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by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:31 pm
I wish I knew about this site or had the mindset to check him out first but he managed to put me in a romantic haze for a little while. :oops: Thankfully a friend snapped me out of it by doing some research for me before things got too involved.

An ipTracker report on his email header would have shown me right away what I needed to know:

ipTRACKERonline.com Header Analysis Quick Report
Originating IP:[/b] 41.58.11.120
Originating ISP:
Swift Networks Limited
City:
Lagos
Country of Origin:
Nigeria

Met on match.com -- nickname: jojoed1900

Thanks for looking at my profile. I see we have so much in common. I do basically turn around maintenance for oil rig. looking at your profile i see you and i are a good match. But I am writing you from a far away city Dubai, UAE but i live in Toronto as you can see in my profile . I have a job i am executing here and i will be done in about four to six weeks . If you do not mind we can chat some times or exchange emails. I thought i will be honest with you as i think i am interested in you. write back to [email protected] if you still have interest. Jo
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by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:34 pm
Hello xxxxx,

First i will like to appreciate you for taking the time to write to my private email.

Like i said earlier, i have taken my profile from match.com as to avoid forms of distraction from other women. That sounds like i am too forward . Anyway, a one man one woman thing has been a part of me all my life and i hope you do understand.

I am going to be writing a comprehensive about me and i will need you to get your
pop corn ready and a drink as i proceed with this essay. lol.

You know, this is life and we never can tell what little steps we take lead to
greatness, and as they say, even a journey of a thousand years starts with a single
step, and i heard love is not even a destination but a journey for two to walk in
harmony for life, maybe this may be our first step to greatness, what do you think?
lol. I am tired of a life people live by saying they want something and neither do
nothing about it nor willing to do so. I dont know how online dating works but i know
it is a medium where two people can surely get to explore each other's mind without
sentiments. I know it is good cos it allows us to cut blabbering and really speak our
minds without intimidation of beauty and soul stealing smiles lol. Seriously i am one
who wouldnt bore you, i had discuss passion and fun than politics or religion hehehe.
How do i make my first impression here?

I am Johann Eduart, most friends call me Jo. I was born to a loving couple, a home
by an Dutch man from Eindhoven and a British woman From Liverpool. My father was a an Engineer who met My mother whose only family were close friends. She
says there was something about the man that no woman could ever resist. sometimes
she says she sees same in me. I lost my father in 1971 while i was sixteen to an auto
crash, while mom died 10 years ago.

I am a civil Engineer like my late father. I do basically oil rig constructions and renovations,
i have worked inmany countries across the globe. Right now i am renovating an oil RIG in
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The present project here
in Dubai is my last on the field and i shall quit field works and continue my works
from my home office while my men do the field work ops. I think i really have gotten
to this height cos i embraced work for so long trying to get over my wife, that i
worked this hard, but i think i now realize i can move on.

I studied in the university of Liverpool in England and Imperial college London for my
masters. I worked for Schlumberger international for 18yrs before resigning to start up
my own business 12 years Ago. My present contract was awarded to me last year.

Nina my late wife was a lovely woman with a good heart. she was not a beauty but she
was beautiful. She was 5feet 3 inches tall. she passed on in March 2007.She new me so
well that if she sees me frowning she knows what to do, if i am smiling she know what
to do. i was married for 22 years before i lost her to ovarian cancer.Nina and i met
in a conference in France. I was just a year and four months into my job with
Schlumberger international. we had our differences but we will never sleep over it,
but rather made up after a couple of hours. understanding each other was the driving
force behind our marriage. It was a pity we had no children because she was suffered
from ovarian cancer for so many years before it eventually took her life from me. I
had to relocate from in England in order for me to move on with my life because her
memories where everyhere as we had a lot of fun together.

