Is this a scam?

I always download photos from my phone to the computer using a cable. My phone came off the Ark, there's probably techie ways to do it now.

We don't believe they are standard letters that are being used

But there are standard phrases being used "You give me hope in life to end this dreadful lonliness"

with the misspelt last word appears as a phrase used several scam letters.  There is no chance whatsoever this is legit.

I think you can do reverse image search to see if "her" photo appears elsewhere on the net.

Google Reverse Image Search for Mobile - Ctrlq.org

We will find it if he posts it on here.

Thanks  dave.

Cables scare me, Foinavon. I've got several. They just get placed in my man drawer with the old mobiles, batteries, radiator bleeding key and string.

Must be a cableless way

The kids seem able to post stuff directly to websites like Facebook but I've no idea how it's done. I don't have a smartphone.

In fact there IS a way, as I've already got a photo from a pevious phone (the stolen one) that I could post on here. Just can't remember what I did.

you can email yourself the picture and then download the picture on to your computer from the email.

cheers, dave. Will do that.

Right, that's done. Just waiting for approval. This was the 2nd photo he received. The fisrt was less revealing (I believe that follows the pattern)

When it's posted, dave, I'll leave you to do the checks, if that's ok.

DON'T LAUGH  .


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And that's just her mother

Checked it on google and Tineye and there are no matches flagged. Tineye searched over 18 billion images.

That was quick. Thanks.

So she's genuine then?

What's the latest odds?

no she isn't genuine - how the fack can she use the exact same phrases as other scammers?  Along with the exact same typos?

The photo looks like a photo of another photo on a table, so it wouldn't necessarily show up on image search.

well the photo was taken by me from my pc onto my iphone so not as good an image as the original he got. i'll try again.

1.01 the "mate" is kenny mann pmsl

Mar 17, 2017 -- 8:33AM, kenny mann wrote:

well the photo was taken by me from my pc onto my iphone so not as good an image as the original he got. i'll try again.

no kenny the original is a photo of another photo on a table or pinned to a noticeboard, look at the way the beach suddenly becomes a grey surface towards the bottom

you can actually see the edge if you look closely

Really! Good spot. Ian should have spotted that, quite a keen photographer.

Fair cop mate. 

That was to plotdraw.

There's another photo. I'll ask him to send that on.

dont listen to the naysayers kenny it looks legit, imo.

i've just had an e mail from nigeria and it seems you've won a cool 22 million on their lottery (unfortunately due to technical dificulties they cant contact you directly). all you have to do is send me five grand to cover taxes and the wonga will be on its way. best deal with this promptly then you can have a fabulous holiday with your russian bride, sorry i mean 'your friend' can have a fabulous holiday

If I put my credit card numbers, pin numbers and passwords on here, would you kindly pass them on to your friend to pass them on to this very attractive lady as I would like to meet her or one of her attractive friends. And to all you doubters-have you never been on holiday and seen a beach with grey edges- any med resort after a storm which whips up the sewage and brings it ashore.

"I very much want also to go with you, to observe of birds and to look
at the sky"

tell her you've not got sky!  She's only after premier league action.

btw if you google that phrase it also comes up as one that scammers use in their emails.

I'm loving this thread

Mr Swagman. I'm no mug! Check the Cheltenham thread,

MD loves it

Thanks dave, all very helpful stuff, to ahem, pass onto my friend.

One born every minute

We keep telling him that, but what can you do?

why would a beautiful russian woman have got your mate's email address somehow!?! and be available and fancy him. what are the odds of that seriously. slap your friend in his face.

Beats me, 2 more photos to be posted when approved.

This was a mail from a couple of weeks ago.

My light Ian!!! To me it is very pleasant, that my photo always with
you there. Thanks my dear! No, it not a wedding ring on a photo, this
usual ring. Yes, this recent photo and color of my hair now identical.
About my full name - Ekaterina Plotnikova why you have asked it? My
dear, I ask you to not worry and to not make anything prematurely.
Always there is a decision of any problem. Arrive for some time I can
easily and I shall receive all necessary for travel. My dear, the main
thing to have desire, all rest really to make. I already explained to
you how I have met you, I do not know the name of a site, I be not
interested in other men and if your friend wishes to have dialogue
with the Russian woman - it is necessary for him to address in any
site of acquaintances. Understand correctly, now I think only of us
and to me our situation is important only. I don’t want to frighten
you, but understand me please. I need to know your intentions to me. I
don’t want to wound my heart. I wrote to you in the last letter about
filling my heart feeling of love to you, today, at night I think for a
long time, I feel love to you. Such situation wasn’t with me before, I
don’t know when it has come to me, but I can’t without your letters
any more. I wait for the moment when I’ll receive the letter from you
with great impatience. I want that you’ll write about your feelings to
me. And if your intentions are serious, and you're like me wants to
meet for learning each other, write me and we’ll start to decide this
problem. You’ll arrive to me, or I arrive to you, we’ll decide
further. My parents will help me to come to you, I'm sure of it. You
know, I am very sensual woman and if your intentions are not serious
stop write to me please, I am afraid that my heart will be broken and
I’ll suffer for a long time. I know that you are good man and you will
fairly answer on my question, I am only afraid, and that you don’t
have such feelings to me. We could meet and then decide how we are
necessary to each other. I don’t afraid that after our meeting you
reject me, but I’ll damn myself up to the end of my life that I and
haven’t met with you. Probably it is destiny!?! So you’ll decide. I
have completely opened for you. I‘ll wait for your following letter
with impatience. Love Ekaterina.

Don't listen to Dave, he's just jealous and probably wants Ekaterina for himself!

