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wilsonx
20-05-2014, 08:53 PM
Hello fellow bros, i'm on dating sites to fish for some gems haha. but i've encountered quite a lot of scams along the way so i thought i ought to let fellow bros know so that they will be aware and not be scammed.

Some of you senior bros might already know of such scams, but there isn't any post around which compile such scams. i hope to put them all here so that everyone can read and provide some tools to spot scammers.

Date last updated: 12/06/2014

List of dating sites (not exhaustive) :
Zoosk
tagged
okcupid
msn match.com
okcupid

Scam no. 1: Swinger Party scam

Those on tagged are pretty familiar with this. First the lady on the profile adds you or chat with you and claim that they are models from overseas working for a company that is hosting a swinger party in singapore.
Next they ask whether you want to join, if you want to you need to pay 9$ for membership fee which they promise will return once event is over. There will be costumes to buy which they say is optional.
Next thing you know, after you register, they ask you to buy the costume to get into the party. if you say no, they say required for verification yadayada.....

read more here : http://www.sammyboysexforum.com/showthread.php?t=271429

Scam no. 2: Fuck buddy scam

I personally went through with this to see how real is it. Hope you guys appreciate it.

So on the dating site, they message you again saying how hot you look in the picture and would like to know more about you. And provides typically a skype contact for you to add. (strike 1: usually people do not refer to other chat methods) . The one i received was : xkatiemorgan on skype.
Next they give you a long intro of themselves making it look quite realistic. next they might ask you to exchange pictures, they send over hot nude pics of themselves (i've check the pictures online and its from a cam pornstar).
She might even go the extra mile of trying to prove themselves to you. I personally asked her to write my id and the date on a piece of paper and take photo with it. (i'm impressed by this actually, looks very real handwriting)
After she is done proving, she say she want to be your fuck buddy.
But before you can meet up with her, she ask you to go to cam sites to vote for her so that she gets more popular and can stay longer in SG.
So she redirects you to the following sites : preciouscam , lovetrap, bustyyoungwomen (aka mpa3.serveroverkill com) the sites are not linked to protect fellow bros.
The sites are somewhat real in that they have cam models as well but don't be fooled to give your credit card details that will in turn charge you recurring of 30 USD/month !!!
They know whether you have really entered the details because the mastermind of the ring is monitoring the registration from their server. Its a big scam ring.

-Add-on : there are variants of this scam, they will try to befriend you, saying they are foreigner here looking for job etc.
then when you get close to the intimate stage like asking to meet up, she ask to help her vote on the cam website. ( for me is she say she need the vote to continue using her webcam for free -.- seriously)
She prove she's real by showing me a video of her when i video call her on skype, it shows her alright , but its a pre-recorded cam session. I couldn't find her online but pretty sure she's another cam model.
1st link provided to me to vote is : www caminyourcity com/vpa.php?r=2003921&t=1&g=default
In the end i told her, since we meeting up she can guide me personally, but then she say not going to meet up because not voting.... haha
I did not follow through this scam this time.

Scam no. 3 : FJ scam

*i'm not very sure about this one but was mentioned by lots of senior Taggers to be a scam

Another one "famous" on tagged, basically they have a profile of a girl staying in SG. They would post their no. for whatsapp and ask you to talk to them there.
Alternatively they would post something like: " want to meet me tonight? "
If you pm them they would ask you to pay them through western union before you can fk them. They use western union because of unable to open local bank acct as they are foreign student here ( which is total bullshit)
They would reply on whatsapp something like this : "$100/- 3hrs unlimited shot sex include massage shower blowjob deepthroat.. $50 to manager posb account as my salary per customer per day, $50 to me on hand after sex. Location:......"
*for the whatsapp one, i'm not sure whether its credible, any bros willing to try can pm me for contact*

Scam no.4 : Free spa

I found this scam on tagged, may appear on other sites as well, do take note.
So what happen was, there is this profile that put up a status saying "free spa. pm me" after you pm them they will claim that there is a free spa promotion ongoing, the location and shop they give me was Body contours at 30 hill street.
I checked online and body contours is a legit spa chain. Then comes the catch, she ask if i was working, and whether i'm 23. Apparently i need to be working and 23 years old to enjoy the free spa. So i called the body contours hotline, the lady was blur when i ask her about the free spa and tell me to quote the source. so i knew that this "free spa" was fake. The profile woman claims that she is the admin.
This happened with another profile as well. So bros out there do be cautious with this "free spa" promotion.

