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by scamnomore Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:20 pm
I am glad i am came across. The first time i was scammed but after that i learned the sign an i am more cautious now and don't trust anyone.

The first encounter was with A screen name Harvey6161 on Match.com:
Harvey6161 was on my daily5 list i answered yes to his add but did not contact him. Couple days he sent me an email on match:
hanks for the mail.
Hey XXXXX,
Thank you very much for your response to my email that was so nice of you,I am also new to match .com a client mine here in the state introduce me to match ask me to give a try..After reading your email and i notice we have so much in common which is base on trust,you have so much i needed in a woman and hope you can give me the chance to know you better and see what the future hold for us..I am glad you have a son i love kids so much they are gift from God,i need someone that have kids because Annette my daughter want someone to share her live with brother or sister i believe they can be best of friends if everything work out for us.

I am ready to take my partner kid as my own kid build a happy family together,i need someone that will be there for me build a happily family together,someone that is ready for serious relationship with life commitment .I have been in the state over 2 months now and i will move back to London as soon i am done with my project work here.I am Construction Engineer,into building of houses and construction of bridge and roads,i am here in the state to remodel,

I hope we can communicate alive through this means we have a lot to learn from each other,You can contact me on my personal email address [email protected] you can add me to your yahoo IM or Msn,hope to chat with you there....Sorry my response came to late a little bite it due to my work here i am very busy at the site hope you understand.....Hope to hear back from you soonest.

Merry Christmas,
Harvey

Then came another email:
Hello XXXXXX,
It's was so nice to hear back from you again,i understand you are very busy with some few things over there,you can email me when you are chance to..My daughter is 10 year old girl we are best of friends,i don't know when to move back to London because i am still working on my project work....Ohhhhhhh my planing is to relocate to the state next year,i do work a lot here and my daughter Annette like it here...London is a very beautiful city but also expensive,i have been in London over 20 years and it will be very nice if i move to other country and see how it goes there...I have added you to my yahoo IM hope to chat with you there also email you to your personal email address,hope to hear back from you soonest...Feel free to ask anything you want to know about me and i will answer you,i am open book to talk about anything..I like your pictures with a cute smile,i believe the men in your state are blind for angel like you to be single..Lol...Look forward to chat with you.

Yours Admirer,
Harvey

He had the perfect answer to every question. He played he daughter card very well on me. Showered me nice one after another. After that our communication was via regular email. We starting talking mid Dec around Mid of January within 24 hours he was on his way to nigeria to build a hotel. At this time i started questioning thing...2 weeks after that he started asking for thing. he wanted to send him a blackberry and a majic jack so that we can talk on the phone as his London phone doesn't work in Nigeria. Then came the news that project is halted because he needed to pay the tax to the government before he can finish the project. That is when he asked for help. He need $5000 dollars to pay the taxes or to fly back to London so that he can have access to his money. I can smell somthing fishy by then but something kept nagging me. He used his card very well , he knew i was a single mom that loves children he used his daughter as a beat. I don't have 5000 to give in the first place. He kept on trying to get to get an equity loan. when he comes to the US he is going to build the best house i can ever thing of. It went on for 2 weeks. I finally gave in when he told me he has no money he daughter. So i agreed to send him 700 (yes i am stupid i saw all the sign but i have a very soft heart when it comes to kids being in pain. So there went the money he is stuck in Nigeria. By then i was tired of him and i just stopped being online. Until 2 weeks ago i logged to IM as visible so he pinged and informed that he is in London now because the hotel manager was able to get him a ticket London and he left his daughter in Nigeria with the Hotel manager. But now he needs more money because he has out of London for 2 month and he has not paid his bills and taxes. To that i said screw you. And have not contact him for the last week.

he is normally online around 7 PM US time and he play the scam that he woke up just to talk to me as it is past midnight for him. He actually set the alarm clock

Here is a sample of some of his email.



Good Morning My Dearest,
It's was so nice to talk with you yesterday and i know you will probably be at your dreamland right now,i slept off after dinner know you are not upset with me,hope to chat with you last after Church...I really enjoy chat with you yesterday,you are wonderful woman..How is my little boy doing today? i can't wait to meet him soon.Annette was very excited when i showed her the pictures of you and your boy...Sweetie....Give me 10 minutes and i'll write you a poem , give me an hour and i'll write you a story ,
give me a life time and i'll show u my loving , till now and forever you are my glory

Knowing you brings joy into my life again, when I thought I couldn't feel this way about anyone, anymore. You came into my life suddenly and brought happiness to my life again.

