by NotsoNaive
Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:31 pm
Hi,
I want to let you know that I am so very happy for your site. I recently joined an online dating service called Match.com. By the second week I was invited to start chatting with someone who turned out to be a scammer. He claimed to be Charles Russell, a 52 year old widower from Berea KY for 1 month but had been in NC for 10 years prior to that. He said he was from Dublin, Ireland but had lived in the US since Oct 1999. His details were:
Yahoo IM: "[email protected]"
Email: "[email protected]
cell # (704) 635-6428 (which is a Monroe, NC #)
Mother's name Elizabeth Russell
no children, no siblings, no friends
He claimed he was a self employed contractor for Engineering development companies and supplied construction supplies for bridges and roadways in other countries. He claimed to have made many contracts in places like Germany, Ireland, China, etc. His next big contract was to be in Egypt.
He was initailly rather charming but by our second chat I started getting a little suspicious. He was supposedly a well educated man but his grammer and punctuation was poor. I was willing to overlook this but by our second or third chat he was proclaiming his developing feelings for me. However the things he was saying came across with much better grammar and punctuation. He also would text me, which I thought was odd for a man of his age to text and not call.
I started doing some investigating and discovered that the love words he was spouting were being copied and pasted from online love letter and poetry sites. Then I came across this site and everything clicked into place. He texted and never called. He wanted to meet but not until after he chatted for a while, even though he supposedly only lived a short distance from me. He wanted my Match.com information so he could cancel my account for me. He started getting "feelings" for me very quickly. He wanted to know my financial situation.
I have to admit that I played along with him for a couple of days to see what he would do. I even started copying and pasting love passages from the same online sites he was using. Finally, by the 5th chat he asked for money. His story was that he was in Egypt for his contract and neither the hotel or several banks would cash his travelers checks for him. I finally let him know that I was onto his scam by posting in Spanish and in Irish. It was pretty funny, actually.
I have not had any contact with him since. I wanted to come on here to warn others about this person. He did not get anything from me but I know he has done this to others and will try to do it again. I have several pictures of him also.I apologise however that I informed him I would be giving his information to your website. I hope this does not create problems for you.
Sincerly,
NotsoNaive
This is his original email through Match.com to me with his Match.com user ID:
hsmptl019920
52, Berea, KY
Seeking Female 43-70 I want a trusting loving relationship
I am a very honest person, caring, kind, social, smart, intelligent, passionate, friendly, romantic, and I believe in the truth and honesty of love..I am really a very sincere person when it comes to sharing feelings and emotions with that special person and I am down to earth, honest about the things I say and I do because I don't like hurting peoples feelings, cause everyone has… Read more »
From: hsmptl019920 < [email protected] > / Received: October 21, 2010
Good evening
Hello,
How are you doing and am happy writing you this little message,when i look through your profile it sound interesting to me and i decided to message you.My name is Charles Russell,I'm a very sincere person when it comes to sharing feelings and emotions with that special woman and I am down to earth, honest about the things I say and I do because I don't like hurting peoples feelings, cause everyone has a chance to laugh and be happy,am looking for serious relationship,someone to share my true love with it,I will like us to know more about each other and hopefully we can meet in person if the future permit.I hope to hear back from you and you can reply back to me through my personal email address or on Yahoo IM to chat more better and it will be my pleasure to know your email address also...
Email :Caringman520@ AOL dot com
Yahoo IM : Caringman520
Charles
I want to let you know that I am so very happy for your site. I recently joined an online dating service called Match.com. By the second week I was invited to start chatting with someone who turned out to be a scammer. He claimed to be Charles Russell, a 52 year old widower from Berea KY for 1 month but had been in NC for 10 years prior to that. He said he was from Dublin, Ireland but had lived in the US since Oct 1999. His details were:
Yahoo IM: "[email protected]"
Email: "[email protected]
cell # (704) 635-6428 (which is a Monroe, NC #)
Mother's name Elizabeth Russell
no children, no siblings, no friends
He claimed he was a self employed contractor for Engineering development companies and supplied construction supplies for bridges and roadways in other countries. He claimed to have made many contracts in places like Germany, Ireland, China, etc. His next big contract was to be in Egypt.
He was initailly rather charming but by our second chat I started getting a little suspicious. He was supposedly a well educated man but his grammer and punctuation was poor. I was willing to overlook this but by our second or third chat he was proclaiming his developing feelings for me. However the things he was saying came across with much better grammar and punctuation. He also would text me, which I thought was odd for a man of his age to text and not call.
I started doing some investigating and discovered that the love words he was spouting were being copied and pasted from online love letter and poetry sites. Then I came across this site and everything clicked into place. He texted and never called. He wanted to meet but not until after he chatted for a while, even though he supposedly only lived a short distance from me. He wanted my Match.com information so he could cancel my account for me. He started getting "feelings" for me very quickly. He wanted to know my financial situation.
I have to admit that I played along with him for a couple of days to see what he would do. I even started copying and pasting love passages from the same online sites he was using. Finally, by the 5th chat he asked for money. His story was that he was in Egypt for his contract and neither the hotel or several banks would cash his travelers checks for him. I finally let him know that I was onto his scam by posting in Spanish and in Irish. It was pretty funny, actually.
I have not had any contact with him since. I wanted to come on here to warn others about this person. He did not get anything from me but I know he has done this to others and will try to do it again. I have several pictures of him also.I apologise however that I informed him I would be giving his information to your website. I hope this does not create problems for you.
Sincerly,
NotsoNaive
This is his original email through Match.com to me with his Match.com user ID:
hsmptl019920
52, Berea, KY
Seeking Female 43-70 I want a trusting loving relationship
I am a very honest person, caring, kind, social, smart, intelligent, passionate, friendly, romantic, and I believe in the truth and honesty of love..I am really a very sincere person when it comes to sharing feelings and emotions with that special person and I am down to earth, honest about the things I say and I do because I don't like hurting peoples feelings, cause everyone has… Read more »
From: hsmptl019920 < [email protected] > / Received: October 21, 2010
Good evening
Hello,
How are you doing and am happy writing you this little message,when i look through your profile it sound interesting to me and i decided to message you.My name is Charles Russell,I'm a very sincere person when it comes to sharing feelings and emotions with that special woman and I am down to earth, honest about the things I say and I do because I don't like hurting peoples feelings, cause everyone has a chance to laugh and be happy,am looking for serious relationship,someone to share my true love with it,I will like us to know more about each other and hopefully we can meet in person if the future permit.I hope to hear back from you and you can reply back to me through my personal email address or on Yahoo IM to chat more better and it will be my pleasure to know your email address also...
Email :Caringman520@ AOL dot com
Yahoo IM : Caringman520
Charles