*I did not follow through this scam to know the full story, but likelyhood that they will ask for your credit card details etc. to confirm you are 23. Anyone with full story can share experience? thanks

Scam no. 5: Blackmailing

Scam no. 5: Show your Dick scam

I'm sure every one knows this one. A mark (victim) contacted a girl on an online dating website. She sex chats with the mark. The mark can see her face on Skype. She asks the mark to show his dick to her. She says it's so huge. She wants to meet the mark soon. Can the mark get an erection n masturbate to show her? The mark does so. The mark is videotaped by some one else at the girl's end. The mark is blackmailed for money by the scammers. It happened in S'pore. A schoolboy was entrapped. He kept on paying until he paid over $110 000! Eventually he had no more money. He told his father. They made a Police report. The Police caught the scammers. A local couple who stayed in Woodlands.

A recent case. A Scottish schoolboy did the same. He was blackmailed. He said he didn't have money at all to pay. The scammers told him he was better off dead n exposed him on the internet. He killed himself. V sad. The scammers this time were quite a big set-up in the Phillipines. As big as a call centre. They were busted by the authorities there.



Scam no.6 : fake Kik chat.
Source : http://www.$$$$$$$$$$$$.com.sg/tech-news-snapchat-spam-sexy-photos-lead-compromised-branded-short-domains

This one appears on tagged very often. Random US female will 'like' you and want to meet up. Add as friend and she will tell you to add her on KiK to chat easily. Usually she would have a hot profile pic.
For those who don't know, Kik is a popular messaging app in US. Then they will spam you with links or try to make you sign up for porn webcam sites.
Apparently, according to hdwz article its also happening in snapchat.

Scam no.7 : pyramid/ponzi schemes.
http://sammyboysexforum.com/showpost.php?p=11220275&postcount=38


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Other scams possible : http://www.connectingsingles.com/currentscams.aspx

Now i'll provide some tools for fellow bros on datings sites to verify the authenticity of the women.

How to spot fake profile :
http://www.wikihow.com/Spot-an-Online-Dating-Scammer
Also if you see multiple profiles with the same story/info/taglines , likely they are fake too, i've spotted quite a few

How to see if the picture is taken from other people :
go to http://images.google.com/ and use their search by image function.
(thats how i found out the nude pics were from a pornstar)

How to see if picture is photoshopped :
http://lifehacker.com/5644259/how-to-detect-a-photoshopped-image
http://imageedited.com/
(that's how i found out the pics are edited to look like real handwriting) and also an average real photograph shud be at least 1MB, not 76kb .jpg images

How to see if its a scam website:
http://www.scamadviser.com/
http://www.scamvoid.com/
Do take the results with a pinch of salt because it might flag some sites as trustworthy ( they might be legit sites but under the same scam ring)

Things to take note when opening links:
do not open links by left clicking them.
always right click, select "copy link location" and paste in browser first.
Look at the link, it might be very different!

Thats all i have for now. Hope you guys appreciate my effort in writing this.
Do post your own experience/scammer profiles so that everyone can keep a look out and stay away!
Up my repz if you like that you read here ! Thanks :)

ps. Hope this get stickied for future references.

No-go
20-05-2014, 09:44 PM
thanks for sharing. up u.

Nekonek0
20-05-2014, 09:55 PM
Have you tried skout?

ckwish
20-05-2014, 11:57 PM
thank you for the information ts

slackin80
21-05-2014, 09:50 AM
Very good writeup and should be updated whenever possible and also placed as a sticky.

I wish I knew how to up your points.

prettymannequin
21-05-2014, 10:23 AM
Recently there's also tinder!

Achieve
21-05-2014, 10:40 AM
Thanks for sharing!!

onlyhuman
21-05-2014, 11:33 AM
Lucky I nv met any fake or scammers...but some are clingy though...

gotnotime
21-05-2014, 11:41 AM
Recently there's also tinder!

