Medellin Scammer Alert - beware

[Mar]

863137 on Colombian Cupid
"Mariana"
Very bare profile
http://www.colombiancupid.com/en/profile/showProfile/ID/863137

Asks for my email to send me pic
sure. send

from   mariana lujan venecia
to   me
date   Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 3:44 PM
subject   holaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
mailed-by   live.com

nice big, real pic, not a stolen image
http://dl055.zshare.net/download/6aa27c5131ed80c05652681d622891bd/1281488851/79217863/m.JPG

I hit her back with small talk

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next day:

from   alejandra demoya betancur
to   me
date   Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:48 PM
subject   holaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
mailed-by   hotmail.com

(I would like a lot of to be able to speak with you by the msn and to be able arrange to your arrival to Colombia I am an amusing and sincere woman I seek a relacion serious based on the confiansa me encantaria to speak with you and to see us for cam a kiss my name is alejandra I expect to see you quick a kiss) - via online translator

me gustaria  mucho poder hablar con tigo por el msn y poder concerte a tu llegada a Colombia yo soy una mujer sincera y divertida busco una relacion seria basada en la confiansa me encantaria hablar con tigo y vernos por cam un beso mi nombre es alejandra  espero verte pronto un beso

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sooooo

no pic on CC profile

no real convo at this point other than

1) her (Mariana): i would like to email you a pic

2) me: sure send

3) her: heres pic (no other talk)

4) me: nice dress blah blah blah

5) the other her (Alejandra): lets make out on IM and i'll grab you from airport. I'm honest.


Either she REALLY likes the way I look and the dress compliment, or my spidey senses are warranted



 edit: i should mention that the 2nd email was not a response - it was a brand new email

[JimD]

Absolutely gripping. Next installment?

[Mar]

didnt respond to my email

messaged me on c.c asking how i was

i told her

no response in like 2 days

must have found a new mark

[Dan Las Vegas]

Yawn

[mudd]

i could go through CC  in medellin and see about 10 to 15 girls i know who are dating multiple guys, some are prepagos, what do you expect  from  an internet dating site jajajajaj

[Mar]

ah yes
jaded interwebbers

I was more concerned for the safety of anyone who may also get a message from her

the guy juggling / prepago shyt never even entered my mind

i.e
airport pickup, subsequent robbery

wasnt trying to entertain anyone

do i need to know the secret handshake or something to post a warning here for it to be taken legitimately when theres open talk of spiked drinks and robberies?

[Fuzzyone]

 No secret handshake here but this has been going on for years. It is nothing new to most that have been here for several years. I had one girl back in 1999 that put up a photo of here when she was in her early twenties, I found a actual photo of her. Let me say she was missing several teeth and looked about 20 years older.

  I really have not heard of any woman picking her man up at the airport and then robbing him. There is a lot easier ways to take the gringos money. It might take them a week but if they want it they will get it.

[Gato4Astrid]

I remembered few years ago when a UKrainian woman (works as an interpreter) wanted to meet me in Prague, Czech "that" weekend because she went there for business.   I only know her for few hours, yet she expected me to meet her!     I told her that I needed to see her in webcam, but she refused!  She did not want to meet stranger in the 1st day!   How strange!  She wanted to meet me in Prague - would have been about 2 days after knowing her - but refused to look at webcam!

In this case, if you come across the similar situation, it is best to avoid ....

[Mar]

 I really have not heard of any woman picking her man up at the airport and then robbing him. There is a lot easier ways to take the gringos money. It might take them a week but if they want it they will get it.

I was just hoping that one takes the bait and the precedent is set via her choice of "cab driver", "cousin", etc

Just want the names our there for people to make note of

[Ray]

A “scam” is generally considered to be an attempt to trick you out of your money.

From what you posted, I don’t see any scam here. Did she ask you for money or in any way attempt to separate you from your money? If not, then I wouldn’t call it a scam.

Maybe just a lady with a multiple personality disorder?

Instead of trashing her all over the Internet as a "scammer", I would simply move on to another lady and forget about it. No harm, no foul, right?

Ray

[Mar]

My bad - should have used the word "potential"

I just wanted her on the boards radar in case she got less sloppy and got closer to scamming someone, if that in fact is her game

Just trying to pay back and contribute because the board has been a wealth of info for me

[Bob_S]

If she wants to meet up that quick, you're right to have your Spidey sense tingling.  Maybe not a scammer in the traditional sense, but definitely something's off.  Maybe scary desperate to find a guy (pregnant? so wants to bang you so can later claim it's your kid?). Could be a prostitute looking for a new client.

Whatever.  Somewhere out there is a desperate loser who will happily jump into her web.  But you don't find too many of them reading or posting here.

[liltitan]

Yeah somehow she got my FRIGGIN PHONE NUMBER. and asked me to email her. her email was alejamas-18@hotmail.com
Same deal, sent pics, right off the bat asked for a friendship.. I actually called her and asked how the hell she got my number.. wouldn't tell me. She knew where I worked to. Now she could have googled it or she actually knew someone I worked with. Fact remains. just getting it out there too. be alert from this one FOR SURE.

[dennislevy]

I dont see any evidence of a scam...certainly might be...but there is nothing except some paranoia exhibited by board members....

[OrlandoGringo]

Tell her you're broke and ask her if she can spare $100.  Then see if she contacts you again.   

[ignorante]

No pictures anymore.  All gone.

[JimD]

I don´t know if she´s scamming but the jamas part of alejamas means never. Don´t know if that´s intentional. The only red flag is if you are asked for money. This has become a cottage industry in Cali, pretty young girls getting on webcam and chatting up gringos they meet on colombian cupid et al. and eventually asking for a little $$ assistence for this or that. My girlfriend does it and so do most of her girlfriends.

[mudd]

This has become a cottage industry in Cali, pretty young girls getting on webcam and chatting up gringos they meet on colombian cupid et al. and eventually asking for a little $$ assistence for this or that. My girlfriend does it and so do most of her girlfriends.

sounds like the calenas learned it from the paisas in medellin.  nobody better at getting $$ from gringos than paisas

[piglett]

Tell her you're broke and ask her if she can spare $100.  Then see if she contacts you again.   

exactly , ask her is she likes fat bald guys with no money
is she says yes you mite have a winner 


pig

[Bob_S]

Tell her you're broke and ask her if she can spare $100.  Then see if she contacts you again.   

Or...

Tell her you have $1,500,000 you wish to transfer out of the country, and if she helps you by using her bank account, you'll give her half.  But first she needs to send you $500 to set up the paperwork from your end.   

[JimD]

Or...

Tell her you have $1,500,000 you wish to transfer out of the country, and if she helps you by using her bank account, you'll give her half.  But first she needs to send you $500 to set up the paperwork from your end.   

Good one Bob s!

[V_Man]

I was contacted by a scammer once. I keep writing back to "her" so she would keep putting more effort into it. This went on for months. Eventually I called her "Boris" and  I told her I thought it had been fun wasting so much of her time. I also asked her what sort of person preys on people looking for love? Strangely I didn't get another email after that. I think I may have annoyed her. Ooops!