by ginger
Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:09 pm
I'm really sorry this post is so long, but i thought something in it might help someone else
Hi, i'm probably one of the lucky ones, i copped on pretty early to what was going on.
It all came to a head last night when i recieved an email from the man in question trying to explain himself. Something about the way the email was written got me suspicious and i copied and pasted the first paragraph and googled it. This site came up and there in all its glory was the same email, dated June 5th. I started searching online and found two other sites which had similar emails on.
Here is the email that was sent to me yesterday which i was told by the sender had been written that morning.
I met BEN CONNELLY just a week ago on 'Match.com' we talked for a week, he was very charming. Told me he was German but lived in Dublin. He was working in Nigeria at the moment, divorced, two kids who he had full custody of. On monday evening we were on MSN and he said how miserable he was, i asked him if he wanted to talk about it, first he said no, i pushed a little, and he said how he was having problems with finding the money to get a container shipped. We carried on talking for a few minutes and then suddenly he asked 'are you going to help me' alarm bells started ringing. I told him i didn't have any money if that was what he was looking for. He stopped talking, i signed out of MSN.
Yesterday i sent him this email.
Men always wonder why women think so little of them. I always thought it was sad that all men were clubbed together under the same image. There are some decent men out there. I was married to one of the best, and i chose well. He treated women with respect and i returned that respect. Its a shame that a small minority think they can trick and cheat their way through life and try to use anyone who crosses their path. You Ben picked on the wrong women. I may be slightly lonely but i am not stupid. When my husband died he left a thriving business which i still run today. He also left a quite sizable insurance policy, which means my children and i are secure for all our lives. I didn't join match.com to find someone to take care of me financially, nor did i want to meet someone who would think i was their meal ticket, which is why i didn't fill in some of the sections. My bank balance is very healthy, and i intend it to stay that way. Sadly i have the awful feeling that the next women you wink at may not be as sensible and astute as to turn you down. I will however make sure no-one on the site ends up being conned by you.
NICE KNOWING YOU BEN
I then emailed match.com with my suspicions.
Yesterday evening i was online and he logged on and asked 'why did you send me a suck email' the following conversation occurred.
This conversation ended with him saying how he now had a headache and he signed out. I emailed Match.com straight away. and included copies of the emails and links to this site. When i logged on to Match.com an hour ago, it looked like his profile has been removed, i don't know if it iss by him or match.com.
He is still online on MSN but i have him blocked
Mod edit: x'ed out member's name and added quote formatting for clarify -Jillian
Hi, i'm probably one of the lucky ones, i copped on pretty early to what was going on.
It all came to a head last night when i recieved an email from the man in question trying to explain himself. Something about the way the email was written got me suspicious and i copied and pasted the first paragraph and googled it. This site came up and there in all its glory was the same email, dated June 5th. I started searching online and found two other sites which had similar emails on.
Here is the email that was sent to me yesterday which i was told by the sender had been written that morning.
i guess you should read and know and if you still feel am a con man dont contact me,you are beautiful?
From: ben connelly ([email protected])
Sent: 24 June 2010 01:10:59
I work for a company that designs cooling systems for agricultural tractors, but after many years of doing the corporate thing, he decided to be his own boss and then he did a little of everything, mainly involved in the projects surrounding the conversions of gas stations into handling gas with more than 10% ethanol which was more like a family business I was involved in it as well even with my construction educational background. Something that interests me is good for the environment and of course with anyone paying attention to the price of gas now days, very lucrative as well.
