New here and saying hello

Hi.. just thought I'd find out more about the site.

I am in the process of trying to find out if my mother is being scammed by the man she's been talking with for quite some time now. "Love" has been spoken about in her feelings for this man so I know it's going to be hard for her to concieve that he'd do this to her. BUT.....

anywho..... more as things develop.....

Hi!!!

Hi everwatchfulone

Welcome to Scamwarners.

Romance scammers is where I got most of my training and with a little research I may well be able to find the proof you are looking for.

Feel free to post or email me any details you can and I will look into it for you.

The most obvious signs are;
Quick to fall in love
Travels for work or business, particularly to Africa
Use of words such as Hunny, dearest, bcos, am (rather than I am), ok, soonest
Seldom answer questions during early correspondance
Short emails during the later part of the scam
Poor grammer and spelling for a person who lives in an english speaking country
Professional such as engineer or architect
Use of scripted love poems
Sudden changes in writing ability
Request for money, cashing checks or recieving goods
Urgent situations arising such as accidents, muggings or sick family members

Male romance scammers are usually late 30s to early 40s with a child
Wife died in a car accident or other tradgedy
Usually use photos of models (most commonly from www.focushawaii.com) but not always
Use of very small photos

There are many ways we can check them out but if the above stereotype looks familiar then it is time to step in, if there are doubts post some information for me and I will take a look at it for you

Hi everwatchfulone and welcome. I'm sorry to hear about your mother. Please do let us know if you would like a warner from here to contact her.

Hi, everwatchfulone, and welcome to Scamwarners!

Your mother is blessed to have a child like you, who watches out for her.

In addition to the warning signs posted by Ralph above, there are steps you can take to research things. Try putting his email address (just the part before the @) in a search engine, and see if he is listed on sites that deal with romance scammers (there are quite a few of those). Enter his name plus the word "scam" into the search engine, also. If he has scammed other women, they may have posted about it.

If your mother has received checks from him, she must not cash them - they will be fake. If he has sent items to her as gifts, or for her to send on somewhere else, they will have been purchased with a stolen credit card. The true evil of the man appears then. When the credit card is reported compromised, the authorities are going to go after the person to whom the items were delivered.

I don't mean to sound alarmist, but your mother needs an intervention. If you (and your siblings) can't get through to her, she might respond to a warning from a disinterested party.

Do please keep us informed of what's going on. We want to see everyone safe from scammers.