Beware of Dating Scams on the Internet. I wish you no scams in your life!

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.

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.

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.

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.