I want to be your everything in life, but remember I will always be by your side to support you, no matter what...I am ready to take your kids as my own kids too,i just want you to take off the past from your mind and be yourself again,look forward to the future...I understand that we have not know each other for a very long time but I want to express to you the feelings that I feel inside my heart for you,i can't stop imagine things about you, it's seen i have know you for a very long time..Please have faith in us that we can make it through anything, together forever and always.

From day one I have known that you were different from all of the other ladies i met before you,they are not looking for serious relationship.............I know that neither one of us had in mind that we would meet someone on the Internet and fall in love but it has happened. And for that, I have no regrets. In fact, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me in my whole life. For this, and what has happened to us and between us I have you to thank...I have to be on my way to church and i will pray for you the kids and our relationship,i will look for you online later or give you a call when i get back.....Kiss and hugs,

Have a Wonderful Weekend,
Harvey

--- On Sat, 1/8/11, I wrote:

From: >
Subject: Re: How are you doing?
To: "Adorjan Lorant harvey" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 7:11 PM

This when i sent him a picture of me

From: Adorjan Lorant harvey <[email protected]>
To:
Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 4:31:04 AM
Subject: How are you doing?

Good Morning Sexy,
It's was so nice to hear back from you,what happen yesterday i saw you online and you refuse to talk with me,i tried to look for you online yesterday and you where not online before i went to bed....I am now in UK London and i hope you will still like to communicate with me,here is my cell phone number 7035924141 country code is 011 44 you can call me whenever you are online or you can also send me your cell phone number ...I understand you are always busy with work i hope you can create time for us to chat....Look forward to hear back from you soonest.

Have a Wonderful Morning,
Harvey

--- On Thu, 1/6/11,I wrote:

From: Me>
Subject: Re: Hello there.
To: "Adorjan Lorant harvey" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 9:51 PM

Hi Harvey,
Sorry i couldn't chat with you online today as i was still at work and was only checking my email. I will most likely be online at about 8:00 until 9:30 tonight. Hope to chat with you then. Are you in the UK or US now.

Have a great day.

From: Adorjan Lorant harvey <[email protected]>
To: Me
Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 4:31:42 AM
Subject: Hello there.

Hey,
How are you doing?hope everything is going well with you over there,it's good to hear back from you...email me when you restored your internet,i really want us to chat and know each other better,i don't have aproblem with the time just let me know when you will be able to chat with me and i will wait for you online then...I took off my profile from match.com because i am one man one woman and i want to see what the future hold for us,look forward to hear back from you soonest..
Warmly,
Harvey


--- On Wed, 1/5/11, I wrote:

From: Me
Subject: Re: Happy New Year.
To: "Adorjan Lorant harvey" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 1:28 AM

It isgood to hear from you. I am doing great. I am back in NJ i got back on Saturday due to the holiday i did not get my internet restored until now. Hope you had a good new year. Usually i am in between 7 and 9 PM and sometime after 10;00 PM

From: Adorjan Lorant harvey <[email protected]>
To: Me
Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 12:03:37 AM
Subject: Happy New Year.

Hey,
How are you doing?hope everything is going well with you over there,are you back to NJ now,i really want to talk with you i was online all the time and you never show up,hope you had a wonderful holiday with friends and your family over there......With was so wonderful last time we chat i was looking forward to chat with you again,if you are back to NJ let me know what time you will be able to chat with me..

Look forward to hear back from you soonest,have a wonderful night, because i know it will probably be night over there now.

Happy New Year,
Harvey



--- On Fri, 12/31/10, I wrote:

From: Me
Subject: Re: Hi
To: "Adorjan Lorant harvey" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 4:38 AM

It was nice talking to you too. You are a very nice person. Once i am in NJ we will have more time to chat as my life will be more organized. i only have few more days left here and i am trying to catch up with everyone.

From: Adorjan Lorant harvey <[email protected]>
To: Me
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 1:11:56 PM
Subject: Hi

Hey Me
How was your day going so far? ,i understand you are very busy hope we can talk later tonight,it's was so nice to talk with you last time and i look forward to chat with you again..I can't stop imagine a wonderful woman like you be single,i believe the men in your state are blind for an angel like you to be single......Lol.....

I really want us to know each other better and i don't want you to think the distance between us,because i don't believe there is a distance that can separate two heart that determine..Let give it a try and see what the future hold for us,we have so much to learn from each other..I have to run now look forward to hear back from you again.

Yours friend,
Harvey



--- On Thu, 12/30/10, I wrote:


Subject: Hi
To: [email protected]
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 6:19 AM

Hi Harvey,
My apology i went out with my sister and aunt and we were late coming back in.
Sorry i missed you hope to talk to you soon.