I love the beach, traveling, skiing, camping, Movies,Reading, diving,going to the
opera,Playing pool. and watching sport . At my leisure time i like doing my Gardening,
i like to play gulf, basketball,soccer and horse riding. i want to own a horse but i
have not had time as a result of me been busy. i enjoy listening to jazz, soft rock
and soul music, i dislike rap music cos i feel its associated with violence. I have
never smoked in my life, even when i am working on the high sea i would rather
took a whiskey than smoking. i can give anything just to relax on the beach I like eating
Chinese food. i love pasta too. I had to stop eating french fries, cause is making me
add too much weight.

One of my greatest dislikes is not been honest or telling a lie. Its drives me nut and
it can spoil my mood for a whole day. when i am angry i like been left alone as i will
calm down all by myself, but i don't get angry easily and i forgive easily too when
there is an apology. I am not a man who questions my partners decisions as much, i showed
her so much respect in other for her to respect me too. like my mom always say, the
woman makes the home. I like to give, cos its in giving that you receive. I think of
people a lot and i like donating to charity organizations like the Red Cross and
UNICEF. I don't hate, as it is dangerous to hate, if i have my way no human in this
life will be hungry.

I have told you how my typical dream day would be like, i just want to spend the rest
of my life enjoying the fruit of my labor. I just want a woman who would be my best
friend and everything. You know someone whom we would still love each other more

as the days pass by, even when we cant make love anymore and all we could do is play
bingo,LOL.

I hope you enjoyed my essay.

Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:37 pm
Hello xxx,


I do appreciate this consistent communication and i will say it is a sign of will, and i tell you where there is a will there is success ahead. I believe we both know that Love is not a destination but a journey and this is a journey that takes two to walk. I mean two souls who understand ahead that they aren't in for a kid walk, and what they have ahead is the most important mission in life. A place meant for true people, it is a place called joy and happiness.

I enjoyed reading this wonderful piece of your life synopsis . I so much appreciate your honesty, sincerity and openness in your last email. This is one thing I feel a lot of couple do not have EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION and HONESTY. This two are a good foundation to a lasting relationship, and I am happy we have started on a good note.

I try to play golf when i am less busy , sometimes play pool at home as i have a pool board at home. But the beach happen to be my favourite place and they have got beautiful beaches here in Dubai. Like you i have not really had the time to visit places here i have been working a lot to meet up with the projected time i gave to the ministry of energy. I hope to visit a lot of places on my last week here.


As i could remember, as a kid i was a very cute one,lol. One whom many bullies would target, but only to realize there is a tough side to me. I could make a sober person dance. i could affect one with my smile. I grew up having more older friends. Many would confide in me. To tell you, i am a type that doesn't judge. no matter how dirty you may be, just come clean to me, and i will give your support.


There is no Mr right until we make him right. A relationship is never about how much at the beginning but how much we could make it grow into. My old friend and pastor would tell me, if you aren't ready to feel or look stupid, then don't fall in love ,lol But sincerely that is the bitter truth. When i lost my wife, he told me that the fact that something good ends doesn't mean something better cant start. Can you prove that right? I have come to realize that , let a man write a better book, let him preach a better sermon, let him sing the best of songs, let him gain wealth beyond dreams, he is reduced to nothing except he has a woman to call, my wife, my best friend and co pilot.

My usual saying, and i am known for it, is that. Life is simple, for those who take it simple,. I don't like to complicate things. There is joy in every situation if you know the right angle to look it from.

I cant wait to have a happy home right now.I have been here in Dubai for Nine months now and i have just one month left to go. after my last project here, i am quitting field works. Any other job would only require my attention from my home office wherever i go. My home office will be anywhere i finally settle as i have not bought a home in Toronto since i relocated after my wife died of ovarian cancer. I was waiting to meet my soul mate, then we will decide were the both of us will live. But i lived in a three bedroom rented apartment on 606 Avenue Road, Toronto.I suppose the apartment should be up for rent now since i did not renew my rent.