Only a complete and utter numpty would fall for this.

Why don't you send her an email Kenny? She will either declare her undying love for you upon receipt of £280, or she will tell you her heart already belongs to another (your mate).

Only a complete and utter numpty would fall for this.

Kenny can you get your friend to pass my email address I will even clear out the spare room

PS I had a score on Pacha Du Polder so the 280 will not be a problem

Makybe knows the score with this Russian temptress.

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why would a beautiful russian woman have got your mate's email address somehow!?! and be available and fancy him. what are the odds of that seriously. slap your friend in his face.

Perhaps his wife has set him up for a new series of "Cheaters" to be screened later this year.

My advice would be to send £560 and ask her to bring a friend.  At your age, sir, you might as well treat yourself. :)

poker

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Can't say that's not a proper photo', like the last one.

Foinavon, check it out mate.

and this one too.

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I've checked them both, Kenny. No matches found.
I also uploaded a well-known image to tineye just as a control and it found matches to that so I'm sure it was working properly.

Thanks for that, Foinavon.

She's very attractive Kenny, I would clamber over Merkel and Abbott to get to her.

any chance of her email address?

If she got a job as a pole dancer,it wouldn't take her long to raise the £280.

Has Boris sent the Soiled Pantys yet ? 


Seems a lot of effort on her part for £280

Not if you have 100 Men on the Go ?

I look like that bird... anyone fancy sending me £280 and I'll be up there next Thursday to give yer a nosh ... can't do Wednesday as I've got an appointment at the hospital about me Chalfonts.

I must say she looks very well kept for someone who can't afford 280 smackers.

All fur coat and no knickers though, with a bit of luck.

I must say she looks very well kept for someone who can't afford 280 smackers.

That's a very good point. She looks classy in all the photos.

HI Kenny, PM sent

No, I'm not lending you money again.

I'ts ok cot a deal from Pay Day loans at 1/3 of your rates, YIPPEE, happy days.

Got*

annie the russian bird

if you ask... is this a scam... the answer is YES.

liars need your participation in their lies. it needs two to tango.

*Pamela Wareing from Blackpool thought she was sending money to her lover

*But the mother-of-one actually transferred more than £500,000 to a con-man

A woman became so infatuated with a man she met on an Internet dating site she stole over half a million pounds to send to him.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4324922/Lonely-heart-sent-half-million-pounds-man.html

There's also the possibility that this is a cover and she has the money salted away somewhere.

Good point, Foinavon, six years and out in three. Would you do that for half a million tax free?

1.01 she's a catfish!

Not now, Gallivanter, wouldn't want to die in prison but 20 years ago, perhaps...

Could be a theme for a short story...

Sorry to hear that, Foinavon.

Not the short story, the three year bit. Oh s0d it. I'll do a fortnight for five grand.

No, nothing like that Gallivanter. I'm at an age when six years would be a fair chunk of what might be left of worthwhile life and prison would probably finish me off.

If you do go just stand on a table during dinner and announce "I'm the daddy now" and you'll be fine.

Apart from not fancying spice, i'm far too good looking to go to jail.

I've seen the inside of a cell from both sides and neither side was pleasant. The ones in the states were the scariest and I was the guy with the key there.

why would a girl that attractive be emailing a random bloke who could be fat sweaty and ugly and broke asking for love before even meeting him?
1.01 it's an indian named roger

Nothing wrong with that, Indian food is much more appealing

`...I hope for you my love! I cannot
live without you Ian. You are all I think about and I too thank the
lord for having us find one another. You are the greatest gift any man
can have. You are full of joy happiness and love and I have fallen
madly in love with you. You give me hope in life to end this dreadful
lonliness. It will be a great feeling for the both of us to have
someone to come home too...`

Oh s0d all this love thing - just give us all yer money!

This is a humorous, but long,read....

.http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

It does occur, of course, that the entire thing is made up!

another good read here...
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http://www.419eater.com/html/ben_okezie2.htm

To reiterate. Ian has no intention of paying this young lady/scammer £280 until he has proof it is the young lady. I suggested he contact her by Skype or Messenger, using my iphone, as he is not clued cup on computers, and can't really ask his IT savvy son for assistance. I could assist him there, with some assistance for me. At least, if it is a scam which it very likely is, he's wasted a lot of their scamming time.

Wouldn't that be a bit awkward Kenny? You helping him Skype I mean. Presumably he will be naked?

kenny seen it all before

The Next Step is The flange out on the Web Cam Inviting u to do the Same ...

The 280 Becomes 2800

i don't know how to skype, but can use messenger and whatsapp.

I'll treat the previous comments with the contempt they deserve.

Please be sure to keep us informed Kenny, I'm on tenterhooks here waiting to see how it all pans out. More pictures appreciated.

Oh I will keep you informed T',nothing to report at the moment. Have a photo to be going on with.

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Very nice!

You can tell she has a pure heart!

Re-published with kind permission from The Cat Photo Thread.

Why don't you email her saying you got her email off an Internet cafe owner and you are looking for love.
See how that transpires.

Looks like I'm in luck too, received this message in my inbox


Dear Email User,

This email address was automatically generated and selected during ICC GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS yearly International Online Promotions draw held in Johannesburg South Africa and won $2,820,000.00 USD (Two Million Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars Only) linked to the above subject line reference number. The award money is payable through a bank cheque or direct bank transfer.
Kindly contact us for your award. Quote your full names, age, Sex, the country, the subject line reference number and direct telephone number.

"A mate of mine..."

I get these kind of EMails all the time ...it's a con !