U.S. Visas

U.S. Visas

A good friend of mine told me he was talking to a British 33 year old woman living in Accra Ghana with whom he met through and online dating site. She fell in love with him and her parents called him and told him that she wants to come visit him in America because she loves him. He asked me to find her a ticket but he didn’t do so and suddenly she bought a ticket and showed him.

I looked up he ticket which didn’t have flight numbers but had correct flight arrivals the bar codes on the ticket looked exactly like the bar codes on a ticket that I found as a fraud online. He was excited for her to come but 10 hours later she text hime to say she was detained in Mexico because she smuggled her gold bars through illegally and needs to pay a fine so she can come into the US with those gold bars.

Unfortunately, online dating scams are all too common. He says he us and Oceanographer from Poland. when I realized this is a scam for money and he also said that he contacted the embassy but couldnt get any help.

Not everyone using online dating sites is looking for love. Scammers create fake online profiles using photos of other people — even stolen pictures of real military personnel. They profess their love quickly. And they tug at your heartstrings with made-up stories about how they need money — for emergencies, hospital bills, or travel. Why all of the tricks? The scammers transfer stolen money into the new account, and then tell their victims to wire the money out of the country.

Here are some warning signs that an online love interest might be a fake. They ask you to:. Unfortunately, online dating scams are all too common. There may be tens of thousands of victims, and only a small fraction report it to the FTC. If this happens to you, please report it at ftc. I met this 58 yr old on ok Cupid in Sept. He had to go to turkey on a contract for a water treatment project.

He says he us and Oceanographer from Poland.