Topic : 11/23 Love Scams?

My comment was made following the blog on 23 Sep 2006 - the title was"Nigeria/South Africa Scare the Heck out of me!" the person who posted it was dgbent56 :

I did not say that me country was 100% crime free and yes all countries have there problems - I just did not want a misreprestation of South Africa. The blogs that I read regarding this subject - (Love Scams) makes it seem that most of the scams are done on Yahoo and that is why I asked if it has happened on other messages boards like maybe ICQ?

The other similarity, was that the people doing it was Nigerians. So the question is this - Does other countries follow the same trend?

I was just trying to protect my country, like I would assume you would do for yours...?

And if that is why, you say I should grow up, then maybe you need to find it in your hart too see other peoples point of views on matters, as I would assume all adults do?

Regarding matter closed!

You implied your country is crime free, or at least no crime is perpetrated by South Africans.

" ...these scams are done by Nigerians! "

" ... person trying to scam you, was living in South Africa but was NOT a South African citizen! "

Your statement about yahoo was incomprehensible.

" ...after reading most of the bogs is that Yahoo is not save? Or has this also happened on other sights? "

Nigeria is apparently the computer scam capital of the world at the moment. It is not surprising that there is so much crime in Africa. It is so poor that people are extremely desperate. I don't hate them for it. 

I have no need to protect my country with hyperbolic statements. It is the best country on earth (not perfect), but if there is a problem with it I certainly won't sweep it under the carpet, or turn a blind eye to her faults. I will fight to keep my country the great place that it is. 

" ...I should grow up, then maybe you need to find it in your hart too see other peoples point of views on matters, as I would assume all adults do? "

You refused to see anyone else's point of view that is why you made the statements you made. I never assume anything, but based on your writings here, I would assume you are a very young child. You didn't state it as just an opinion, but as a statement of fact. You chastised the other poster for their opinion, just like you have done to me. You demand other's accept your opinion while denying other's the same courtesy. 

Now the matter is closed. Have a nice day.

A few days ago, I was asked to let someone named cole harrison into my instant message session.  I refused but wrote down what the box said.  I emailed him and asked him who he was and how he got my information.  He emailed me back stating he got my information from Yahoo Personals and I told him that no one with that name had viewed my profile.  He said his was still under review.   I let IM me and we did that for a couple of days.  On the third night, I got a feeling all was not right.  He did not think I had long distance on my phone so he sent me the number he was at 011234805086621 in Nigeria.  I called the number and after many rings, a man answered with an oriental accent.  He claimed he was cole and I told him that just could not be because Cole was not oriental.  He said he was Dutch,  I told him he did not have a dutch accent.  He asked how would that sound and I said not like you.  I immediately hung up and tool the measures to assure he could not contact me again.  He uses many IM user names one of which is his email address cole_harrison54@yahoo.com cole_harry and cole_harry 2007.  Being the inquisitive I called up the Houston phone book because that is where he said he was from and there was only one cole harrison there.  I called and made contact with his wife and she has turned these details over to the police.  If possible Dr. Phil please mention this again on your show.

My name is Mrs. Cole Harrison.  I watched this show last year and remembered being shocked that a scammer was using my husband's name.  It did not effect us until  this past December when we started receiving invoices for items NOT sent to women all over the country b/c of a  credit card issue.   The company alerted us to the 'Internet Cassanova" scam.  NOW, these scammers in Africa are not only using my husband's name, but OUR home phone number and address.  He is claiming to be 54, lives in Houston, is a contractor working in Africa and has a 15 year old son.  THIS IS NOT TRUE!  This week 3 women have called our home.  We have filed a report with the local police department and they are investigating this matter.  They will contact women in Yahoo! personals, IM and My Space and that is what we know of...there probably is many other ways they are contacting women.  I urge women to NOT send money or accept money from anyone through the internet.  IT IS DANGEROUS!!!  Not only am I concerned for these women, I am EXTREMELY concerned for my family and our children.  I still haven't figured out why anyone would use our personal information.  Do they not realize that they will be discovered???  My family will take this as far and as wide as we need to go to get the information out there and shut these people down.  I have asked  Dr. Phil and Robin for help, as well as the authorities.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Cole Harrison