I want to spend the rest of my life having fun. Would you stand by me to build a home? Would you smile at me when i look tense? I don't need a super model, i rather need a very good friend who knows when i am tensed just by looking into my eyes and a super woman. The whole world may be mad at me, but if you are smiling at me, i would care less.

Who says we cant design our own paradise together?

It is workable just walk by my side.


Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:40 pm
Hello my wonderful xxxx,


Why am i getting addicted to my email? lol. I get a good glow on my face reading from you. how is your day going? i woke up late, i think i am becoming restful again, Maybe i could sense something good ahead of us.

You asked where i grew up, early part of my life was in the Netherlands and we left when i was 16. From then i have lived in England till 2009 when i relocated to Canada.


I am the only child of my parent but i have some cousins in the UK which once in a while i still keep intouch with them, and i have cousins, uncles and Aunties in the Netherlands but i lost contact with them since mom and i left given the circumstances that led to us leaving the Netherlands. That is a story for another day.


I choose to relocate to toronto because I was part of an exchanged program of the University of Liverpool with the University of Toronto in 1974. I had a wonderful time in the city of Toronto and i have always wanted to come back for a visit, even though i came to Canada on official Basis i had no time to visit Toronto, My job always take me to Alberta. When Nina died and the thought of relocating came to my mind, i never thought of any other city other than Toronto.

I have never been in any relationship since i lost my wife and this is very true. She was my everything and it took me time to come to term that she was no more. Being out of the dating scene for some time makes me a bit scared of whoever hands i am going to fall into, but i am happy all that has been put behind me and i am ready to move on with my life.

I understand what it means to have a good relationship, i understand how to treat a woman very well, i know the nitty gritty of a good marriage. I beleive in treating my woman equally and i will always make you feel equal to me. I never made any decision without the consent of my wife. equality is something i beleive so much in which i stated in my profile on match.com. My mom always tell me, Johann, if you want to have a good marriage you must treat your wife with respect, make her your best firend and most importantly make her feel equal to everything. All this i applied during my marriage with Nina and i was a happy man all through our marriage till she was taken away from me.


When you give a woman a house she will give you a home, when a woman is happy, her man will surely be the happiest man on earth, 95% of women will always reciprocate the good love you have shown to them. But when you give a woman crap be ready to get crap as well. All these i learnt in my marriage with Nina. I learnt that you cannot complain about everything and in some cases, you have to incovenient yourself for your woman's happiness. Not every man have that patient and tolerance to understand some of these details about their woman. Marriage to me is beautiful when you pay attention to some details.

What wouldn't i do to make my dreams come true. It is like a rigger waiting for a trigger. Would you be my trigger? lol. I just need a woman to hold me before i am old. Absolutely i have come to know that we spend the most of our life seeking for the secondary needs, while our primary needs are left unseen. We have worked so hard and attained some wealth right? but for what purpose? To be realistic, except if you just want to be known as a rich person, wealth means nothing if you have no best friend to share it with. All the millions are useless indeed. how much do we need to eat? How much do we need for shelter? how much do we need for daily fun. excess and excess leads us to vanity. But for few of us who value the simplicity, we sure would do well in finding happiness. As i always say, money can buy a good bed, but never will money buy sleep. it can buy the best diamond watch, but can never buy time, It can buy piles of books , but cant buy knowledge. It can buy food, but not satisfaction, Money can buy sex, but can NEVER buy love. That is why , i refuse to follow the crowd, so as my own man, i would give up all that can be bought for that which can't be bought. I want true joy and happiness. I want my woman to have power over my moods, she can make me smile in all weather.


I am glad that i could get your attention my dear. You have a special thing in your heart, and i intend to find out what it is. It could take a lifetime to figure, but i dont mind,lol. Please tell me about your ideology of life my dear. I will be waiting impatiently to hear from you.


Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:44 pm
Hello my wonderful xxxx,


Hope your night was great as i had a wonderful morning waking up to see an email from you and i beleive we are already triggering our dreams.

