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scammers with pictures of Sweet Devon

African scammers posing as white women.
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Scammers using pictures of Sweet Devon.

Postby jimmy205 » Sun May 01, 2011 2:14 pm

This is how it started

(Well am feeling reluctant to talk about myself and my situation to you
because i don't know how you will feel. My late father have money
hiding up from the Nigerian Goverment before he died,since they didn't
let him Transfer the Money out of here when he was alive,because they
want him to Invest it here after he sold the 500 acres of land which
he bought intending to build an estate which after the nigerian
government tried to impose a certain amount of tax on the estate which
estimated to about %30 of the initial budget for the estate, and this
made him changed his mind and sold the lands and tried transferring
the funds back to the states but was not later allowed and this made
him put the money in a travelling suitcase and deposit it with a
Security and Insurance Company who render private diplomatic delivery
service and he told them that the two boxes are his travelling
luggages, which he wants to send forth home because his returning
home, then he paid them up their custody and security fee, but he did
not tell them that the boxes contain money in order to make everything
secure and safe. and now that my father is late and as the next of kin
and only child is what has brought me here to claim the luggages which
contains $1.5MILLIONUSD.I really want to get out of here and start a
new life in the state, I really need your trust and help to get me out
of this trouble I am into and I promised I will not let you be
disappointed, i will really appreciate your help towards this , and I
want to believe that you will not let me down.
How i want you to help me?
i want you to be my beneficiary to make the clearance and shipment of
the suitcase to you in the state,it can be delievred anywhere safely
to you in the state as far as you are my beneficiary and recieving it
on my behalf. I want the suitcase sent to you while i catch up with
you as soon as it is been delivered to you in the state. Every
arrangement for the delivery is kinda perfect, I have obtained customs
papers for private freight and there are seals on the box showing that
it is a private delivery and check performed, it is free from customs
checks, it will be delivered wherever you want as the delivery
destination by the diplomats of the security company. And the boxes
have security codes lock known to me only, only me can open the boxes,
except if I tell anyone the Code, so the Boxes cannot be opened on the
Way of delivery to you. And once the box gets to you, I will let you
know the lock codes to open the boxes and the instructions, then you
can open the boxes in order to have some money sent to me for my
flight to the states. I hereby promise 10% of the total fund for you
to meet any personal needs and I can get something done with the
balance.I am counting on you with trust and I will appreciate your
help and assistance towards this,so i can be able to leave here
relocate to your town and we both can be happy together.

Laura)
Hello Jim,
Attach are some paper works which i want you to go through so you
can be well rest assured this is real and Legal.And I will be so glad
and appreciate your help and assistance towards this.and i promise to
always make you happy.And i'm willing to relocate to your town,set up
my apt and start a life there so it will be easy for us to have a
secret affair and we both coud be happy together.I will chat with you
in the morning before u go to work..


(Hi Jim, April 15.2011
Well there is nothing risky here,and I am sure you might be
thinking the suitcases contains Drugs or any kind of Harms and
Ammunition.Besides the suitcases will be scanned by the NDLEA over
here and Airport Customs and Authority,It will be scanned to confirm
it doesn;t contains drugs or any Kind of harms,.I want you to know i
can't lead you into destruction or what will harm you at all.I can't
and will never do that.I want us to be together so why would i ever do
what will harm you.That was why i sent you the paper works to confirm
the Payment was made to my lt father by the Govement here.He works
here as an International Contractor,he builds Govement homes and roads
here that was how he got the money to purchase the Land,Which he later
sold to the Govement ,That was how he got the money.This is
clean,Legal and real.I trust and believe you that is why i want your
help and assistance.NEVER WILL I GET YOU INTO PROBLEM OR WHAT WILL
HURT YOU.,I SWEAR AND I CROSS MY HEART OVER THIS. I want to relocate
to your town and i can settle down there,I want us to be happy and not
something that will hurt you or me....And i want you to be well rest
assured that the suitcases will be scanned and you will be notify
about it and to be well rest assured....Let us talk when you are on
break.)Jim..I sent you the paper work so you can confirm this is real and
Legal.This is nothing from Drugs source or in any way related to
Drug.I've never done drugs before and neither my father.We had to
Reject my uncle who lives in San Diego out of the family because he
takes too much of alcohol and smokes Marijauna.I have never in my life
done Drugs ,drink or smoke,neither my Late father.I want you to be
well rest assured about this.This is not risky and i want you to know
all scanning and checks will be done before the shipment commence .I
Love you and i want us to be happy together and I believe we can make
it happen...The boxes contains real american money and as soon as we
get this done and I Joined you in the state,I will pay all the
neccesary tax to the IRS ,Just for you to be well rest assured about
this.I will never Dissapoint you or let you down in anyway.And I
PROMISE NEVER TO DO OR GET YOU TO WHAT WILL HURT YOU.)

