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Granted, the site removes fraudulent profiles on a daily basis, according to Smith. Members are flagged for spamming or falsifying their gender and the site warns members against sending money to a “seeker” before they’ve met in person.
Millionaire match-making sites seem custom-made for scamsters. Just ask the site owners themselves.
Mr. Smith added that reports of blackmail and extortion on his site are “all too often.”
One Austin, Texas, man sent the fraudster more than $10,000 after “Bree” said via email and phone conversations that she was having financial difficulties. Yes, it can be that easy.
Still,nfl jerseys, it makes you wonder why any true millionaire would join these sites. Then again,Air Max TN, judging from pictures of Bree, perhaps we can guess the answer.
Apparently, the con man was able to disguise his voice as a woman and employed various personal photos and details of Bree’s life to persuade site members to send him cash.
Do you belong to a millionaire match-making site?
Mr. Smith was speaking in response to the latest online millionaire swindle, where a man posing as model Bree Condon is alleged to have swindled tens of thousands of dollars (and maybe much more) from members of SeekingMillionaire.Com.