Tinder got scammers meh? :eek:

On a side note.. lemme point out another classic "scam".
Where the girl puts up attractive photos of herself... from a few months ago when she was slimmer and hotter.
Then when you meet her in person.. machiam meet baby elephant.

prettymannequin
21-05-2014, 11:44 AM
Tinder got scammers meh? :eek:

On a side note.. lemme point out another classic "scam".
Where the girl puts up attractive photos of herself... from a few months ago when she was slimmer and hotter.
Then when you meet her in person.. machiam meet baby elephant.

I dunno, I'm not on tinder hahahah I've only heard of it. But I'm not surprised if scams start appearing on tinder.

onlyhuman
21-05-2014, 11:49 AM
Tinder got scammers meh? :eek:

On a side note.. lemme point out another classic "scam".
Where the girl puts up attractive photos of herself... from a few months ago when she was slimmer and hotter.
Then when you meet her in person.. machiam meet baby elephant.

Some even likes to put 2008 photos lor :D

sanig
21-05-2014, 11:55 AM
Good work bro -- thanks for sharing -- I have upped you

xuanz
21-05-2014, 12:17 PM
Recently there's also tinder!

bro you know alot. mai siao siao.

wtfuad
21-05-2014, 12:25 PM
Anyone heard of singaflirts.com yet? Apparently need to pay registration fee....

prettymannequin
21-05-2014, 12:36 PM
bro you know alot. mai siao siao.

That one is jumpingjolly bro say before one. Know doesn't mean I have account lol.

Jumpingjolly
21-05-2014, 12:38 PM
That one is jumpingjolly bro say before one. Know doesn't mean I have account lol.

Hahaha now you wanna drag me in ah? You should try it though hha

wilsonx
21-05-2014, 01:55 PM
Have you tried skout?

Skout so far I never encounter any haha.

Recently there's also tinder!

Tinder similar to Paktor , anonymous matching. Plus use Facebook . So I think quite rare for scams. But on Facebook also got fake profiles :/ best to exercise caution

Very good writeup and should be updated whenever possible and also placed as a sticky.

I wish I knew how to up your points.

I will update as often as possible whenever I'm home . A bit hard to write long para usin phone. Oh and top right corner of this post shud have a scale to click ;)

Thanks everyone for the +ve comments! Do share your experience as well!

1128138
21-05-2014, 05:33 PM
Skout so far I never encounter any haha.



Tinder similar to Paktor , anonymous matching. Plus use Facebook . So I think quite rare for scams. But on Facebook also got fake profiles :/ best to exercise caution



I will update as often as possible whenever I'm home . A bit hard to write long para usin phone. Oh and top right corner of this post shud have a scale to click ;)

Thanks everyone for the +ve comments! Do share your experience as well!

thks bro for the sharing:D

5121314
21-05-2014, 05:50 PM
bro you know alot. mai siao siao.

Prettymannequin is a pretty sister.
Bro xuanz, u made a mistake.

wilsonx
22-05-2014, 12:56 AM
Just updated the post. I'm kind of having fun trying to expose/play around with these scammers. :):)

At the same time its quite sad and tiring, i'm genuinely trying to make friends and get into relationship luh :(

neopackzz
22-05-2014, 03:34 AM
Great tips, thanks!:D

prettymannequin
22-05-2014, 09:39 AM
Prettymannequin is a pretty sister.
Bro xuanz, u made a mistake.

Lol you making a mistake, I'm not a pretty sister. Xuanz knows alot more than you. He likes to bro me cannot? :p

ahquan12
22-05-2014, 11:27 AM
Thanks for sharing the awareness

Note8
22-05-2014, 12:45 PM
Thanks for the info bro

adonis
22-05-2014, 12:55 PM
Scam no. 5: Show your Dick scam

I'm sure every one knows this one. A mark (victim) contacted a girl on an online dating website. She sex chats with the mark. The mark can see her face on Skype. She asks the mark to show his dick to her. She says it's so huge. She wants to meet the mark soon. Can the mark get an erection n masturbate to show her? The mark does so. The mark is videotaped by some one else at the girl's end. The mark is blackmailed for money by the scammers. It happened in S'pore. A schoolboy was entrapped. He kept on paying until he paid over $110 000! Eventually he had no more money. He told his father. They made a Police report. The Police caught the scammers. A local couple who stayed in Woodlands.