Laura Hoffman
5 churchstreet Opebi Allen,
Ikeja-Lagos.
Nigeria.23401
(Hello Sweetheart,How are you doing and I Hope you had a nice day
yesterday..My Internet has been Disconnected.I have been wondering why
i keep having problem with it lately,So when i contact the Cable
Network company this morning i was aware i have been disconected
because of my failoure to pay the Internet bills,So i had to quickly
come down to the Libary and write you an email,I have really Miss you
so Much and Love you alot with all my heart..Willl come and check
again in the afternoon or evening my time to read your email till i
can pay bills and connect back home to talk to you,I miss you so
much..Love you with all my heart baby.April 25 2011)
(I love yu so much sweetheart,your love has me all over my body,i have
been sitting down all day thinking about you and i've missed you so
much more especially now that i can't access internet to be able to
chat.i will check back to read ur email MY LOVE)
(April 26 2011>hey sweetheart,how are u.hope u having a great day at work.i am online baby let's talk....i love u so much with all my heart.baby u need to see how u can help me with my internet i'm so bored at home and it feels like hell to me.i want to stay connected and talk to you as much as i can sweetheart.i love u so much.i need to talk to you baby.)(hello my love,hw are u.just got to the library.i am online my sweetheart.i love u so muh with all my heart.either u are rich or poor i dont care,what i care about is our love and we being happpy.love u so much.)
(April 28 2011>hello honey,how are u.i had to walk down to the library this afternoon again to write u an email,baby i do miss u so much was just sitting at home bored and so lonely..baby i love u so much,believe me my love for u is from the heart baby.)

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(Re-posted "fake" documents used by this scammer - watermarked to prevent re-use)

I did send money to this person by way of western union cause they were out of food about $180 but I have not sent anymore and will not

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Re: Laura hoffman At gmail.com

Postby Ralph Warner » Sun May 01, 2011 2:17 pm

Hi Jimmy and welcome

Thanks for posting.
If you do post any more documents could you please edit them to include the word "Fake" in a couple of places to prevent them from being reused.

Our FAQ should answer most of your questions but if there is anything you want to know please ask.

I should add, please dont make any further contact with this scammer, anything you say may help him to improve his scam
"Thou shall read thy FAQ" CLICK HERE for salvation
Has your scammer sent you to any websites, it may have been fake.

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Re: Laura hoffman At gmail.com

Postby jimmy205 » Sun May 01, 2011 2:34 pm

Man this just plain sucks
i always fall for a pretty face.

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Re: Laura hoffman At gmail.com

Postby fooled2love » Sun May 01, 2011 4:30 pm

Welcome to the "club" Jimmy! ;) It's always nice and refreshing to have a guy admit that :applause: - when you read around here one could get an impression that it is only women that get smitten by the attractive face, but... we know it can not be just so!

BTW - here you're saved, you've landed in the right place and now your troubles with this fake jerk as well as any other that might come after are OVER!!! :party:

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Re: Laura hoffman At gmail.com

Postby Ralph Warner » Mon May 02, 2011 8:43 am

Hi Jimmy, it sucks big time, all we can do now is look to the future and know that the chance of being scammed again is now greatly reduced
"Thou shall read thy FAQ" CLICK HERE for salvation
Has your scammer sent you to any websites, it may have been fake.

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Stuff I forgot to add from laurahoffman270@gmail.com

Postby jimmy205 » Tue May 24, 2011 2:18 am

She also has an email address laurahoffman27@yahoo.com
Here is a passport and a reciept for an airline ticket.

Admin move them if you need to (Merged)

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Re: scammers with pictures of Sweet Devon

Postby jimmy205 » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:22 am

I was scammed by the same woman only she went by
laura hoffman
And her email address was laurahoffman27@yahoo.com
laurahoffman270@gmail.com she had different pictures than yours.

wayne


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Re: scammers with pictures of Sweet Devon

Postby wayne » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:28 pm

Then what makes you think it's the same person? Remember that most scammers speak the same way as they're from the same place, they use the same stories and come up with the same reasons for needing money. They steal scripts and photos from each other, so two profiles can have the same picture, the same wording and yet be created by two different people.

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Re: Laura Hoffman - laurahoffman270@gmail.com

Postby MarkEight » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:43 pm

Hello All:

This scammer resurfaced recently with the same mambo-jumbo story. Got the same explanation (a lousy copy and paste job), same fake docs (a poor/crude use of photo doctoring software). Played with him/her for a few days trying to obtain as much personal info as I could before turning the ip and the whole story over to the Internet Fraud Division of a certain three-letter agency. Problem is, these types are small-time crooks who scam people for small amounts of money at a time, so the agency may not deem it worthwhile to investigate, considering them small potatoes.

