Information on romance scams and scammers.
#75659 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:09 am
hi im from germany.. a good friend of mine, found out that my " romantic email writer" is based in Nigeria..not Kabul.. i also found him at facebook with different names. i deleted everything.. my question is, how to find the poor man on the picture.. ??? is there any chance to find him?
the mail adress of the scammer
[email protected]
Facebook: alfred shope, afred shope and he has a view connections with other usernames
thank god, that i used a emailadress without any information, because i was feeling there is something wrong.. this is what i´ve got as information about his email adress :
Delivered-To: googlemail.com
Received: by 10.216.28.147 with SMTP id g19cs411274wea;
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:59:17 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.68.26.193 with SMTP id n1mr21024156pbg.125.1322171955200;
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:59:15 -0800 (PST)
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from nm21.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm21.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com. [98.139.91.91])
by mx.google.com with SMTP id j2si9268076pbd.193.2011.11.24.13.59.14;
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:59:15 -0800 (PST)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of [email protected] designates 98.139.91.91 as permitted sender) client-ip=98.139.91.91;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of alfred_mike@


and sorry for my bad english :oops:
Last edited by desertlily on Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:52 am, edited 1 time in total.
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#75662 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:14 am
you can find him also at a german page Lokalisten with the name alfred1010
#75665 by AlanJones Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:23 am
Hi desertlily,

Welcome to Scam Warners and I'm glad to see that you didn't fall for the scam.

Is that the full header for the email that you received, as it doesn't appear to point to Nigeria.

Also you might want to edit your post to remove your own email address, so that scammers and spammers don't pick up on it.

Finally, there is no way of tracing the real person in the photograph, he could be anywhere. That is one of the downsides of posting all your pics on the internet - anyone can see them and use them.

Alan

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
#75674 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:45 am
i deleted this email adress already :)
thats all whats left,cause ideleted it all.. so i copy it from the mail i send to one of my friends to find out, who is behind the email adress (41.155.40.196, this is his public IP Address)
i was questioning this "alfred shope" guy so much, that he was "silent" sundenly and then blamed me, that i dont trust him.. and after i while, with all this "lovely" talking i trusted him a bit.. and i send him pictures..
and now i worry sooo much...
#75676 by AlanJones Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:48 am
You are right the IP addres you quote resolves to

ipTRACKERonline.com wrote:Header Analysis Quick Report
Originating IP: 41.155.40.196
Originating ISP: Starcomms Limited
City: Lagos
Country of Origin: Nigeria
* For a complete report on this email header goto ipTRACKERonline


And your email address is still showing in the post above as [email protected] (without the Xs)

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
#75677 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:52 am
as i told u... i deleted this email adress..
so, tell me..do u think i will get problems now, because he get my pics.. thats all i worry now..
#75678 by AlanJones Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:56 am
I don't think you understand me. In your post here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28032&view=unread#p75659 you have left your email address visible.

In Ihrem Beitrag hier viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28032&view=unread#p75659 Sie links Ihre E-Mail-Adresse sichtbar.

As to your photos, all that is likely to happen is that they may use them in future scams to pretend to be a female.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
#75681 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:11 am
i think i get u right :D but i delted this account, anyway it was my "fake account" cause i didnt trust this person..
so there is no chance at all, to see if he or "it" will use it.. oh..my..god..
#75684 by jolly_roger Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:35 am
Hi desertlily.

re: i was questioning this "alfred shope" guy so much, that he was "silent" sundenly and then blamed me, that i dont trust him...

Well, it would do that, as many of them do! Because you did not follow the script pattern, the scammer was placed on the back foot. They hate that.
Whether a scammer uses your photo for the wrong reason is open to debate. Maybe yes, but maybe no.
I'm afraid that is a risk we all take.
#75685 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:40 am
the only thing thats left for me is.. i feel so stupid,abused and angry.. and i use the internet since it come up...and never ever something like this is happen to me..
#75690 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:38 am
and.. what kind of information he get about me?? mean..my email adress was fake,ok.. but i wrote from my office computer and from my mobile(not sms,email..)
#75693 by AlanJones Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:52 am
You were using a gmail account, which strips out the sender's IP address information, so unless you told him your address and phone number then he won't have those details.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
#75695 by desertlily Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:56 am
no...nothing at all... thank god.. is it useful to post the pic of "him"? and when, how? :) thank u again for ur great help...
#75696 by AlanJones Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:04 am
Yes, posting them will be good as it will allow others to see they are dealing with the same scammer, you can find instructions on how to post photos here - viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.

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