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Old Aug 30, 2015, 07:54 PM
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My friend has fallen in love with a Nigerian scammer from plenty of fish.....I'm super creeped out. I don't know what's going to happen...

http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48743

This is the guy....she supposedly met him in life a couple of times but she has issues with face recognition and I'm wondering if it might not be the guy.....I'm assuming not. What are the odds that she met the actual identity theft victim Instead of one of the many scammers.

I'm so upset for her but also don't know what to do....I just wanted to share this with someone......
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Old Aug 30, 2015, 07:59 PM
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My friend has fallen in love with a Nigerian scammer from plenty of fish.....I'm super creeped out. I don't know what's going to happen...

http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48743

This is the guy....she supposedly met him in life a couple of times but she has issues with face recognition and I'm wondering if it might not be the guy.....I'm assuming not. What are the odds that she met the actual identity theft victim Instead of one of the many scammers.

I'm so upset for her but also don't know what to do....I just wanted to share this with someone......
sounds rly fishy... the broken english and stuff. ive seen a lot of dr phil episodes about stuff like this. women get completely blinded by the prospect of love and fall for these scammers. its sad. i hope your friend realizes this. i also hope she doesnt send him any money
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Old Aug 30, 2015, 08:15 PM
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sounds rly fishy... the broken english and stuff. ive seen a lot of dr phil episodes about stuff like this. women get completely blinded by the prospect of love and fall for these scammers. its sad. i hope your friend realizes this. i also hope she doesnt send him any money
I saw this guys texts though and the English was fine...it's not all the same guy....it's like there are multiple guys using the name purple....but it's all a scam. I haven't heard from her though, I'm kind of afraid to press as she's probably upset....
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 08:19 AM
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i got some good news today. i just found out my sister who just got married is pregnant. so im gonna be an aunt.
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Congrats newtus!

I won't be able to go to group today, my anxiety is so bad it's giving me diarrhea and I don't feel well enough to go. It doesn't disappoint me, but I hate missing days of things, I hate calling in for work or calling in for things if I can't go. This is my first time missing IOP but whatever.
I don't feel as hopeless today as I did yesterday.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 02:10 PM
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My friend has fallen in love with a Nigerian scammer from plenty of fish.....I'm super creeped out. I don't know what's going to happen...

http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48743

This is the guy....she supposedly met him in life a couple of times but she has issues with face recognition and I'm wondering if it might not be the guy.....I'm assuming not. What are the odds that she met the actual identity theft victim Instead of one of the many scammers.

I'm so upset for her but also don't know what to do....I just wanted to share this with someone......
Well , do you know for sure his a scam ala identity theft.

What rose suspicions?
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 02:31 PM
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Well , do you know for sure his a scam ala identity theft.

What rose suspicions?
The guy lied about his name and said he was going to retire in 2 years when the real guy was already retired---my friend found his pictures at the ceremony. She was just looking for pics in google.

Basically if you look at the link the guy is a high ranking soldier and his identity has been compromised and used by scammers. Just the fact that they use the same 10 pictures over and over again is really enough evidence. There were no new unique pics....they say on catfish that you should get pics of people holding up some unique object like a fork or whatever they wouldn't normally take a pic of and ask for that to verify its the same person.
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i got some good news today. i just found out my sister who just got married is pregnant. so im gonna be an aunt.
That is exciting! You'll be a great aunt, newtus. Maybe that (hormone fluctuations) explains your sister's hurtful remark the other day.
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 03:41 PM
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Had a good day at work. it was long but i managed... knowing i am off for 2 days helped get me through!
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The guy lied about his name and said he was going to retire in 2 years when the real guy was already retired---my friend found his pictures at the ceremony. She was just looking for pics in google.

Basically if you look at the link the guy is a high ranking soldier and his identity has been compromised and used by scammers. Just the fact that they use the same 10 pictures over and over again is really enough evidence. There were no new unique pics....they say on catfish that you should get pics of people holding up some unique object like a fork or whatever they wouldn't normally take a pic of and ask for that to verify its the same person.
Alright , what next. Just for your friend to break off contact?
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 05:26 PM
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Alright , what next. Just for your friend to break off contact?
Yeah that's all she can do.....it's just sad because she's fallen in love with this guy...or who she thought he was....
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Yeah that's all she can do.....it's just sad because she's fallen in love with this guy...or who she thought he was....
Yeah , she knows all this? The issues surrounding this guy. Maybe it won't be too bad
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Congrats newtus, being an auntie is awesome!
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Yeah , she knows all this? The issues surrounding this guy. Maybe it won't be too bad
Have you ever fallen in love Materly?
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Have you ever fallen in love Materly?
Honestly , no.

But when I'm done I'm done , i guess if the peripheral issues become a bit disturbing , it makes a decision a lot easier.
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Honestly , no.

But when I'm done I'm done , i guess if the peripheral issues become a bit disturbing , it makes a decision a lot easier.
Making the decision isn't the problem here I don't think. It's the fact that this person has been screwed over big time, and that's sad, really sad. I'm currently in love with my fiancee of 6 years, we plan to spend the rest of our lives together and if I where to lose what we have I would be devastated.
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Making the decision isn't the problem here I don't think. It's the fact that this person has been screwed over big time, and that's sad, really sad. I'm currently in love with my fiancee of 6 years, we plan to spend the rest of our lives together and if I where to lose what we have I would be devastated.
But I think everyone can envisage a situation that finding out a truth about a partner could change completely how the partner is viewed by the other party to the relationship
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Old Aug 31, 2015, 05:47 PM
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But I think everyone can envisage a situation that finding out a truth about a partner could change completely how the partner is viewed by the other party to the relationship
In this case it completely invalidates what she was feeling because she's been tricked....I think that's far worse than a normal breakup...
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