Am I about to fall victim to a scammer?

Hi all,

I met a woman on an online dating site a couple of months ago and we've since been communicating via Skype. She did profess strong feelings for me very quickly and said she was coming from England to my home town in February. She said she probably couldn't find accommodation around the time she has booked the flight and would camp in a tent if I could recommend any camping grounds. I felt dreadful and had fallen for her quite hard so suggested she come stay with me, which she agreed to but said she would find her own accommodation within a week or so. My friends and family said I was crazy to do this as I hadn't met her so I trusted their better judgement and told her I couldn't have her in my home as a stranger. She said she was fine with that but then about ten days later she pulled away a little and said it was crazy to be taking about love etc so soon and that we should pull it back a little. I thought that made sense and I've since tried keeping my head about me.

Fast forward a few weeks to today where she has just asked me if she can deposit money into my bank account before she gets here. She said that she gets charged too much to use her MasterCard here and it would save her money this way. I asked her why she couldn't just set up a bank account when she gets here and she said she can't transfer money to a new account from here...that she needs to physically do it from England.

This is where I've really started to get concerned. It was a slight concern when she needed accommodation but I could see that maybe that was the case...but transferring money into my account and without having met me? This is a major alarm bell.

Am I paranoid here or right to be concerned?

Welcome to ScamWarners Purplereign. I would be concerned about depositing money for another person into my account. What I predict "she" will do is send you a check, you deposit it, then "she" emails you and tells you she has an emergency and would you please send most of the money back to "her". Of course you can keep some of the money for your trouble.

The problem is, the check will be forged. It may get past a teller, but it WILL be discovered that the check is a forgery and YOU will be responsible for the money the bank has been defrauded of. You may even be charged with attempted fraud or banking fraud.

Have you searched the email address online or here? Have you checked the headers and IP to see where the emails are originating from?

Please post more information such as the email address and the headers and we can help you more.