# What’s This Facebook Bimbo’s Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742 "2010-11-24T03:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/21 "2010-12-03T08:09:36Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > So, mystery solved. Sexually frustrated white trash from Alabama looking for a hookup and probably some cash. She’ll probably defriend me tomorrow. 😃 I am still doubting that she is American. Her English is atrocious. I mean, is it really possible that an American native can be so stupid? Or maybe she is retarded. Or a Russian scammer. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/22 "2010-12-03T09:06:24Z")
When I read that with a Vietnamese accent in my head, it totally makes sense. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/23 "2010-12-03T09:14:00Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > I am still doubting that she is American. Her English is atrocious. I mean, is it really possible that an American native can be so stupid? Or maybe she is retarded. Or a Russian scammer. Weird. Yes, it is possible for a native American to be that stupid…but she doesn’t use English like a native speaker. I’d bet on scammer, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/24 "2010-12-03T10:07:21Z")
Some people are dyslexic and simply cannot type or write for shit even if their spoken English is good. This may be the case with her. When you combine dyslexia with someone who’s just not very smart, then…you have something like this. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/25 "2010-12-03T10:11:11Z")
I know—I just can’t shake the strange grammar myself, or the fact that she asked me questions about myself that could easily be answered by reading or observing my profile information. But what is to be gained by masquerading as an American? Let’s say I take the bait and tell her that I want to hook up with her. What is the mark going to think when “Chanelle” suddenly switches tack and informs him that her name is actually Olga Horshitovich and that she needs airfare to the Land of the Free in exchange for a little one-on-one summit conferencing? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/26 "2010-12-03T18:42:49Z")
Oh, she won’t say that she needs airfare from overseas, but it’ll be airfare from Tuskegee, and she’ll need childcare expenses, and probably some other expenses. She’ll have SOME reason why she needs money from you NOW in order to come see you and cement your relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/27 "2010-12-03T19:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > 9:43pm > Oh i see > and where u from ? > > 9:44pm > Simi Valley, CA - home of the Rodney King trials. > > 9:45pm > Oh i see and is that in usa? > > 9:45pm > Yes, California is in the United States. I don’t do Facebook, but I should think this exchange rather sums things up. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/28 "2010-12-03T19:24:05Z")
Whoever it is, she is clearly speaking English as a second language. It doesn’t sound Chinese or African to me. I’d put my bets on South-East Asia. The whole “kid” angle is kind of creepy. You’d think most love scams would emphasize not having a kid. In Cameroon, the only people who could afford the cyber cafes were young ladies running love scams. They’d come in and spend the whole day at it, as sure as an office worker goes to work. The cyber cafes were set up with webcams specifically for them. It was basically shift work for them. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/29 "2010-12-03T20:27:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Simi Valley, CA Simi Valley, Canada? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/30 "2010-12-03T20:45:11Z")
I’d also say she/he/it is not American. My guess is that it would turn into a dating scam, where you pay to see pics or send money to her for a plane ticket or to help with her kid’s medical emergency or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/31 "2010-12-03T21:55:01Z")
Its not always 100% guaranteed to be spam. Some time ago I received the following e-mail > [@](#): > > Buck, are you married? > > Will you please not tell anyone about this odd inquiry? If so, perhaps later I will have the opportunity to explain. Please, please just keep this between us right now, Buck! Please promise me you won’t tell anyone about this, however strange it seems. (Not anyone, Buck! Not a soul!) If you don’t promise me your most sincere confidentiality, I won’t be able to e-mail you again. > > If you are married: congratulations and best wishes. > > Please respond to: [XXXXXXX@aol.com](mailto:XXXXXXX@aol.com) (names and emails have been changed, but it was an email address I had never seen before ) Four years later we got married. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/32 "2010-12-03T22:05:31Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > I know—I just can’t shake the strange grammar myself, or the fact that she asked me questions about myself that could easily be answered by reading or observing my profile information. But what is to be gained by masquerading as an American? Let’s say I take the bait and tell her that I want to hook up with her. What is the mark going to think when “Chanelle” suddenly switches tack and informs him that her name is actually Olga Horshitovich and that she needs airfare to the Land of the Free in exchange for a little one-on-one summit conferencing? This is obviously a scam. She is pretending to be from Alabama. Notice how you told her about 4 times that you were married, but she kept asking nonsense follow up questions? Her scam will be sending her money for plane tickets/bus fare/train fare to come out to California and see you. Buy the ticket for her, you ask? She will have some reason why that isn’t plausible (crazy ex-boyfriend, Something Came Up at the Last Minute, her ID was stolen) she just needs money sent to a numbered overseas “secret” account that is there for her to escape her hellish torment. Keep talking to her. It will be fun. Tell her that you just had a fight with your wife and need her company. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/33 "2010-12-03T22:06:03Z")
**Buck Godot** married a Nigerian scammer! ---
**Author:** ![Sinisterniik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/34 "2010-12-03T22:29:05Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > a few years ago when I used a hotmail address, I got spam from a Russian email address with some of the same photos on that profile. They used the name “Asya Kozhurenko” It was the usual “I have a visa to come to your city and study, and I am looking for friends in the city before I arrive.” I played along, and within a few days the story was “I am still $700.00 short for my air ticket. Can you please help me out? I look forward to being your girlfriend when I arrive”. I’m sure that set of photos is used by lots of scammers in several asian countries. [Asya Kozyrenko](http://www.scammerlist.com/memberid/100021211_819de8c2) ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/35 "2010-12-03T23:41:41Z")
Holy Batscam, I think it’s Chanelle! I’m serious—look at this pic of [“Asya.”](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Anya.jpg) Now look at this pic of [“Chanelle.”](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Chanelle.jpg) See the unusually high hairline on the red-haired girl? I think they’re both the same girls! ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/36 "2010-12-03T23:53:30Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > **Buck Godot** married a Nigerian scammer! Probably would have been cheaper to just send her a blank check 😃 Just getting your money every week claiming its for groceries or some other made up expense.. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/37 "2010-12-03T23:56:44Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Probably would have been cheaper to just send her a blank check 😃 Drawn on what bank? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/38 "2010-12-04T00:14:27Z")
Oh, this is too fucking funny. I didn’t even scroll down and see [this one](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Asya2.jpg)! Now look at [this one](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Chanelle2.jpg). It’s even the same goddamn outfit! My little Alabama honeysuckle is really a Vorkutan tundra bunny! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/39 "2010-12-04T00:15:26Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Whoever it is, she is clearly speaking English as a second language. It doesn’t sound Chinese or African to me. I’d put my bets on South-East Asia. Possible. But I’d say not quite fractured enough for your typical Thai. Maybe a Filipina? Or … a Filipino. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742/40 "2010-12-04T05:07:57Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Oh, this is too fucking funny. I didn’t even scroll down and see [this one](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Asya2.jpg)! Now look at [this one](http://www.ericlevonian.com/Chanelle2.jpg). It’s even the same goddamn outfit! My little Alabama honeysuckle is really a Vorkutan tundra bunny! Oh yeah, that is definitely her. You should have a little fun with her, ala 419Eater! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-this-facebook-bimbo-s-game/561742.md?page=3)