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Man loses $200,000 to fake 'girlfriend' met online

article published on 26 February, 2011

The Chicago Sun-Times posted a remarkable blurb this week, one in which a man from Naperville, Illinois was conned out of $200,000 by his "online girlfriend." Last week, the 48-year old man called Naperville police because he believed his girlfriend had been kidnapped somewhere around London. In explaining the situation, the man told police that he started the online relationship ... [ read the full article ]

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MrZoolook
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_ 		4. March 2011 @ 13:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Will even post my spare house keys and e-mail my address... Am going away for a few day and want you to make yourself at home if you fancy house-sitting for me!
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plazma247
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_ 		4. March 2011 @ 13:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you could make sure that while your there you dont go into the garage because my prised and almost priceless farrari collections in there.
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Jemborg
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_ 		5. March 2011 @ 01:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LOL

Tell the truth, I do feel a little sorry for the poor lonely shmuck.
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noypi2
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_ 		5. March 2011 @ 08:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There are still people that can get fooled????
we are living in space age technology.
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ddp
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_ 		5. March 2011 @ 21:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sucker born every minute.
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omendata
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_ 		6. March 2011 @ 08:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sad he must have been a right sad case to be that desperate for a burd!

Crikey and I thought I was desperado;
lol

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plazma247
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_ 		6. March 2011 @ 08:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thinking out aloud what would be really useful is a picture they used to represent who scammed him, others are probably falling for the same scam as i type lol.

Not that they couldnt use another picture of someone else, but it would stop them from hitting more people who already know them as that person.
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MrZoolook
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_ 		7. March 2011 @ 18:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In this day and age, after decades of e-mail scams being in the news nearly constantly... I have no sympathy!

If you're the sort of person who thinks its in any way NORMAL to throw money at an e-mail contact with nothing more then easily forged photographs... you're really NOT the sort of person who should be allowed to have money in the first place!
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omendata
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_ 		7. March 2011 @ 20:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or the sort of person who should be allowed internet access!

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SoulGLOW
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_ 		10. March 2011 @ 04:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
edited by ddp! For $200k large ill pretend to be your girlfriend online too. Hell ill even wear a wig and lipstick. Fuq it ill do it in person ... after all its a down economy ;)
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omendata
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_ 		10. March 2011 @ 19:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes but will you take it up the bot bot if he asks for that 200k thats the big question?
>;o)
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