Do you know whose pictures "Laura Hoffman" use? There may be more than one using "Laura Hoffman" denominator, for there are too many discrepancies in the use of English, sometimes good sometimes gibberish. It would be nice to warn the poor soul whose pics were stolen. Any other info on this is appreciated.

I have some unique methods of catching these types of scammers so if you need help, please drop me a line.

Thanks, Mark.

wayne


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Re: Scammers using pictures of Sweet Devon.

Postby wayne » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:30 pm

I have no idea who the blonde is, but the other girl is Sweet Devon. The picture being posed with the top straps pulled down is usually a good indicator it's a porn gal, as was the case here.

Writing to law enforcement agencies is usually a waste of time. They won't do anything as it's out of their jurisdiction and it's impossible to prove who was sitting at the PC when the emails were sent. They'll add it to their files but that's it.

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Re: Scammers using pictures of Sweet Devon.

Postby MarkEight » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:46 pm

OK, Sweet Devon it is. BTW Wayne, I sent you a PM.
Thanks, Mark

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Re: Scammers using pictures of Sweet Devon.

Postby MarkEight » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:54 pm

More photos of Sweet Devon used by "Laura Hoffman", FYI:
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Re: Scammers using pictures of Sweet Devon.

Postby MarkEight » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:17 pm

New address used:

Name-Laura Hoffman
Address-12 Admiralty way Lekki,
Lagos.Nigeria.
23401

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Re: scammers with pictures of Sweet Devon

Postby eightball2k » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:25 pm

Hey guys. Thanks for having this website running, I just stumbled across it.

I just had contact with a scammer using pictures from Sweet Devon. Unfortunately I didn't know this "actress", otherwise I'd have gotten behind this sooner. She didn't get far enough to ask for any money, I just got very suspicius.

I found her on parship.de, a german dating site. Her german was really bad so I assumed she was maybe british oder american, since english and german were the only listed languages. But her english was just as bad. She immediately moved the conversation from the dating site to email, most probably because you have a limited writing capability on a free account.

I told her she couldn't scam me and shouldn't bother. Now I'll report her on the site. But watch out anyway.

Here are her facts:
Megan Richmond (ziemlichmegan01@yahoo.de)
found on: parship.de

her first mail:
How are you doing today ? I want you to know that your profile look so nice and am sure your way of living will be good enough to live and get married with . My name is Megan .I was born in Bremen. i work for my parent in a Rubber company in Canada, right now it has been shut down because they recently died in an auto crash in the germany , but am here in now in London , United kingdom for my career due as a Fashion Designer who works with an old established Chinese fashion warehouse as a fashion designing agent on contract and i like my job very much although it can be stressful sometimes.

I really need someone to live with right now because i have been single for years now but now am trying to get someone so special on this dating site , my greatest dream for the future is to find the man i can marry, who will be my best friend, my lover, my soul mate, and my partner in all life's adventures at the very least. I need you to be someone to spend all my time with,sharing all the pleasures I've discovered in life, and that's a lot, believe me..i also want someone who is very affectionate, because touching and hugging and caressing are a basic part of my spirit. I will like you to send me your Pictures Thanks I am so pleased to read your reply,it has warm my heart and I am hoping to get to always hear from you..I hope this will take us to the next level and webuild a relationship that will last forever by God's grace . Am a christain in religon but i often go to church .I want you to know that i will be right back to the germany very soon,I just need to finished something here ....Distance between us does not bother me as I know we could meet,I liked your profile and all I read about it was awesome,it will be my pleasure to get to know more about you and I am putting this questions to you....

What do you do for a living?,
What do you seek for in a relationship?
You ever been married? Got kids?
What do you do for fun?
How long have you been single?
What's being single like?
How do you treat your lady?
Would you hit your lady for any reasons? .

I'll hopefully want to know what your consent is about these questions.I want to get to know you and meet you.,
I will be waiting to hear from you.
Megan
I think it's pretty sloppy. That whole marriage thing and the story about her dead parents are a bit too much.

Anyway, watch out everyone.
Greetings from germany.

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Re: scammers with pictures of Sweet Devon

Postby FrumpyBB » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:35 pm

Well done spotting him out :)

If you learn how to get an email header I have no doubt you´ll find emails from "her" would all be sent from West Africa or Malaysia, because this is a typical Nigerian love scam. An anonymous black male Nigerian is behind this and you have found just one of his many dozen fake personalities. It´s only for the moeny so don´t waste your time with them, feel free to report them here, have a read through the German FAQ (see my signature line) and feel free to come back any time!
Please try your best to block ALL your scammer´s still incoming messages and calls!

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