Now that I am in West Africa I used the opportunity to purchase mechanical parts for an agricultural cooperative (Farm Bureau if they ask, but don’t offer this information unless pushed). There is a lot of oil there and with the lack of infrastructure resources; they are very creative in the utilization of their main resource… Oil. The project would involve bringing equipment to the U.S that would be used to make the proper adaptations to the current technology, so gas stations can sell gas with more than 10% ethanol. Unfortunately, we have the resources, but due to political interests in the government and the domestic oil industry, there isn’t a lot of work being done around this and as you can imagine the Agriculture Industry is very interested in the development of these stations, so their production of corn will increase and therefore, their profits. To me, it’s a win situation all around. We all win and the environment is protected as well. I am not one of those “green earthy” people, but if I can do my part and make money at the same time, why not? Cumberland Farm stations would probably be one of the first to go with the new project, but of course we would love to target the sell of this to others like Marathon and Racetrack..... it will be a while before the big guys like Shell, BP, Texaco and Mobil come on board… Too much money to be made with ethanol and that would be money out of their pockets. If you would like to read more on it, you can log on to http://www.ethanol..org/ it is very interesting... I think anyway. I have purchased 10 pump adapters for the fusion of gasoline and ethanol at a 25% ratio. The current amount of ethanol being used in the US is 10% and this would make the price of gas in the stations that service with them, decrease by at least 10% since they will need to keep about 5% of the profits to cover for the initial expense of setting this up, which will take each station about a year to recover their initial investment. Each pump adapter is $20,000.00 and I have purchased them all with my own money.
However, now I am facing the cost of the container in which it will be shipped to the US, which I was originally told, I would have to pay once the container is in the US since I was sharing the container with another company because the size of the pumps did not occupy a full container. Now I am being told not only I need to have my own container, but I need to pay for the shipping in advance and have 7 business days to complete the transaction or they will start assessing storage charges for each additional day of $1,000.00 and if I don’t pay that, I can’t even get my equipment back to try and store somewhere else until I have the additional funds. My problem is that all my capital is now invested in this and since I work as an independent contractor, I will not get another advance on the project until at least 20% of the stations have been set up, in other words two stations. I know it will only take me about a week or a week and a half once I am there to make the adaptations to one gas station, so in a matter of two or three weeks, I would be collecting another large sum of money.
In the mean time, I have the cost of the shipping to pay ($35,000) and of course the appropriate exporting taxes I need to pay which should be about 8% of the value of the equipment (about $16,000). My construction company are paying for my stay here so I do not have to spend extra cash on trying to stay here and a way of mobilizing in the city so I can continue to try and get this shipment out of the port. So I would not need 51K, just the 50K but if I am faced with having to pay for daily storage I don’t know how I will get the equipment out to the US and face to be in breach of my contract with the bureau.
I met BEN CONNELLY just a week ago on 'Match.com' we talked for a week, he was very charming. Told me he was German but lived in Dublin. He was working in Nigeria at the moment, divorced, two kids who he had full custody of. On monday evening we were on MSN and he said how miserable he was, i asked him if he wanted to talk about it, first he said no, i pushed a little, and he said how he was having problems with finding the money to get a container shipped. We carried on talking for a few minutes and then suddenly he asked 'are you going to help me' alarm bells started ringing. I told him i didn't have any money if that was what he was looking for. He stopped talking, i signed out of MSN.
Yesterday i sent him this email.
Men always wonder why women think so little of them. I always thought it was sad that all men were clubbed together under the same image. There are some decent men out there. I was married to one of the best, and i chose well. He treated women with respect and i returned that respect. Its a shame that a small minority think they can trick and cheat their way through life and try to use anyone who crosses their path. You Ben picked on the wrong women. I may be slightly lonely but i am not stupid. When my husband died he left a thriving business which i still run today. He also left a quite sizable insurance policy, which means my children and i are secure for all our lives. I didn't join match.com to find someone to take care of me financially, nor did i want to meet someone who would think i was their meal ticket, which is why i didn't fill in some of the sections. My bank balance is very healthy, and i intend it to stay that way. Sadly i have the awful feeling that the next women you wink at may not be as sensible and astute as to turn you down. I will however make sure no-one on the site ends up being conned by you.
NICE KNOWING YOU BEN
I then emailed match.com with my suspicions.
