POF : Scam
I was scammed on pof out of thousands of dollars by a man who used fake pics of a guy name dannymartin and dannymic26 and aj0200 and more names he is a muscle man bald with saltpepper beard and mustache says hes from washington Carmichaels butler pittsburgh Pennsylvania areas who i found out it was a nigerian using this mans pics and the man in the pics was from germany and is gay he kept putting different pics all over pof with different names on all the pics.i reported and reported all the pics and different names even told them what happened and they never responded back nor did anything to these fake accounts i am still going through the process of this cos the nigerian guy came out from behind the fake pics he was using and wanted a realationship with me and admitted he aint the guy in the pics i been dealing with taking this nigerian man by the name of taiwo Abisogun nelson down to the proper people by the law.but pof still has his fake pics of many on there site so all please watch out he is a sweet talker and he scammed me and something in life like this is not a good feeling and it ruins it for us good people in life.besafe help stop scammers report them to the law…
By. Determinedtostophim
How do you know the Nigerian guy is not fake, too?
Never wire money to strangers.
Even if you meet them face to face, don’t give them money. Buy them fast food and let them show respect.
The scammer is a POS for sure, but how can someone rationalize sending a *complete stranger* thousands of dollars? I just can’t imagine. Sorry you are dealing with this and I hope you take away something from this experience.
If you think a man is fishy, just write ‘Nigeria’ in a message and watch how fast you get blocked. I literally just did something like that.
POF knows it is a fake ad scamming people using other peoples’ pictures and hasn’t taken it down? They are either way hard up for ads or are in on the grift. How did they get you to give money? The ol’ « I am about to inherit $2mil but need $2K first »? Sucks that POF doesn’t care to help. Their reputation is worth more than a bogus ad…unless of course, scams are one of their revenue streams.
If there is a profile that they say they are nowhere close to you. Or the profile says they are close but then when they message you they say they are somewhere much further away. Whether they are traveling for work or on assignment overseas. I always tell them reach out when you get back. I have no interest in long distance. But also those are usually red flags for a scam. They will try to pull your heart strings and then give you some sob story that they are stuck and need help. NEVER send someone you haven’t met or even someone you only just met money. Scams are sadly pretty common in OLD. Learn to spot the signs and report the profiles when you see the signs.
I’m sorry you got scammed, and that you’re not going to get that money back. It’s an expensive way to learn a very simple lesson: never send money to strangers. Hell, in real life it’s generally a bad idea to give money to people you think you know really well.
If this was 30 years ago I’d understand it more, but I honestly don’t get how people fall for this stuff in the modern era. Have you never heard about online scams like this before?
As a learning experience, and just in case someone else reads it and learns the lesson before they get scammed, could you post something about what happened, what convinced you to part with your money? Exposing their tactics can be a little dangerous – there are plenty of bad actors out there who would love to know what worked and what didn’t – but there are also a lot of people who need to understand just how this happens so they can see the signs for themselves.