A recent case. A Scottish schoolboy did the same. He was blackmailed. He said he didn't have money at all to pay. The scammers told him he was better off dead n exposed him on the internet. He killed himself. V sad. The scammers this time were quite a big set-up in the Phillipines. As big as a call centre. They were busted by the authorities there.


Scam no. 6: Girlfren scam

I read on the internet or saw on Youtube an expose of the bogus techniques used by dating websites. A no. of the girls seeking companionship profiles' r put up by paid IT staff. They were traced to a protected IT office in Ukraine. Not one of the staff leaving that office wanted to talk to the news reporters. Unsuspecting saucy girls' photos were snatched from the internet. A few r actresses who didn't know their photos were used. A mark who corresponded with the bogus girl(s) will get responses but never a rendezvous. This is to garner paid subscription from unsuspecting marks.

5121314
22-05-2014, 01:26 PM
Lol you making a mistake, I'm a pretty sister. Xuanz knows alot more than you.

Can give me a chance to knw u more, please...

prettymannequin
22-05-2014, 01:49 PM
Can give me a chance to knw u more, please...

Did you just edit what I said in the quote... cause that's just freaky.

Jumpingjolly
22-05-2014, 01:57 PM
Lol you making a mistake, I'm not a pretty sister. Xuanz knows alot more than you. He likes to bro me cannot?


you qualify under bro anyway! since You're like half a dude sometimes:P

wilsonx
22-05-2014, 03:20 PM
Scam no. 5: Show your Dick scam

I'm sure every one knows this one. A mark (victim) contacted a girl on an online dating website. She sex chats with the mark. The mark can see her face on Skype. She asks the mark to show his dick to her. She says it's so huge. She wants to meet the mark soon. Can the mark get an erection n masturbate to show her? The mark does so. The mark is videotaped by some one else at the girl's end. The mark is blackmailed for money by the scammers. It happened in S'pore. A schoolboy was entrapped. He kept on paying until he paid over $110 000! Eventually he had no more money. He told his father. They made a Police report. The Police caught the scammers. A local couple who stayed in Woodlands.

A recent case. A Scottish schoolboy did the same. He was blackmailed. He said he didn't have money at all to pay. The scammers told him he was better off dead n exposed him on the internet. He killed himself. V sad. The scammers this time were quite a big set-up in the Phillipines. As big as a call centre. They were busted by the authorities there.


Scam no. 6: Girlfren scam

I read on the internet or saw on Youtube an expose of the bogus techniques used by dating websites. A no. of the girls seeking companionship profiles' r put up by paid IT staff. They were traced to a protected IT office in Ukraine. Not one of the staff leaving that office wanted to talk to the news reporters. Unsuspecting saucy girls' photos were snatched from the internet. A few r actresses who didn't know their photos were used. A mark who corresponded with the bogus girl(s) will get responses but never a rendezvous. This is to garner paid subscription from unsuspecting marks.

noted about the blackmailing one, was in news before, will add on. The girlfren one is similar to my fuckbuddy scam, they use girl pic taken from elsewhere, actually they are some dude behind the screen.

wilsonx
23-05-2014, 10:30 AM
I've noticed on tagged, profiles with a single letter for last name are 99% likely scamming profiles. so bros out there watch out.

