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by Dotti Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:59 pm
Wow, you were not kidding about "uninformed."

The FBI would not reveal the identity of a subject currently under investigation to a victim, let alone allow them to post it on the internet! Things like that can destroy an active case. I can't say for sure whether the victim is just posting her own conclusions as fact, or whether she has fallen for a recovery scam and believes she really is getting that information from the authorities.

Unfortunately, that is an example of why we do have to moderate the forums, and why we have established evidence rules. While I have no doubt the person using those photos and email address is a scammer, the real person in the photos could be damaged by the accusation of him being the actual scammer, and he could potentially have a real case for slander or libel.

I ran a couple of quick searches and couldn't find anything concrete. If I had to guess from the quality, poses, and backgrounds, the photos may belong to an acting or modeling portfolio, and may have come from a site like Model Mayhem, which is not google searchable.

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by Bax Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:42 pm
Dottie,

Thank You very much. Highly professional and quickly done.
Thought that I might have had to wait for folks to beat this
around the bush for awhile. Now I see that you are on it!

Although this search will move to the back burner, I remain active.

I ask your permission to [block]quote your entry at this Delphi.
As you see it carries more common sence, onwhich to establish a
rational dialogue. Your answer is uncontested or questioned.

I personally appreciate your insight and support, greatly!
~Bax! Oct.2013
by Bax Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:08 pm
Hi and ps...

Happy to say that Miss. Marple has intervened to
control the chaos but, the people remain unknown.
by Dotti Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:26 pm
Unfortunately I ran out of time yesterday and was unable to get back to this thread, but I am glad that she stepped in and attempted to inject some logic into the thread.

We all want to believe that justice will prevail and that these scammers will be caught and sent to jail (and maybe even forced to repay the money they stole). Those of us who fight these scammers every day realize that the odds of this are quite low.

But sometimes victims just can't accept that this is the case. They are already distraught at being scammed--they just can't face the fact that the person who did this likely won't be brought to justice, that their experience won't result in any kind of positive. For some, it is easier to invent a scenario in which the scammer is going to be punished. Others, even more sadly, fall prey to recovery scams, in which the scammers (often the same as the original scammer) prey on their need for justice or revenge just as they originally preyed on their desire to be loved. They will accept (or invent) an extremely implausible story, if it allows them to believe what they need to believe--that the scammers will face justice.

Some of these victims just need time to process what has happened before they can start to look at things realistically, while others will probably never acknowledge the truth. Right now it seems that the victim in that thread is not ready to face reality--whether she will be in the future is impossible to predict.

Need to post photos? http://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219
Are you a victim of a romance scam? Read here for advice and FAQ's.
by Bax Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:42 pm
Well... it's crazy but we're watching the action.
I just hope it's not a rcovery scammer.
A friend in Austria has released info.
and the vic. is hot on FBI and Pig-Bs.

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