Over a series of articles I will attempt to highlight common scams related to online dating, and provide safe ways to date online (and on Facebook) without exposing yourselves to scams.
Nigerian dating scam One well-known scam is the so-called Nigerian dating scam. Usually the scammers upload fake attractive photos, in most cases of white people. They pretend to be the foreign specialists working in Nigeria or Ghana (usually originally from US and UK, but it may also be Canada, Australia or any other European country).
After they establish some lovely correspondence with you, fall in love and maybe even send a couple of cheap presents, they will either:
a) be almost on their way to meet you, but something will happen to them: they will get robbed, beaten, get into the hospital, or other misfortune will happen and of course you will be their only contact to ask for financial help, or:
b) tell you that their employer pays them with Money Orders, and they can't cash them in Nigeria. They will send you the Money Orders and ask you to deposit them into your bank account and then wire the money to them via Western Union. Usually they say to keep some money for your trouble. Needless to say, those Money Orders are no good, and not even worth the paper they're printed on. If you cash them or deposit them into your account, Money Orders will come back after few weeks as fraudulent and you will be responsible for paying back the money to the bank and sometimes even charged for passing counterfeit instrument.
Please remember: white people in Nigeria or Ghana contacting you on the dating sites or social networks are always 100% scam. No exceptions. There are no white engineers or female models stranded there. It is always scam. Once you stop giving it a benefit of doubt like newbies sometimes do, you will be safe.
Source. Via Dating 'n More.
Next article in this series: Russian dating scams.
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