African Scam Using Skype

Question

Hi everyone,
This post is about my encounter of an African Scamer. That is what it is called. I am not implying in any way that the Scam themselves were African in nature, race, color, or any other profiling. I want to warn my fellow Skype users about the encounter. There was a group of 12 all Skype users asking to be added at the same time. Before I knew it they were all gone except for one woman. I did not give it a second thought at first. She claimed she was taking classes in Ghana. It was a younger woman (29 she said) with a skype name of "vide.vide. The subject got around about her not having a passport to come to the States. That was when she started very suttel asking if I could help her out with the cost. I knew before this it was a scam, but don't be fooled by her. I said yes and ask how much and where it was to go. She told me she needed $500.00 and gave me a typical address in Ghana and the money was to be wired through Western Union.
One of the main reason I am reporting this on Skype is that I could not find any other documented cases of the African Scam. So there you have it. I will be reporting this first thing in the morning to the FBI or IRS. As of right now she believes I will be sending $500.00 via Western Union tomorrow morning to Ghana.

Answer 1

dirigir wrote:
Hi everyone,
This post is about my encounter of an African Scamer. That is what it is called. I am not implying in any way that the Scam themselves were African in nature, race, color, or any other profiling. I want to warn my fellow Skype users about the encounter. There was a group of 12 all Skype users asking to be added at the same time. Before I knew it they were all gone except for one woman. I did not give it a second thought at first. She claimed she was taking classes in Ghana. It was a younger woman (29 she said) with a skype name of "vide.vide. The subject got around about her not having a passport to come to the States. That was when she started very suttel asking if I could help her out with the cost. I knew before this it was a scam, but don't be fooled by her. I said yes and ask how much and where it was to go. She told me she needed $500.00 and gave me a typical address in Ghana and the money was to be wired through Western Union.
One of the main reason I am reporting this on Skype is that I could not find any other documented cases of the African Scam. So there you have it. I will be reporting this first thing in the morning to the FBI or IRS. As of right now she believes I will be sending $500.00 via Western Union tomorrow morning to Ghana.
you can also forward the details of this scam to [email protected]  If I remember it correctly, there might already dozens of similar cases reported in this forum recently.
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