# I assume this is a scam...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 15, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813 "2008-02-15T22:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/1 "2008-02-15T22:17:44Z")

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I’ve got an ad up at OKCupid, and just got the following email from a “22F, Denver, CO.”

> [@](#):
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> Hi,
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> I know someone from your area who is a great fit to your profile preferences. If you would like to get in touch with him, please let me know your contact info and I will forward you his profile and pictures.
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> Best wishes,  
> Jamie

Any theories?

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/2 "2008-02-15T22:24:32Z")

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You live in Nigeria, perhaps?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/3 "2008-02-15T22:29:18Z")

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What, she’s just trawling for email addresses? That seems a bit circuitous.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/4 "2008-02-15T22:31:23Z")

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Might not be anything. Do you have a generic junk email address you could share? Or you could just scare up a yahoo or something and see what she sends. If you’re that curious… _\<shrug\>_

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/5 "2008-02-15T22:33:57Z")

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Does the person not have access to a computer? He must, since he has a profile and pictures. Why wouldn’t he just message you himself? For that matter, why wouldn’t she just give you the link in the OKC message?

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/6 "2008-02-15T23:04:03Z")

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It’s probably just an email bot or something similar that will direct you to pr0n.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-assume-this-is-a-scam/437813/7 "2008-02-16T02:16:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Flander]  
It’s probably just an email bot or something similar that will direct you to pr0n.  
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Wouldn’t they be more likely to find porn customers by targeting men?