Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true?

I believe and have seen long distant relationships over the internet work. But the way he took is the way really 'silly' (to put is more respectfully) people do. He is on a scam. Clearly.

No, I am too long in the tooth to let my heart rule my head.


I did a whos check. If you've not come across it it's a way of checking the path of emails. i.e. the origin and paths it took to reach me.


That I'm afraid is what she told me and there is no way of checking.


She say's she is 26. I'm fairly certain you are correct in your assumption but I am still interested in finding out and getting to the bottom of it, if you pardon the expression.

....and there is no fool like an old fool ( where women are concerned - no offence intended - I'm sure you agree ).

First thing I would do would be to run a detailed scan of your PC, swipe your HD, reload, then change all the passwords they have taken from your PC.


It'll be a proxy server which will be harder for Mastercard, Visa etc to trace.

• 
  Elena
  

I know that. And I know a wide array of softwares what can goof it.

Look... GOOD LUCK. But if you get hit, or face a once-in-a-life experience with a well organised mafia or gang... then dont blame Poland for it. Its your decision.

niejestemcapita

Go a bit easy on Eric, will ya?

Eric Crapton

Don't worry :) Niejestemcapita is just a bit opiniated, but that makes her cute in a way :))

M-G (but I still think you should find somebody at least close to your own age - in the end it will prove more valuable and deeper for yourself. Just think of this: what you want to discuss with a young brat of 23? She doesn't have a clue yet and no experience of life whatsoever. But it's up to you)

Yes I have heard that saying and if I had a way of proving I am not 'that old fool,' I would. And no offence taken :-)

Thanks for your advice but I am well protected in all departments. I built this computer from the ground up, installed all the software and use three different external hard drives for downloads/games etc. etc. I also do a backup every day and everything that works in the background for protection is also updated every day, most of it automatically.

Sounds like you have your eyes wide open so.......go for it....get pics !!!!!!

Elena...that rings a bell.......i do believe thats the girl i sent my entire life savings to after she promised me a share in a bean factory.....only had one tin so far tho......

Eric Crapton

You would be surprised how much your AV would pass through and how much false positives you get. Most AV's are simply not good enough. At least, nearly none of the commercial ones are. Sad, but true.

M-G (can't tell you which one is though as this would look weird too)

Was she blonde ?

Edit: Damn ! Some of these are hot !

easy boy;)

yussss of course....no that wasn,t her...she had a moustache....

Already got the pics but I still ain't got the T-shirt!


I haven't got a bean as I've already stated so I have nothing to lose but my dignity and I lost that way back when.


I wouldn't dream of telling you which AV I use but what I can tell you is it's not commercially available and if it was it would be way out of the range of most peoples pockets. But I got it free ;-)

You know pictures are the easiest thing to fake, do you?


Duh, via Usenet and Torrent you can get everything for free, eh? :) Panda used to be very good, but I haven't heard from it in a while now, don't know if it still exists. But basically all AV's are the same: very simply put it makes a bunch of critical files read-only and acts like a very sophisticated search engine. But this is a very, very simplified image of an AV.

M-G (before you guys start flaming me on this)

Please, don't drag the thread off topic.

Yes, of course they are. I'm a keen photographer and Photoshop is always there to help. Even before digital photography photo's could 'lie.'


My AV was not off the internet. It was supplied to me by a friend, which is really all I can say.

Anyway, it seems as though thing's are slowing down on this subject now so I will leave it there for now. But let me take this opportunity to thank everyone for their input and sound advice. It has not only been informative but entertaining as well. What more could anyone ask for? You seem to be a really nice bunch of guy's and girl's.

I have just finished reading through the topic and and will now carry some of it through to research some more.

Hugs and kisses


Just posted this and noticed the bit in red in the previous post. Who put that there?

The internet cafe is a major red flag. She's probably a man. That's where they do these types of scams. In the end they always ask for money.


Spooky, eh?

She can ask all she want's but whoever it is they won't get it. Or the money! :-)


very :-)

Eric Crapton

That's the moderator speaking to me, Eric. I have just spent two days on the angry bench for going off-topic too much.


