| Jan 15 @ 10:43 PM |
Sick of scammers
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icq4fun2
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Where to start? I could ramble on with this topic, but I'll spare you that for now. I've just had my fill of scammers and spammers. I wandered on about this topic through these forums some time back when I was a little more active on here than I am now. Of course I was beaten down at that time for not being more accepting of those I happen to exclude in my search, but that is another story. (we all have what we desire and need.) Anyway, the brunt of this is that it's a shame that there are SO MANY that just want to jerk a man around on here for some finacial gain.
How is a man supposed to use a site like this in all fairness to discover a nice relationship with a woman that is for real? How is a man supposed to discover any woman on the net (or in the real world) that doesn't play all the games and want to ruin what might be something good that can happen... whether or not that be a "forever" scenario that many of us desire or just something for the here and now? (As an aside... women complain in profiles about men that play games. Heh!  )
I could give you a sample of tonight's blunder... err... venture... into an attempt to reach out to what appeared to be a nice person to discover. Their profile seemed genuine enough and very sincere. I'll not share that for now as "she" has been reported and I'll leave it to the mods to do their duty. Perhaps my replies to the scammers are helping them to be more astute, but I doubt that as I have been semi-obtuse in what I have offered. Maybe they are just getting smarter as time goes by on their own.
In any case, I have had it up to here with this.   
Can someone please announce to me (here in this forum thread or via email on this site) where a man can discover someone that isn't all about some sort of game playing BS? In the meantime, I will pine away and cruise my normal haunts of Meijer and Whole Foods Market cruising for "babes".   
Just joking on that last little bit. 
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| Jan 16 @ 11:14 PM |
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DJ1024
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i guess you just have to trust your instincts. IMO, someone can lie to you online or in person. sometimes you're not going to know til you've met someone in person. i've been very honest that i'm looking for more than a fuk buddy - i want the whole package, so to speak. they weren't honest & it's pretty easy to read between the lines. i can say i've met more good men than bad, made some good friends. no horror stories, lol. don't get discouraged, i think dating is fun, i like to talk to people & you can always learn something. you never know when you're gonna meet a person you really click with & sometimes it's the one you don't think you have much in common with that really hits it off well.
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| Jan 17 @ 3:22 PM |
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home_nuff_alrdy
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I don't have an answer to your question. But for sure, there are many. Some don't even realize what it its they're looking for. And others, are afraid to tell you that you're not the one, but yet keep playin games with you.
Wished I shopped in your city! 
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| Jan 17 @ 7:38 PM |
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spaceman33
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 I feel what your saying. I am to tired of the games that people play with another ones feelings. I am sure there are honest people on here that are searching for their other half. Just have to know what to look for and know the signs of a scam. If you really want to have fun with the scammers, send them on a wild goose chase, tell them that you sent the money, give them a false number. It is priceless, it can give you a little vindication. I have come across my share of scammers, especially from africa. If you want to find out the easy way if they are from Africa, just ask them how they are doing, and if they answer am fine, that is a red flag right there, and check out the profile first, before responding.
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| Jan 20 @ 1:12 PM |
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icq4fun2
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Thanks for the replies thus far. Just to add some things to this for clarifications...
DJ... I understand wat you're saying. For me and I suspect the other good guys here, it's not a matter of meeting someone online and finding out they have been lying after so many emails. It's more of matter that they didn't present themselves as honest in their profile at all. When someone might say they are looking for "ABC" and their email reply to you is "XYZ" then that is an obvious red-flag for anyone. When that someone claims to be looking for "ABC" and their reply is "please visit my web-page or sexy cam {email address removed}," then you've got a totally different ball of whatever. (Trying to use nice words in my response as to not offend and prevent the filters from editing this post.) And for the record, there's nothing wrong with the cam thing for cash, but there is something wrong with fishing for "customers" on internet introduction sites. My $.02.
home_nuff... Thank you. By the way, I rarely shop at Whole Foods. I usually stick to Meijer with the occasional visit to the local upscale Kroger.
spaceman... I've had some fun with the scammers in the past. Trust me.   Now, I've got better things to do with my time now and just don't want to waste it with such folly. I'll leave it up to you to send them scurrying from here to there and back again. I'm sure you'll do a good job. In the meantime, I'll just report them in my efforts to make this place better for myself and all the others that are using it.
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