# Who falls for this?! (dating site scammers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668 "2015-03-10T03:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/41 "2015-03-12T03:27:18Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I get several of these each week. (Hey, some people collect ceramic frogs; I collect scams.) Even though my number _should_ be in the scammer’s WTF/dead end list by now, they feel that the remote chance that I might break down and fall for this is worth the extremely low cost of the robocall and the lowly-paid operator in India. (Who’s more gullible, the victim of the call or the operator who was promised untold riches?) > [@Musicat](#): > > [Here’s the audio of a call I received today.](http://doorbell.net/sounds/164458bridget.mp3) > > Link fixed. Damn edit window. Doesn’t sound like India at all. I’d say it was someone from a Caribbean nation. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/42 "2015-03-12T10:29:12Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I can only imagine the sad state of her knees. The sharper if knees, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/43 "2015-03-12T12:16:24Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Doesn’t sound like India at all. I’d say it was someone from a Caribbean nation. Caribbean, Philippines, and India all seem to be used, but that’s just where they _say_ they’re from, if not “Florida” or “California.” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/44 "2015-03-12T13:37:21Z")
As I always like to say, there’s a sucker born every minute (you have my permission to use that phrase). Yes, many of the online dating and mail-order-bride websites are indeed peppered with scam artists who prey on men who are, how shall I put this delicately, somewhat deficient in cognitive proficiency (i.e. stupid). However, it would be remiss to paint with a broad brush and say all dating and mail-order bride sites are scam magnets. I, for one am a huge mail-order-bride recipient winner. I’m a real true-love success story. I found my dear Katty on the swank, premium-subscription website, _Happywife4U. com_. Katty and I have been corresponding for months now and we will soon get married, as soon as she gets off the boat and we meet. No, she is not from Ghana, nor is she hitting me up for money or plane fare or anything like that—I did not just fall off of the turnip truck (you have my permission to use that phrase, too). Katty did, sadly, grow up in abject poverty, but she’s a sweet, hardworking, pull-yourself-up-by-the bootstraps kind of girl who is saving up her own money for a ticket to sail to America and live in matrimonial bliss with her Tibby (i.e. me). I don’t know who is more blessed, she or I. I’ll admit, looks are important to me, even though I don’t exactly look like a male underwear model myself (however, those idiot women who call me hideously ugly need to get their eye’s examined). So, you can understand my joy when Katty sent me this photograph of herself, posed against the modest house she grew up in: [My Katty](http://handsfeetandbeyond.com/Katty/katty.jpg). Yes, if you have a good eye, you may have noticed a slight resemblance to 80’s supermodel, Kathy Ireland. I noticed that, too. So, yay, me! I’m a lucky guy. Here’s another photo Katty sent me posing with two of her very close friends, Ellie and Rachie on the beach of their hometown of Monrovia:[Katty & Friends](http://handsfeetandbeyond.com/Katty/Kattyfriends.jpg). As you can see, her friends aren’t exactly woof woofs either. In fact, Katty tells me they are both single and looking for nice, first world husbands. So, if any of you unattached guys out there want a match up…I’ll see what I can do. And, as if I wasn’t lucky enough, Katty wrote to me yesterday and said she was just contacted by an unknown, long lost Uncle who is very rich (he’s Monrovia’s Prince Chip!) and he insists on sending me a very large dowry for our pending wedding (millions and millions of Rupees!). I just have to send him a few thousand dollars to hire a locksmith to open the rusty royal safe, and then it will be easy street for me and my Katty! Who wants a wedding invitation! ---
**Author:** ![AndyJMichelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@AndyJMichelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyJMichelson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/45 "2015-03-12T14:10:26Z")
I never enter these kind of ads. Most of the time you just end up paying money for nothing. I only like chat sites like (links deleted) where i can really see and chat with the girls and sometimes i end up hooking up with them. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/46 "2015-03-12T14:20:14Z")
Discussion of mail-order brides always reminds me of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=212249). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/47 "2015-03-12T14:21:53Z")
Spam reported. ( **AndyJMichelson** ) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/48 "2015-03-12T14:51:46Z")
> [@AndyJMichelson](#): > > I never enter these kind of ads. Most of the time you just end up paying money for nothing. I only like chat sites like (links deleted) where i can really see and chat with the girls and sometimes i end up hooking up with them. Do not post NSFW links. As per our Registration Agreement: > [@](#): > > Do not post links to pornography - we will be the judge of what constitutes pornography. Links to nudity or other potentially shocking or offensive material are permissible only in the context of a mature discussion - gratuitous posting of such links is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the “two click” rule - don’t link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item. If you’re not sure whether a link is appropriate, contact a moderator or administrator before posting it. Any user who feels a posted message is objectionable should contact the moderators of the affected forum by e-mail. Your first link was pornography. I didn’t chance the second one. Do not do that again. This is an official warning. You were reported as a spammer. Since you seem to be participating in other discussions I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you want to be an active member of this message board. > [@running\_coach](#): > > Spam reported. ( **AndyJMichelson** ) See above. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/49 "2015-03-12T16:36:26Z")
The kind of dating site that always has the horde of hot babes always puts me on guard. Way I see it, women who look like that need not face the uncertainty of the Internet, as they’re likely having to hold off the guys with a whip and chair. Why would they be advertising on the internet? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/50 "2015-03-12T16:45:21Z")
I moderated a _cough_ niche dating website. Many, many scammers, mostly women claiming to be completely submissive, adored housework, and who had no limits to making their man happy. They were always young, gorgeous, and foreign. My favorite, though, was one guy who claimed to be a decorated war hero, fighter pilot, deliverer of kidneys for transplant, and a bunch of other things. He was eventually found out as a fake because his photos contradicted each other. His “native American” wife started to look more and more Anglo in photos. It was entertaining to watch break down. Though I suppose he wasn’t a scammer, more of a sock. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668/51 "2015-03-12T16:56:50Z")
“Native American” is a huge scammer red flag. It doesn’t mean what they think it means. To them, it’s someone who was born in the USA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-falls-for-this-dating-site-scammers/714668.md?page=2)