I had fun with some of my expertrait staffs yesterday eveing as we were treated to a nice buffet of borg Bankok Thai curry dishes by our chef
( how good you have taken some classes on Thai dishes) and we had some
champagne later on. After then i went to the pool and i swam for some time and retire to my bed.

Who are you xxxx? A woman being a goddess? or a goddess pretending to
be a woman? Whichever you are, you are doing something special to me.lol. even when
you are feeling too sleepy , you still make out time to write. I mean after all these
years, i would have thought i might not have the possibilities again of having my
dream woman, my partner, my best friend and co pilot. I'm talking about fate here -
when feelings are so powerful it's as if some force beyond your control is guiding you
to someone who can make you happy beyond your wildest dreams. I wouldnt be scared
anyway, because truely, Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a
right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how
much love you build till the end.The inevitable truth is , If it is meant to be, our
hearts will find each other when we meet. And if our hearts melt together so will our
bodies and souls. Then every word and every touch will fuel our passion flame. I will
be yours, you will be mine, and we will be one.


You have asked what kind of work i am doing here? i am renovating an oil rig in Sharjah.
The rig has been abandoned for some years now so i am doing what is called a
turn around mentainance. Yes the rigs are owned by the oil companies but lately
the UAE government has abolish the joint venture partnership that they have with
this oil companies as they thought they were losing too much to them. Now the ministry
of Energy get everything done by themselves and later contract it out to an oil company
for exploration, by so doing they will be making more money. So i was only contracted to
do a turn around mentanance on the rig in Sharjah.



I like to tell you about my living condition here ,I live in a rented house with nine
other of my expatraits staffs. I pay for the house quaterly. The building has eleven
rooms, two kitchens, a tv room , a recreation room with a pool table, a pent house,
and a swimming pool . Its specifically build for expetraits who come to the UAE to
work for a period of time.


I work on the north of Sharjah rig in the coast of Sharjah. haven to wake up every
morning by 6 to catch up my chopper down here. Working from then till late at night,
yet being able to be distracted by this woman. I have over 300 labors here, both
skilled and locals, yet all could notice a new glow on my face.


I work six days a week apart from Sundays. Sunday is a working day here but i have
to take Sunday as my day off because i am use to not working on Sundays. My contract
here entails i prepare the rig for exploration. I do not handle exploration but only
construction. Right now we are intalling the pipping system and the drift indicators.
Intallations of the pumps will come later. You have captured my heart with your
honesty and sincerity which i appreciate so well.


Troy my friend just got married almost two years now. He found his woman on the
internet and to be sincere, he inspired me. I did not buy a house until now, because i
would love to find my woman first, then building a home would start from there. I am
being true to my feelings, as my old friend would say, Never question if you are in
love or not, because if you were you wouldn't need to ask. So the best of men, would
accept what they feel without questions, because truely, Love and death cant be
escaped, no one can tell , when, how, or where. It is never too early or too late.LOL.


What is more important to you is the love you share, the memories you have or the
lover? Give love a chance to swallow you up. Don't just think it will happen in a
instant, it will suprise you before you know it, but it will be the most rewarding
experience you will ever have.


If see you are open minded and simple as me, i can promise you that the sky would be
the limit.


Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:51 pm
Hello My sunshine,


Hope you have had a good night? i woke up here smiling as i was thinking about you. I cannot wait to be done here and come to you.

Yesterday was a very busy day for me, We where installing the pumps so i never took my eyes off it as the pumps are the heart of the rig. But i will give you a little insight on how the pipping and pump works. The pipping system is laid to enable coatings. coatings are used to improve the flow of crude oil through the pipeline by creating a smooth defect free surface--greatly increasing the flow of crude oil through the pipeline. coating is an advanced solution for traditional polyethylene liners, clad welding or expensive alloy steels currently being used for crude oil injection lines.

