benjaminbt 325 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) That user @Sai Chandra had reported was indeed a scammer :) A few days ago I have recieved the very same personal message in my inbox here on the forum, from the very same user. She claimed she was from the game and I was asked to contact a valid email adress (I checked the validity of it). From the beginning I was suspicious, but my curiosity was way bigger just to ignore the message (I am a human, okay?). I have an email adress for all the spam stuff I don't want to litter my actual adress with, so I decided to sacrifice it just to find out what was going on. I contacted the adress (no personal info whatsoever, I am not stupid) and a day later I recieved a heartbreaking letter of a Sudan girl being in a very hard situation. (You will find the full text here, it's not the same but quite similar). I have heard of this scam before so I inmediately deleted the email without answering it and have deleted my email account, too, just in case (had too many spam on it anyways). The message I got on the forum was deleted since then by this user (was banned anyways), so I cannot attach a screenshot. But this further proves my point. NEVER ever provide any personal information to these emails. Feel free to play scambaiting if you'd like to, it is fun, but DO NOT give any real info. Also, if you recieve such messages here on forum, just report the user. Peace out! Ben Edited February 8, 2018 by BennyBT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcbref 610 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 This is same as "nigerian prince who wants to give you gold" scam Omercix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminbt 325 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Jcbreff said: This is same as "nigerian prince who wants to give you gold" scam Absolutely. There is a whole business built upon scamming money from victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urscrewed 142 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 what is this bs xD? if you actually go on the site and read it, its hilarious. benjaminbt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminbt 325 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 7 hours ago, Urscrewed said: what is this bs xD? if you actually go on the site and read it, its hilarious. Still, there are a lot of victims who fall for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sai Chandra 111 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 @BennyBT That was good research haha. I appreciate you used a fake email . But this guy is already famous on the internet xd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminbt 325 Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Sai Chandra said: @BennyBT That was good research haha. I appreciate you used a fake email . But this guy is already famous on the internet xd Because it's not one guy, it is a crime originated from Nigeria and is based on emotionally influencing people to then decieve them and persuade them to pay. By the way, @Daria, that email adress I deleted was connected to my forum account, now I cannot restore my password whatsoever. Is there any way to solve this problem? Edited February 9, 2018 by BennyBT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sai Chandra 111 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, BennyBT said: Because it's not one guy, it is a crime originated from Nigeria and is based on emotionally influencing people to then decieve them and persuade them to pay. By the way, @Daria, that email adress I deleted was connected to my forum account, now I cannot restore my password whatsoever. Is there any way to solve this problem? Create it again with same name Edited February 10, 2018 by Sai Chandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiator 1145 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I mean, no need for any emailing to know if fake, just a quick google search is enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria 1196 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 8:14 PM, BennyBT said: I have an email adress for all the spam stuff I don't want to litter my actual adress with, so I decided to sacrifice it just to find out what was going on. On 2/9/2018 at 11:28 PM, BennyBT said: By the way, @Daria, that email adress I deleted was connected to my forum account, now I cannot restore my password whatsoever. Just message me a new e-mail address to contact your account with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminbt 325 Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 On 2018. 02. 11. at 12:28 PM, Gladiator said: I mean, no need for any emailing to know if fake, just a quick google search is enough. That's a good idea, you see, it would've saved me an meail adress. Nevermind, it was interesting to see the results... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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