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The phrases "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!" and "Buyer...Beware!" were never more applicable here. If you experience one or more of these "red flags," strap on your "bulletproof vest" and guard your wallet.
Professional photos pirated by userUncapitalized
“I” instead of IHorrible
grammar and improper sentence structurePoor
vocabularyCos
/ coz in place of because or causeDisplay
name of famous person used , e.g. author, poet Two
first names for first and sur name “George McCall” or “Maxwell
Stone”Weight
and height are not or proportionate (6 ‘7, 70 lbs.)Claim
to be from the US but have no knowledge of the CityTemporarily
on job assignment working in a foreign country (Russia, Romania
Republic of
Benin, South Africa, Ghana, United
Kingdom, Nigeria, Philippines)Gives
you a cell phone number with a country code attached to the above
countriesAsks
for plane ticket fare, not the ticket itself
Individual has just been robbed and needs replacement fundsThe
individual and/or child was just involved in a car accidentTheir
wife died in a car accidentRecently
widowed Refuse
to be seen on a webcam If
they have a webcam, their appearance does not match the
description or pictures from
earlierAsk
/ beg you to appear intimately on a webcam or they perform for youWorks
for an orphanage'
Child
in orphanage need medical attention/surgery (cash based societies
need money
upfront for treatment)injured
and needs money to get medical attentionSick
and needs medicineNeeds
money for VISA / Passport Check out www.USCIS.gov
to
inform
yourself of what is
actually required to obtain
a VISA in
foreign
countries to come to the United StatesFalls
in love with you almost overnight and says all the things “you’ve
been dying to hear”Asks
you for money/gifts/jewelry and you have never personally met this
personWants
the money sent Western Union or Money GramDoes
not have an actual home address to receive mailDoes
not have a profile to be viewedEmbraces
emotional blackmail…”if you truly love me, you must trust me!”No
family or familial tiesWants
to send you checks to deposit, cash and send them a small
portion….you save and
invest the rest for the futureAsks
specific questions about your finances, work, incomeGets
upset, even angry if you refuse to cooperate/send moneyActs
like a battering, bullying suitor when refused material or
financial itemsClaims
to be from America but knows nothing about America “Remember your
American
history and ask specific questions. “Who
was Paul
Revere?”Copyright 2008 AKA Bandit
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