 8 months... and the person also goes by the name Daniel Darlene or Zachary Taylor Used as names for Western Union wire money transfers and they have me an address Here's an address from Nigeria:
No 97 Oke Aro Street Ondo State, Akure 23434 Nigeria
WOULD BE A GREAT HELP FROM YOUTHANKSFROM MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
JMA
Unknown,#2Author of original report
Mon, January 20, 2014
wrote a report on your site, and i now want it deleted
i was considering i was involved in a scam, which i was skeptikal so i did,
but now came to realize it wasnt a scam after all, there wasnt one
and the person proved to me it wasnt and now was telling the truth the whole time
so am sorry for the misunderstanding and communication
so now i need you to delete those names and all what has written okay, thank you
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,,,,#3Author of original report
Sun, January 19, 2014
sorry this wasnt a scam, there wasnt one the whole time!!! please delete this post thanks you!!!
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..,#4Author of original report
Sun, January 19, 2014
This isn't a scam anymore, it wasn't the whole time..
FloridaNative
Palm Beach Gardens,#5Consumer Comment
Wed, December 25, 2013
It is a real shame that you have lost your money. However, this is a well known scam that has been going on for a long time. They way this 'dating scam' works is essentially the scammer fishes for people that are lonely. Then after a very short time of online correspondence and "bonding", some event will cause the 'girlfriend/boyfriend' to ask for money. Naturally they ask you to send money in an untraceable way to fix some recent tragedy that has happened or to aid a person in distress. This is done until the target (you) catches onto the scam. All names are fake. The stories are fake. The ony thing that is real is you and your funds.
This is one of many scams. Nigeria has an entire economy that specializes in scamming people around the world. By the way, scammers are anywhere so don't think you can just avoid Nigeria. There is one rule: don't ever send money to anyone you don't know via Western Union, Money Gram or a reloadable card (Green Dot type etc). Why you would send money to a stranger around the world doesn't make any sense to me anyway. But if you choose to do so, understand that you won't get the money back.
Go to the FTC(dot)gov website and read up on this scam and the hundreds of other scams. At least then you will be prepared to recognize it when someone else tries to put their hand in your pocket.