Hi Sweetie
We just arrived and i miss you so much..I am in West Africa now and its very cool here..I wish you are here with me..I love you so much..You mean everything to me....I am in a hotel right now and the name of the Hotel is Royal Mabel Hotel..Its a small hotel..Its very close to my site..I am in a state called Edo State in Nigeria...It was a stress free flight from UK to this place.. I will commence working tomorrow as I have gotten a local agent that will be of great help to me because I can’t understand what they speaks here.
I miss you all through the flight down here, all I did was thinking you were next to me...I cant afford to stay a day without talking to you.. I love and miss you now. Talk to you later OK..... I really missed you and I wish you where here with me right now I could really need your help here to look after Annette for me when I am at the building site,because she will be so lonely..I love you so much baby.I miss you so much..My heart yearns for you..I want us to be together soon..My love, I can not stand this. It is just too hard to be away from you...I want you to always remember that i love you with all my heart,body and soul... And i also found out there is no way i can continue using UK # with my cell phone
You are the very air that I breathe, the very love that I need, my heart, my soul, my everything. The sweetest of my memories come when i think of you. i remember the very first day that i chatted with you, i could not believe it,i knew you were the Angel i have been searching for all my life........For a moment i believed i was in heaven, i even danced to the music the angels were singing.....lol... Upon opening my eyes i realized i was not in heaven but that an angel had come down to earth, just for me.And you are that Angel honey.Every night i dream of heaven, and I'd gotten used to the idea that they are looking for an angel, one that went missing the day you stepped into my life, the day all my sorrows were washed away and i took a step into the impossible, crossing the margin from natural to supernatural. You are my angel and forever you will be. The one whose memories i will treasure forever till the day i turn into an angel like you.
Honey hopefully we would get to chat later today, because i have really missed talking to you.. please take a very good care of yourself for me and extend my greetings to your friends and my boy i hope they will take good care of you for me.have a lovely day and know that Harvey will always be there for you.

lots of love from my heart to you,the time here now is 8:19AM

Forever Yours,
Harvey.

--- On Thu, 1/20/11, I wrote:

From: Me
Subject: Re: I miss you
To: "Adorjan Lorant harvey" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 2:11 PM

Good Afternoon Harvey,
I am very happy for you. From your email i can see that you are very excited and happy with your new project. I am gald things worked out for you. You have a safe trip and best of luck to you. I don't see it possible for us to chat before you leave due to the time difference and me being at work. Hopefully we will be able to chat once you get all settled in. Enjoy Africa.

You take care of yourself and you daughter. Wish you the best of luck on your new adventure. You should send me a picture of the place before you start the work in between and after so that i can see the progress.
Best Wishes


From: Adorjan Lorant harvey <[email protected]>
To: Me
Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 4:16:11 AM
Subject: I miss you

Good Morning Honey,
How is everything going with you over there?sorry i couldn't be able to email you or chat with you lately,i was very busy trying to get things ready for my trip to West Africa ,hope you understand my love....It's was so nice to hear your cute voice last night...Annette is going with me,because we are flying over to your place as soon i am done with my project work,i will home schooling her when i am there,you know she can't do with me,she always want to be around me..

My flight is 7:45pm this evening i hope will be able to chat with you or talk with you on phone before i leave..What do you think? I really miss you so much baby,always remember my heart is always with you where you go know that someone is out there thinking about you...You are the best thing that ever happen to me for some many years i never felt like this...

This is very big contract,i am so blessed to won this contract,i sign the paper agreement and i was paid 30% out of the contract charge and he well pay me the balance as soon i am done with the project work,yesterday was very busy for me because i have to buy some materials which i need to work over there...This going to be the biggest contract i have done so far,am going there to build a hotel,i will take some pictures with the building when i finished building it so that you can see how good i am .........Lol.....Let me know if you will be able to chat with me before i leave,i miss talk with you so much baby..

I love you with all my heart and soul,you are gift from God to me..I will forever be yours Honey.



Here comes the email asking for help:
Hello My Love,
How re you doing today?hope everything is going well with you over there,sorry i couldn't be able to talk with you yesterday,we had internet problem here..I really miss talk with you so much sweetie,how is my Boy doing today and i can't wait to meet home very soon.

I am totallty confuse right now my love,i have tried everything out here nothing work out for me,i don't know how i can get out of theis palce,i never be in any situation like this beforeiin my life.I really need your help my love,i promise to pay you back as soon i get out of this place,I don't need much money to fly out here i will pay you as soon i get to London and i will like to stop over on my way back to Africa.

