does this sound familiar?

Hello I have just been directed to this site from 419eaters. I have recently received emails from someone whose profile was on a dating site. I spotted it as a scam after the second email, due to the complete change in writing style and the usual strange English language used. I havent as yet been approached for money or anythng like that but Im not sure if I should continue with it to see what happens and thus identify another scammer. The person has stated that he works in Nigeria but lives in UK and is returning soon. I have received a few emails each day over three days. Each one has had noticeable differences in style and language which made me think more than one person is writing or perhaps using different scripts! What info should I post here so that it can be recognised?
properly as a scam to protect others Thanks for any help!
fried chicken

Hi there fried chicken, welcome to scamwarners

I'm glad to hear you found out it's a scam and that you want to post it online so others can be saved too. It would be great if you could post all the mails you received of him so far, along with his email adress. Please edit out your own name, though.

As you are mailing with this scammer from your personal account I strongly advise you to just stop all contact with him. Your intentions are noble, but we don't want people to send mails to scammers with their own adress. What you are talking about is called scambaiting, something our friends at eater are good at. They all 'bait safe', with special precautions.

But again, as you are mailing him with your real info, just stop all communications. Stop replying and just delete any further email without even reading them.

Thanks again for wanting to help out!

Hi fried chicken and welcome to ScamWarners.

As Michael has said, please do not continue to correspond with the scammer. If you would like to post the emails you do have from him, even just the first one or two because those are certain to be copied and pasted for use with other victims, that would definitely help others as the information will show up in searches.

To post, include the email with header from the scammer, making sure to remove any instances of your own name or email address. If you need help retrieving the email header just let us know.

Thanks Jillian and Michael
I will take heed and no more contact! I have a photo which was sent, I have searched the photos online but nothing matches so perhaps it is new. I dont know how to find the header. If you can help with that I will certainly post up the original emails and photo sent.
Thanks

Can you tell us your email provider (not your email address) please? The method for showing the full headers varies.

Hotmail.co.uk

Hotmail
Log into Hotmail.
Click on "Options" tab on the top navigation bar.
Click on the "Mail" link on the navigation bar on the left.
Click on the "Mail Display Settings" link.
Change the "Message Headers" option to "Full".
Click the "OK" button.
Here is an illustrated guide: <http://docs.department23.co.uk/Hotmail.pdf>

Thanks for this but as I have the new version of hotmail, the proceedure has changed! You are supposed to be able to right click ont he message to see the details but its not working properly! I have posted on the hotmail forum for a solution! Will update this when I know!
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Im sorry but I am still unable to access the email headers. I do have a photo though which I can upload, can someone tell me how to do it?
Thanks

Here is a copy of the first email sent to my personal email address


Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:59:01 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: **************
To:******************

Hello ****,


How you doing today?? Thanks for dropping me your email on the ************ website, It is really good to hear from you. I read your profile as well, I like the sound of you in there.


In case you are wondering more about me?? My name is Stephen,am 54. I have been widowed for about 5 years now... I love pets but don't have any at the time because my work keeps me away a lot. I have a little garden as well. I am the quiet and a bit shy type. I prefer staying indoors most times and spend time all by myself pretty boring ah? I love traveling, going to the movies and stuff. I hail from Colombia, my dad was Colombian while my mom from Cardiff. I lived in Colombia for 25 years before I came to the UK but I am currently in Nigeria, I have been for 3 months undergoing a house construction project but ll be back soon.


So I would like to know more about you? What do you for fun? What do you look for in a man?


All I look for in a woman is someone with a good heart. I am a man who knows how to treat a woman right and make her feel like the queen she is.


Feel free to write back to me on here. I hope to hear from you soon.


Regards,


Stephen

Thanks for posting the email, fried chicken. The problem you're having with hotmail headers is widespread. I've not heard of any solutions yet.
If you'd like to post the photo the scammer is using there is a guide for posting pictures on our forum here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219

Thanks Jillian, will follow that and post the photo! Hotmail online help has over a thousand unanswered help postings, the last time I looked! I think there are major issues with the new system!
FC

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz20 ... ys-1-1.jpg

Here is the photo my scammer sent me.

Hi fried chicken

Romance scammers are patient; they will wait for weeks and even months until you get involved emotionally,then they will hit you with the money requests. He’s probably one scammer who copy and paste from different scripts.

Well done in spotting the scam

Thank you Norman, if someone starts to talk about love in their second email, I would certainly think they are up to no good!
You guys should give yourselves a great big pat on the back for the great job you do on here.
xx