Warnings of being scammed

Hello, I am new here. My name is Mark. I recently joined christianmingle.com and I am currently talking with two ladies right now and is there anyway that I can tell, before they ask about money if they are scammers? I talked with one last night. She seems legit. The other one I haven't chatted with yet, she is 20. I am 34 and I guess there is nothing wrong with that as long as they are over 18. But I find it weird when here I am 14 years older than her and she wants to chat with me. I noticed her name too. She uses 123456 in it so I don't know if thats a sign of a scammer or it is easy to remember. I dont want to assume they are scammers, but any early signs I should look at, maybe they are. The first one like I said seems legit. She is more my age and all. Thanks.

Hello Broncofn77!

There are a few early warning signs to watch for. The biggest is probably when they seem to fall in love with you after a couple days. It is also very common for romance scammers to want to switch quickly to chat or email not associated with the dating site. This is because their profiles are often shut down quickly. Romance scammers are very fond of chat because they can work their victim into the fantasy much quicker than through email. Another big sign is the old adage if it's too good to be true it probably is. This goes for all scams including romance scams. Not trying to be rude but if your an average guy a model type women will not be looking for you on a dating site.

Some other things you can do is google the persons email address this sometimes gives you the answer your looking for. Also parts of their emails that may seem unusual. You may find the same email posted on the Internet since scammers often re-use and share the scam mail.

You can also post anything here or PM one of the support staff. We are experts in recognizing writing styles and methods used by scammers and can typically confirm just reading the initial email the person sends.

A lot more on romance scams here viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3607


Justin

Thanks Justin.

I remember a friend of mine a couple years ago said I should start a myspace page. I did it to try it out and right away, some scammer was hitting me up. Now I knew right away something was wrong because the picture. It looked very professional looking, she looked like a model. As far as these 2 girls, they are about average. I mean the one that I think is legit is prettier than the 20 year old. I mean, shes not a model but to me pretty. . Thank you for the advice.

Just be cautious the dating sites (even the one you mentioned) are crawling with scammers. It's sad but it's how they find almost all of their victims.

Hi Justin. Yep you gotta beto careful. The 34 year old one wants to meet me. Im going probably go for it. I kind of did some research on her and I looked up the high school that she went to, bam everything was right there. She told some private things that I dont think a scammer would even attempt.

The one on myspace I mentioned about was right away saying I have your picture in front of me and blowing kisses. Im like you kidding me.

Plus like I said the was pictures of a very hot model. Professional looking too, like they came from magazines.

This one on christianmingle. com I think shes pretty, but shes average, if you were to rate her. No disrespect. In fact I showed a pictue of her to a friend, he was like Not my type. I go what do you want a model?

Well, went through it yesterday. I might have gotten REEEEEEEALLLLLY lucky. She seemed cool. THe 34 year that is.