WARNING! WARNING! Predators in the herd!! !

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This is a warning there is a predator among us. I was PMed by someone calling herself Peace. When I replied, mostly out of politeness, she send me back a new version of the Nigerian Scam. Beware, all members, this 'girl' will rob you blind if you respond to her. She may well try again using a different name.

Report the user to the mods. Lot of scams go on here through PM. Pretty much they all say they saw your profile and thought you are a perfect match for them, something like that or say they are interested in you. I always ignore the PMs and just delete them. The users have usually been handled already by the time I read them. Lot of them are just spam bots too.

You might want to report that here:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt142813.html

Sounds like a 419.

Could you please forward me that message XLCR?

The day I signed up here within minutes I got the email from Peace. I didnt respond because I could tell it was a scam. UHG!

Thank you PM. I can now find a mod or two to dump on if needed.

Last edited by LiendaBalla on 05 Apr 2011, 12:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Never reply to these things - it just confirms your address as being valid and active.

Your welcome, glad i could help.

It's best not to respond and please also report it

Tell me, is the username peace or peace201?

Yes, it was Peace201. I'm trying to figure out how to forward it. I don't see a forward Message button here. But I read enough of it to recognize it. A few details are changed, but it's the same old scam. I've always been amazed that people fall for it.

Just copy and paste it here and Sallamandrina will take care of it.

Sorry, it was peace201. I didnt remember the numbers when I responded, just that it was Peace. Should I still report it or is it being taken care of now?

Great XLCR and twinsmummy20, now I found the user and banned them

Thank you for reporting and you too PM for helping.

Just for recognition purposes, here it is:

Hello
My name is peace,
i saw your profile today here wrongplanet.net and became interested in you,i will like to know you the more,and i want you to send an email to my mail so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address( [email protected] ) I believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your reply in my yahoo mail box not in the site.(Remember the distance or color does not matter but love matters allot in life)my dear please remember to contact me through my e mail address here
( [email protected] )
Regards
Miss peace.

Your welcome, glad I could be of service.

I suggest having a specific thread where people may post these scam PM's.

Scam messages such as these are called "formats." They are mass-emailed from accounts which have low life-expectancies, with replies to be sent to longer-lived accounts. Shutting down their email account is counterproductive, because it takes them 5 minutes to create a new one which will not be found by a Google search.

Altering the warning on the PM inbox to ask the user to search the site for phrases in unsolicited PM's would then lead them to that thread.

A similar system exists with email scams on sites such as scamwarners.com and romancescam.com

It is to our benefit that potential future victims can Google or otherwise search for the text of scams and find information.

Shutting down their profiles does not do much to stop them, but luckily since they rarely deviate from the formats and scripts they have purchased, they are easily spotted in their new incarnations.

For anyone who wants more information, read this tutorial on how to spot a romance scammer.

(419 scams and scambaiting is one of my strong interests)