Pumping stations in crude oil collection systems, also called lift stations, are normally designed to handle crude oil that is fed from underground gravity pipelines (pipes that are laid at an angle so that a liquid can flow in one direction under gravity). oil is fed into and stored in an underground pit, commonly known as a wet well. The well is equipped with electrical instrumentation to detect the level of oil present. When the oil level rises to a predetermined point, a pump will be started to lift the oil upward through a pressurized pipe system called a pip force main or rising main from where the oil is discharged into a gravity manhole. From here the cycle starts all over again until the oil reaches its point of destination – usually a treatment plant.(Refinery). Before it goes directly into the barrels.


I have worked in Iraq in the 80's with BP and now in the UAE for myself. The challenges i face is haven to execute the project with my personal funds as agreed with them. Its all because of the huge profit on the project. Every other things has been very fine.

My birthday is 22nd of May.

My company is JOED Engineering. And i have a website but it was poorly constructed with a lot of mistakes and a lot is missing in there. I do not like giving it out, but i have plans of of constructing when i get back. At some point i had taught of going into alternative energy with a proffesor in imperial college, the Prof was found to have a psychiatric problem and that did not work, and it was included in the wedsite which i felt why have something on your website that you have just a little knowledge about. I do not like misleading, like you, what you see is what you get. I will never pretend all because i want to win your heart, when the truth of who i am will evetually come out, so what is the point painting a different image of me at first? (I like how he dodges the fact that his website is inaccurate. It does exist and it is full of contradictions to his emails. The next day he posted a new Dubai office address and phone number on it under Contact Us which wasn't there the day before. Oh, and as my friend found out, the web host address for the company website is in Nigeria.)

I have got different appraoch to things. The way i will appraoch my relationship is different from the appraoch i give to a working environment. I could yell at my staffs when something is going wrong but i cannot yell at my wife. I will rather want to talk things over with her. One of my greatest weakness is that I find it difficult to refuse people because i do not want to offend them. I am a very shy guy so please take NOTE. I am too straight which i feel is a weakness, I guess you have to teach me how to be diplomatic.:)


My heart has whispered to me already, I dream of our being together and doing everything you have mentioned. I cannot wait to be done here and come back home and soon i will be counting the days.


I have to stop here for now sweetie i will write to you later.

Thinking of you

Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:54 pm
He's quite a romantic.....

Hello my sunshine,

I am about to hit my bed so i thought i should drop some words for you.

You must wonder why i call you sunshine.Can't get the picture of you off my mind. i felt like giving a hug,lol. Just as the sun, lights up the earth, you light up my life. The only one i have met, with a heart so bright. Just seems like yesterday, you came around my way, you changed my whole scene right away, with your outstanding personalty. The only reason this was possible is because you must have potrayed yourself well and you have been Yourself. That is good, because if i ever fall in love with you for beauty, I wouldnt walk more than miles to see more beauty, If i love you for wealth, I wouldnt walk more miles to see more, If i love you for smiles, I would see more in tv,lol But the only thing i can fall in live with you that cant be gotten by anyone else is being YOU! that is absolutely what no one can ever be. Like i said, it takes a life time to try knowing the reason why you feel the way you do with some people. the answers are never there,. trust me, the day relationships starts falling is the day people can figure out the exact reason they have loved eachother. Life is boring if perfect. Life is worse when there is nothing to change about anything.

The balance in life is based on the facts that, there must be thieves and criminals for the police to remain employed,. The medical practitioners would run out of business if we are all hale and hearty. The legal practitioners would die of boredom if there arent offenders. If companies are not awarded jobs to construct you will not help them withbe hired to help them with their claims. If everyone is vegetarian, Oh my! guess how many people would not earn a living. If everyone is rich, wealth would be meaningless. who would do the laundry? who would drive the car? who would guard who? who would keep whose money? lol. The moral of those is that,. We were all created for eachother. There is much fun in helping. We can all be better if we accept the fact that we cant live without eachother. The world would be a better place if we can start accepting things we cant change. Because , the only constant thing in life is, CHANGE! Sitting here thinking about you, brings out a part of me that loves everything,lol.