Yesterday evening i was online and he logged on and asked 'why did you send me a suck email' the following conversation occurred.
ben says (01:01):
that hurt...well remember i told you that i cant force you to trust or believe me
xxxxx says (01:02):
come on ben, you have been online all day and not spoke to me at all, and the same happened last night
ben says (01:03):
i have not the internet have being having problem
i just sign on its has being raining since here
i just saw your email and see you where online
ben says (01:04):
that why i never want to share my sadness with you knew something like these will come on
xxxxx says (01:04):
i have been on all day working
ben says (01:04):
people me names....
ben says (01:05):
now i feel like a lazy man and not being a able to take care of things myself
ben says (01:07):
i just sent you an email if you still want to know more details
xxxxx says (01:08):
ok i'll read it
ben says (01:09):
if you like
xxxxx says (01:10):
did you write this or copy and paste
ben says (01:11):
i wrote it yesterday was going send it to your email the internet was down,never thought i will talk to you today
i check my email and saw what you wrote
ben says (01:12):
was down
xxxxx says (01:13):
ben ur a liar, i just google that email...guess what i found
ben says (01:13):
what did you find?
tell me ?
go ahead
xxxxx says (01:15):
the whole of that email is on a site called...scamwarners.....it even mentions a name similar to yours
ben says (01:16):
you dont know what you saying........
xxxxx says (01:17):
oh i know, im reading the site as i speak
ben says (01:18):
i am also on the same site
i dont know which site you are in or checking
http://www.ethanol..org
xxxxx says (01:20):
http://www.scamwarn..3&p=29912
ben says (01:23):
thanks for sharing these detail to me mean they have being using us for scam
ben says (01:24):
thanks you just done a great thing
i have all the document and proves if you want me to show you will...
xxxxx says (01:25):
ben the date on the site is JUNE 5th, tthats 17 days ago it contains the same email you claim you wrote this morning
ben says (01:26):
did the picture on there look like mine?
wow
these is strange
ben says (01:27):
do you know who benjamin franklin is these is very funny that you should know its a scam
xxxxx says (01:29):
go on ben convince me ur not a lying cheating scumbag
ben says (01:29):
i am not babe
ben says (01:30):
i dont know what prove to you babe
xxxxx says (01:31):
EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE EMAIL YOU WROTE TO ME THIS MORNING APPEARS ON A SITE DATED 5TH JUNE??????
You have just sent a nudge.
ben says (01:35):
i just dont understand babe so surprise
xxxxx says (01:36):
http://www.fraudwat..?p=109503
its on this site too
xxxxx says (01:37):
whose the eldest out of ur two sons
xxxxx says (01:41):
michael leonard ring a bell
xxxxx says (01:42):
how about Chris Morgan und Tom Nathanel Donadel
ben says (01:42):
i just dont understand i am so so confussed,am going to have a another sleepless night
ben says (01:43):
thank you so much for the details babe
xxxxx says (01:43):
poor beb
poor ben
ben says (01:43):
danke
xxxxx says (01:43):
actually i can help you
ben says (01:44):
help me?
Patricia says (01:44):
find these scammers
ben says (01:44):
good
Patricia says (01:45):
no problem, i'll be in touch tomorrow, i have a friend who works for the CID in Dublin, i'll give him a ring in the morning
ben says (01:46):
OK BEAUTIFUL
xxxxx says (01:46):
speak to u tomorrow
ben says (01:46):
ok
xxxxx says (01:48):
His name is Dave Donnelly, i'll give him ur email addresses and he will probably contact you
ben says (01:49):
just ask him how or and how did they do it
guess i have being hacked then
This conversation ended with him saying how he now had a headache and he signed out. I emailed Match.com straight away. and included copies of the emails and links to this site. When i logged on to Match.com an hour ago, it looked like his profile has been removed, i don't know if it iss by him or match.com.
He is still online on MSN but i have him blocked
Mod edit: x'ed out member's name and added quote formatting for clarify -Jillian
