Beware of Scammers! 

One needs to understand that this is a job for scammers, and they do it well. Scammers mostly work in groups, where each person has his own task. One of them draws documents using a graphics editor should in case the man requests for a scan of the passport. The second person registers on dating websites. The third writes letters ostensibly from girls. Well, and girls answer the phone calls of the future victims. As you have already understood, a team works.

If you are caught up in the midst of professional swindlers, you will not have any single chance to escape. Last year, scammers from the city of Yoshkar-Ola (Russia) swindled an unlucky German of 26 thousand euros. The German sincerely loved the "girl" with photos. It is understandable that the "girl's" picture was that of the Russian ballet celebrity Anastasia Volochkova, which scammers issued as the Russian bride.

I do not believe that the German sent the money without a preliminary verification on the "girl". However, a group of scammers numbering 24 people worked against him. This was found out later when they were arrested. I saw a picture of the detention place, there was good expensive furniture in the lodging room and there was a row of 10 computers connected to the Internet. All these were bought with the money of the swindled men. And this happened in Russia, which is actively cooperating with Interpol. In Nigeria or Senegal, no one will at all search for such criminals. There is simply no work there, but there is the Internet. A family of five people could live a month on $100. Having swindled someone of $1200 you would live for a year as a very rich person by local standards.

In the Internet, there are many resources which help a person to avoid being swindled. They are the scam lists and specialized forums. Type in any search engine such as Google the word scammer and you will find a lot of information on this topic.

Continuation follows, and be careful.

Beware of Scammers - Part 2

Beware of Scammers - Part 3