The
story described below was sent to me by an old friend, and I’m
grateful to her for this story a lot. My friend used the services of
a free international dating site.
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Well,
I'll tell it like it is.
I’ve
recently encountered with a similar scheme on a dating site. By the
way, a lot of dating sites function and live well enough using this
scheme.
Two
American generals wrote to me. It was strange that I, a lady from the
backwoods who is already over 55, awoke interest of America's Army,
not the ranks, but generals themselves. The first letters were not
significantly different in style and content, some suggestions were
even the same. It was clear that both cases were scams, but I
couldn’t understand in what exactly.
As
I answered both of them, they started writing to me by e-mail. Though
soon they figured out that they were writing to the same woman and
one of them disappeared. But George Casey (by the way, with the help
of the Internet I learnt that this is the name of a famous general in
America ... gee!), continued writing. He was so sincere that I
couldn’t answer him in a different way. My letters were passionate.
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Everything
developed with space velocity. George suggested sending my things
first so as not to carry them with me, which I flatly refused. Then
he told me that being in Iraq he had found some money and wanted to
open a deposit account in my name, so that he could then open his
business in Russia. I told him my name. I thought there wasn't any
danger in it. Soon I received some documents by e-mail which stated
that a deposit on the amount of 250,000 thousand dollars had been
opened in the bank in Hanna (one more problem, why there?).
I
found such a bank on the Internet and gave them the details of my
bank and my bank account (thanks God I didn’t have any money
there). Then I received a form which I was to fill in, and they asked
for a photocopy of my passport. This time I wrote that the money was
not mine and I didn't want it. Sure, I didn’t send the documents.
George grieved over for a couple of days and disappeared.
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Perhaps
scammers have changed a little, but in general, they are easily
figured out. Though I guess you will find people, both men and women,
who will swallow the bait, and I’m writing my revelation for them.
Sincerely
yours, Mathilda.
Well,
what can I say? The woman immediately puzzled out the scam. But she
shouldn’t have given the details of her account. She may need it
someday.
I
hope it will help people who will find themselves in a situation like
that.
