You think they got to come from africa to be con men? If you believe that you've been conned for a long time.

I AINT GOT NO MONEY
I AINT LIKE THOSE OTHER DUDES YOU HANG AROUND

i'm glad you could see through him, and not fall for his game! the sad part is there are a lot of lonely women out there that will fall for it, and lost money, and get a broken heart in the process! some very cruel people out there in this world!!!

Okay, so inspired by Rhonda's thread about online dating I decided to go to the website I was on years ago and update my profile. So i'm scrolling through some of the guys in my area and I come across this dude's profile. He's cute, with a Master's degree, apparently employed and what not.

So, I send dude a note with my IM contact info in case he wants to chat. I'm mostly bored, definitely not looking for a relationship, but always open to making new friends and what not.

So, yesterday, dude responds and we chat online for a few hours and immediately warning bells start to ring. Here's the breakdown:

1. I noticed when scrolling the profiles that he had THREE different profiles with different pictures of himself but with the same exact essay with fucked up spelling. When I ask about it he says that he started a profile awhile ago. So what about third one, playa???

2. He describes himself as half white (Irish) and half African. Apparently his mother is from Nigeria. However, his father died when he was 5 and he has no siblings.

3. Although he's American (uh-huh, yeah right) he was born in NYC, raised in Ohio, and now lives in Dallas he's currently in "West Africa Nigeria" (Americans would never say it like this) visiting his sick mother.

4. He's raising his son who is 10 years old by himself because his girlfriend/baby mama died in a car crash on her way home. (I'm sorry, what did you say? "Bullshit?" Couldn't hear you over these violin strings and my overflowing tears.)

5. His first relationship after her oh so tragic death resulted in his girlfriend sleeping with his best friend. (Damn, fool you got some bad fucking luck! )

6. The basic jist of the convo is that he's gorgeous but lonely and just wishes he could find a woman to treat as his queen, worship the ground she walks on, marry, and get pregnant.

7. Keep in mind that despite having Bachelor's and Master's degrees all his posts are ridiculously mispelled and extremely flowery and over the top with romantic language and imagery. (Nucca, you got me confused with a chick that likes to hear all that fucking sweet talk. )

8. Today, he contacts me and has drastically amped up the sweet talk. (Muthafucka, please, stop )

9. Me and my skeptical ass peeped out this game a mile away but I'm bored and already on the train so I say let's ride this bitch to the end. I ask him: "So are you always such a bad speller?" He says no but a few seconds later he says he has to go for a few minutes when he returns his spelling has miraculously improved.

10. In between wooing me on a secluded beach, while feeding me chocolate covered strawberries or some shit he mentions that he got some bad news about his mother from the doctor. (Really? No! Who saw that coming??? )

11. I reply, "How is she doing? I'm really concerned about her but you don't have to talk about it unless you want to." Wait for it, wait for it . . .

Larry Tomson: Yes baby...The Dr called me and told me that my mom need to have a surgery in three days time and I need to deposite some money before they can have the surgery done for her and I dont have the total money they asked me to pay I am shotr of 500$ and I dont have that
Me: sorry to hear that. i hope you're able to get it.
Larry Tomson: I dont know how to get it can you help me with any amount I am going to pay back as soon as I get back to the state
Me: nope, sorry.
Me: i'm sure it will all workout
Larry Tomson: Can you help me with any amount ?
Me: Nah, I ain't gon' be able to help.
Me: i guess you don't want to talk to me now, huh?
Larry Tomson: nope
Larry Tomson: sad
Me: okay, take care.

The morals of the story:

A. Game recognize game.
B. Them gatdamn African con-men got mad angles.
C. Ladies, seriously, please be careful out there when venturing into online dating. If he sounds too good to be true, chances are he's in West Africa Nigeria trynta scam you for money.
[Edited 7/22/09 18:27pm]

paintedlady said:

Ridiculous, but funny. I wonder if they ever find women gullible enough to fall for this mess.

SCNDLS said:

And they all end up as victims on American Justice or Forensic Files.

noimageatall said:

For me, I just can't see anybody actually falling for this in 2009. Like somebody said before, maybe 15, 10, or even 5 years ago. But the genreal public is so internet savvy now, and the scams have been hashed and re-hashed so many times and circulated so widely. A person that falls for this would have to be from a totally isolated backround, with no online experience and would have to have even less sense than the good lord gave a goose. I mean, to move from "hey,what's up? to "can you send my over educated ass $500" in the span of a few days....?

Ottensen said:

There are still women who want to marry serial killers today. And guys who want to date Paris Hilton.

I AINT GOT NO MONEY
I AINT LIKE THOSE OTHER DUDES YOU HANG AROUND

oh shit. why did i come here. y'all gonna have me rolling all fucking night. dreamin bout Um Fo Fo and his quest for love and money or rather just money.

http://yu-kym.blogspot.co...onmen.html
This may be old "news" to you but it came up with a conversation with my friends today. Just as there are Singaporean men who get conned by foreign women into parting with their money, there are Singaporean women who get conned by foreign men. In particular, Singaporean women have been caught for making drug runs for their African boyfriends. The African men first seduce them with love and sex and then later convince them into being drug runners - to transporting drugs such as heroin and cocaine to other countries.

Why do African conmen target Singaporean women? The Singapore passport is highly valued because we don't need visas to many countries, Singaporeans are known to be law-abiding and Singapore is not a place where drugs are freely available and so Singaporeans may be subject to less stringent checks.

Why do Singaporean women want African boyfriends? People can say that they are insecure, needy, desperate or whatever but the most likely thing is, as the saying goes, "once you go black you can never turn back".

I'm a little curious whether that saying is true. But I think I shall not go black (yet) for fear of not being able to turn back!

i'm glad you could see through him, and not fall for his game! the sad part is there are a lot of lonely women out there that will fall for it, and lost money, and get a broken heart in the process! some very cruel people out there in this world!!!

He got some pretty ass lips.

Damn.

Dude in the pics is probably a model of some sort hence the photoshopping wonder if I can find out who it really is for laughs.

SCNDLS said:

And they all end up as victims on American Justice or Forensic Files.

I found his younger brother...

Fruity Thompson.







Just joking.

kimrachell said:

and some of those women marry these dudes and help them get citizenship. downright scary and pitiful.

Why are they taking pictures with fish?

oh how fun it would be to scam a scammer

noimageatall said:

True. Reminds me of the time I met some men in Miami that were obviously Russian mobsters. The godfather of the group offered to take me to Paris and out shopping. Dude, I saw Tony Curtis on American Justice talking about you muthafuckas, I don't even think so. Next thing you know I'll wake up in a brothel in some Eastern bloc country. Keep it moving playa, and no I don't need a drink.

DesireeNevermind said:

Maybe SCNDLS can post how to get this dude's profile, and we can all troll him into oblivion!