I don't love you because of money what so ever,i love you for who you and i will always love you till the rest of my life,i wish i have someone to ask,you are the person close to my heart and i promise and i am ready to be tehre for you for bad or good and i know our God have goodf things for us,because nothing bad will never come close to us..
I know you will think you never meet me in person and i want you to understand my love for you is for ever and i will never make you regret anything in life na di want to best for you,if you have help me with this money and i will pay you back before the end of the month....No matter what we did wrong to one another, we've always made it through and that just goes to show my love for you. I just want you to know I love you and always will...I want to be with you kiss your sweet lip.

Please my queen i need your help and i know you can help me out of here,i will get you back your money as soon i leave here,you will never regret why you help,i can pay back with interest if you want me too baby..Hope you are have a wonderful day and work and i will try and looking for you online later if the network don't mess up this evening...Kiss and hugs
Yours truly,
Harvey
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by Bubbles Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:39 pm
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by teenysox Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:36 pm
I am posting a reply this story about "winning a contract", urgent trip to Nigeria, bridge construction, only because after I posted a scam incident on this website under another subject (military leave scam) from eHarmony, I was nearly scammed again when I decided to join match.com for a free trial. I was immediately contacted by 2 men........

WORKINGDOG99 - David Martin - [email protected] - lived in Chicago, born in Ohio, but for some reason his antique business had him in Nigeria for a couple of weeks, due back to the states by Easter Sunday. Low and behold as I asked him if he would still be returning on Easter Sunday, he had to tell me his trip would be delayed because his 4 year old son fell down the stairs and broke some ribs and he needed $650 to pay the doctors. (He shared pics of him with his "son" who he said was 3 in the pictures but he was 4 now.........I have kids and to me in the pics, the boy looked like 12 mos, not 3, unless he was severely malnourished.) I told him I felt bad for his son and hoped all worked out but that I could not and would not send him money. He said how much he loved me and knew I would help him. When I said I could not help him, he then said he had a business associate who owed him $20,000, but couldn't send it to him directly, could it be sent to my credit card and then I send it to him. I told him that I didn't have a credit card I could do that with, so I coudln't help him. He kept being so insistent that I told him not to contact me anymore and the last I heard from him was when I said "if all he wanted was money he needed bother me anymore."

Newyrloveheart - Michael Breeden - [email protected] - was a construction contractor who lived in Mims, FL, was originally from Greece, we started chatting on 4/15/11 on messenger, after it got very late, he said he needed to get to bed because the next morning (Saturday) he had an interview for a big contract for his company he owned and it would be at 9:00 a.m. The next morning I chatted some more with him and then let him know it was close to 9, shouldn't he be leaving. He said it was fine as his appt. was at 9:30, not 9. At 9:30 I reminded him again and he said okay he to run, we could chat later. This was 4/16. Later in the day as we chatted, he told me he was excited as he won the contract, but then he was nervous as he had to take his 8 year old daughter,Sophia, to Nigeria with him for 4 weeks. (All he would say about her mother was she left and had a life of her own.) He would not share pictures of her though, he only had one when she was very small. Well his first request for money came when he explained the internet in Nigeria was terrible, one of his co-workers wanted to find love and would I pay for and register on a dating website for this person. I told him no. He seemed okay with that even though he couldn't believe it, it only cost $15 american dollars, could I? When I said no again, he wanted to know how I was on match, if I could not do this for his friend. I told him it was a free trial.

When I explained I was doubting him and who he was, he wanted so much to prove it to me, who he was so he scanned his passport and sent it, along with more pictures. I saved the passport and one of his pictures. It seemed authentic, although I still wonder about his answer for the passport saying he was born in Florida when he was from Greece. He said it says Florida because he is now a US Citizen. (I do not know if this is true or not about the passport listing.)

Due to the time difference, chatting is difficult, but then his second request for money came when a couple days later. It was bothering him he couldn't pay for his hotel room, could I send him $800 or half or whatever I culd by Tuesday, if not then by Friday. I told him I could not, but he kept insisting he loves me he loves me he loves me and could I do that for him? When I kept saying no, he then said he found out that a companion could help him, but couldn't send the money directly, could I let it be sent to my credit card, when I said no he asked if I had a home equity could I help him. I told him I did not and that if all he wanted to do was talk about money that I was through talking to him.

I have researched this and it sounds very familiar, just like the military scam I was subject to. When I looked at this website, I just thought that I should share this story too. This website is amazing! I looked at other ones too, where you could upload the picture and see if it matched, but it did not.

I hope the information I have shared is helpful to someone. In a 2 week period of using matchmaking websites, I seemed to have attracted 3 scammers. What a shame this is.........but I am glad I let my suspicious mind get the best of me.
by teenysox Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:37 pm
Also, I have seen people who say they have tracked IP addresses, but when I try to get the properties, no IP numbers seem to come up.

Thanks!

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