In fact this is just a variation of the wellknown 419-scams or Nigerian scams; you know, where somebody finds 30.000.000 Dollars in grandfather's shed in a poor African country and this has to go out of the country and if you would be so kind to let them use your bank a/c, you will get 10% of this sum. Of course, the first thing that happens is that your a/c gets emptied out if you give the details. Or a charge needs to be paid for a "lawyer" in order to process some "formalities". And it's that money they are usually after, because they know that after wide coverage nobody will be that eager to give their bank details that quick (however, you would be surprised how many ppl still fall for it). Never understood though how they can do that with just your account number, but they apparently can. Best thing is to ignore it or, if you want to have some fun with it, lead those scammers on, of course without giving them any money. Because, after all, think about it: somebody you don't know, gets your email and offers you millions of Dollars. It never happens, does it? ;)

Have a look what I did with one of those many scammers that approach me all the time. Mind you, these guys get their addresses from guestbooks and fora, so be wary to leave your real email address behind on these kinda things. Here is the link:

angelfire.com/mn3/plaatjes2/The_Hamza_Bello_Saga.html

Hope you enjoy it, maybe you should do the same with this scammer :)

M-G (sometimes has his bright moments)

Oh....Shewolf......swoooooooooooonnnnnnn

Sorry to say, but this sounds much like scam. A huge trend obviously.

work it, eric. work it. :D

Ok, I understand :-)

I have just gone all the way through the Hamza Bello Saga. Wow, you must have lots of time on your hands? The first Nigerian scam that came my way, I wasted far too much time on. Nowdays I just attach the letter to an email and send it to a contact of mine in the police force over here. Perhaps that's what I should do with this emailer but I'm afraid curiosity has still not 'killed the cat.'

plk123 Work it, eric, work it :D
Not quite sure what you mean by this?

Eric Crapton

I had a few holidays back then :)

And I type pretty quick as well ;)

And besides, it was a one off, normally I don't react to those guys, but like said, I had some time on my hands and I thought I had a little prank with this one. Nowadays, I just delete them straightaway. But I guess you have to be Dutch to fully understand the jokes that I put in there. I had this placed on 419eater.com, look in the letters-archive, mine is there too, I think the second from the bottom or the third.

But it was intended as a little handle for you to deal with scammers like Elena cs.

wildrover

Behave yourself!

M-G (food!)

have fun with it.

Ok, thanks. I will.


I think I did get it but the scammer obviously didn't (But then we had the benefit of the explanations and added notes)

Ok, that's all for today. I am now going to answer Elena's latest email. I will of course keep you all informed of the progress. I did think of pasting Elena's emails but I think at this stage it would not feel right. And before someone remarks negatively to my last sentence please don't bother as it will be water off a ducks *rse (No offence meant)

If any of the people who were kind enough to reply to my thread are interested? This is an up-date.

Since sending 'Elena' an email seven days ago, there has been no reply! I have copied and pasted the text in that email:

...Elena,

I do not have much time as I am just about to go out so I will make this a short reply. You have already told me some of the things in your previous emails, which means you are repeating yourself!

I would like you to answer the questions I asked you in my emails! When you do (Which will never happen) I will reply to your proposed scam!

Regards

Nick

P.S. I have forwarded the relative information to the police ;-)

Regarding the title of the thread, it would appear to underline the old saying

" If something sounds too good to be true - it probably is "

It is easy to understand why Brits get suckered in lovewarsaw.co.uk/10-most-sexiest-polish-women.html

I noticed Joanna Krupa got a double ranking there.

Go Joanna! With a face like that, she deserves a triple ranking!

Well, I didn't think I'd be posting on this thread again but here I am! Blow me down with a feather, she or whoever they are sent me another email today! I had no intention of copying and pasting any of the emails sent me by Elena but I just have to place this before you to see what you think?

Hello dear Nick!!!!

Your letter as a beam of the sun warms my heart and lifts my mood...

Your gentle and sincere Elena!!!

(Whoever it is must either be thick or desperate or something else!)