I have a proposal for you this wonderful day. Because i know you atleast care about me, after all you wake up to check on my mail and know if i am still alive,lol. that is something. So i want your help today. There is this woman whom i just met, and i could be scared about how she has gotten my attention so soon, but i would be stupid to submit to fears. I noticed that she already has a place that can not be replaced in my heart. Who could ever think of hurting such a woman who only wants happiness? I want you to help me find her and tell her, i am not known for fears. I know a journey of a thousand years start with a single step. A man who wants to fly must atleast learn to stand on his feet! tell her if she is willing, i would love to take her hands. I am a man who gives nothing or everything. Once i have her hand, i can promise her forever. Tell her i know this is not going to be a kid walk, . tell her i know there are times we would argue in future. but tell her i would teach her to know that even while we argue we would still be holding hands. because there are many sides to a coin. Tell her life is short, but we can make paradise out of it. Tell her her worries have become mine, cos i do not really know how she has done it. tell her, that coming across her was by chance, communicating with her was by choice, but then falling for her is beyond my control.

You know where to find her my dear, just go to your dressing mirror and you would find her staring back at you,lol. Pls look into her eyes and speak this to her for me.

forever yours

Jo
by bintheredonethat Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:58 pm
This is the last one till I figured it out. Even for me this one was a bit much :roll: .

Hello My Angelic xxxx,

How are you doing this morning? I woke up with a slight headache, i guess it's stress. Do not worry i am fine. I am already at work so it is not serious.

You have asked if i am going to be involved in the commissioning of the rig? If i am invited i will be there and surely with you, i know i will be there. The most important thing is finishing my job and handing it over. My job is considered finished when the rig is ready for exploration which will happen very soon.

I dont know what i have done that i deserve a second chance. I lost one and yet i found another angel. How did i become so lucky. I trusted my instincts and got only you from that market and you turned gold. My instincts still direct me to move ahead with her in my journey. I really thank my God. I mean i ask for something good and he gives me the best.

Hiding from the whole past, rains and snow, for i may be reminded of some memories, trying to forget yet i wont let go. Walking through a crowded street, i could still hear my own heartbeat.So m any people around this worlds my dear, tell me, where do i find someone like you? lol. Pls take me to your heart, take me to your soul, show me that wonders can be true. They say, nothing lasts forever, we are only here today, Love is now or never, pls bring me far away! give me your hand and hold me, show me what love is, maybe i havent got a clue, be my guardian star. take my hands before i am too old,lol. i could go be with some friends to have fun, but they dont really comprehend. I dont need too much talking , without saying anything, all i need is some one who makes me want to sing. And you do a great job on that. I have written a song i would sing for you when i get to you. In less than few weeks i would handover and come to see you. Would you mind picking this man from the airport? lol.

Have you ever danced in a rain? give it a trial and see how free your soul really is. We should really take this to another level. let me hear the voice of an angel. Be warned i have been told i have an unsorted accent, but sexy,lol. When could we probably have a chance to have a live chat on yahoo messenger? now i can hardly get you out of my mind. You can reach me and as well send SMS to +971552192239 +971567206366.

I need to get back to work as it is a busy day for me here.

Love always


Jo
by Donnie031 Fri May 18, 2012 8:56 pm
Funny thing I was watching a documentary concerning Nigeria and how poor the country is the commentator was standing beside a roadway when a brand new Range Rover went by.....figures :yikes:
by Brethan Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:33 pm
Looks like he is changing his name and age and location but all the rest of the emails are pretty much the same. He was going by John Kesta, Age 34 in RI. [email protected]. I can't believe what people will do to others it makes me sick. I cannot believe that this guy has done this to so many people!

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