Sweetheart scams are about more than just a broken heart. They can lead to broken bank accounts. Victims are banding together to warn others and share their stories. Indentity theft expert has the details of how these cons work.
It typically starts how you might imagine any cybercourtship would. Emails and chatting, that eventually lead to gifting. Those gifts are typically purchased with stolen credit cards. Eventually it leads to the request of a favor involving fake cashiers checks.
If you’ve fallen for a sweetheart scammer and his or her scheme, contact the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
Posted by Kenneth Watters, Gardnerville, Nevada on 04/03 at 08:01 PM
Look up Digitalis Murders or Foxglove Murders, San Francisco late 1990’s. Teene (Tene) Bimbo Family. Not much was done there and these people murder at least for elder men with digitalis. No one was convicted of murder. A few of the women involved with this were ordered by the court to pay some restitution to the families of the victims.
In a weird way society is promoting this type of crime. Law enforcement does very little to stop it or investigate it.
Posted by Candice Botner, WA State on 05/02 at 09:59 AM
My dad lost his life to the deadly version of the sweetheart scam. These scams are not only online but offline and not just from other countries.
Filing complaints, contacting police, etc is futile. They do nothing. However, keep filing complaints and reports. There is power in numbers.
These scams are civil cases not criminal cases according to police. LE mindset is that if you are dumb enough to fall for the scam then you are deserve what you got or lost. This mindset has to change along with tougher laws which need to be enforced.
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Posted by Anonymous, Tampa on 11/28 at 02:17 PM
RE: Sweetheart Scams:
I did fall for this scam, and have filed a complaint with the IFCC. However, I have spoke with the FBI, Secret Service, and State Attorney’s General office and all have told me that there was nothing they could / would do. I even offered to help them track down the person but they said because the person was in Nigeria it was out of there jurisdiction and control.
I don’t understand how they could work with someone who lost nothing and not work with someone who did. It is very frustrating.
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Posted by Nadia, on 04/09 at 02:14 AM
very scary!thanks for sharing this info as well as link.check this.
http://www.federalreviews.com/Freedom_Fuel_International_Scam.html