Also a bump for my thread :)

wilsonx
25-05-2014, 08:11 PM
updated and bump :)

adonis
25-05-2014, 10:07 PM
Hi Guys, beware scam online

http://www.sammyboyforum.com/showthread.php?t=349495

Ho-Lee
25-05-2014, 11:37 PM
There are many gays in skout...They too hungry for guys...

wilsonx
26-05-2014, 06:56 PM
There are many gays in skout...They too hungry for guys...

i kenna sia, they sex talk pretend be girl, then when going to meet up, tell you is guy

lillywhite
26-05-2014, 09:55 PM
I believed I met a fake profile, and the lady even left a pic, maybe someone can tell me who the lady in the pic is, that was quite a good scammer except for the fact that she seems to be too eager to show things which is really unlike someone in real life would do

here's the image
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg (http://imgur.com/NzT0ToU)

wilsonx
08-06-2014, 01:28 AM
I believed I met a fake profile, and the lady even left a pic, maybe someone can tell me who the lady in the pic is, that was quite a good scammer except for the fact that she seems to be too eager to show things which is really unlike someone in real life would do

here's the image
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg (http://imgur.com/NzT0ToU)

probably taken from someone's facebook or other profile...

Good way to distinguish fake profile from real on tagged is , fake ones usually end with single letter last names eg. Alicia G, mandy T . real ones are likely to show full names or just nickname

Bystronicman
08-06-2014, 01:04 PM
Confirmed this is agua

wilsonx
12-06-2014, 10:34 AM
Cant seem to edit 1st post due to word limit, shall update here instead

Scam no.7 : Pyramid/ponzi schemes.

I've met some people promoting this thing called market amercia shop.com. Basically they say they have liason with companies to sell their products on the website, like amazon .
You can get a cut of the share by being a 'franchise' owner, meaning you set up your own account to help sell stuff.
Not sure how reliable it is, but it definitely seems like a Multi-level marketing scheme (a.k.a pyramid scheme) which the top few people earns by pulling ppl into the chain.
So far they have been able to sustain their growth by expanding to other countries such as taiwan. coming to SG soon. So i would like to caution fellow SBF people about any 'lucrative' business proposals introduced to you online.
Those who introduce it to you might just be gullible victims of this scam.

JustLearn
14-06-2014, 11:58 AM
Met a taiwanese girl who offered to tour me around if im there. Not sure how real is that as she dont do random chit chat but only on meet up details.

achu
07-09-2014, 03:31 PM
Me and my itchy hand... Went to subscribe to 2 site datingbuddy and Victoriamilan... After 1 month no response decided to terminate...lesson learnt.. Not sure whether these are genuine sites or just to scam ppl

lambda123
08-09-2014, 06:16 AM
Very good sharing ts.

Big Sexy
09-09-2014, 10:53 AM
dont waste your time on these useless dating sites
if you need a shag.. just go to escorts.sammyboyforum.com

milkman
09-09-2014, 11:19 AM
Thanks wilsonx for the heads up and keeping it up to date.

Cheers!

dresden
24-09-2014, 01:00 PM
I believed I met a fake profile, and the lady even left a pic, maybe someone can tell me who the lady in the pic is, that was quite a good scammer except for the fact that she seems to be too eager to show things which is really unlike someone in real life would do

here's the image
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NzT0ToU.jpg (http://imgur.com/NzT0ToU)

interesting, I vaguely remember seeing a video of who's in the picture, haha are scammers using porn star pictures to trick people? nice try, nobody will post such a pic like that with the face for all to see,must be a screenshot or something

Rocode
24-09-2014, 01:02 PM
thanks for the info..

ameth
06-10-2014, 12:06 AM
I just saw this youtube & would like to share this video about webcam scam which is now currently still terrorizing and terrifying victims online..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02AQt1NHGg

simple2kee
06-10-2014, 08:52 AM
thank you guys for sharing! :)

wilsonx
06-01-2021, 12:05 PM
New Year New scams
Sorry for reviving old thread.

Aiming to update with latest tactics so that bros here don't get scammed.

https://i.ibb.co/8BtghCK/Untitled.png

As always, best way not to get scammed is to use your big head not small head. If deal is too good to be true, then it is fake.

tnkaki
06-01-2021, 02:35 PM
there is a scam in michat too, saying she is a very rich mature lady who like to help people who is in financially trouble especially in this covid time.She said she from European country and a very successful business woman, making big money and her photo shown she has big boobs too, driving big luxury car and having expensive dine in restaurant....posting picture of bros receiving money from her thru bank transfer ranging from $1k to 5k but bros who needs her help must first buy iTunes gift card first......$100, does it sound fishy.....to help people needs to buy itune gifts first before can perform transferring of the money....i didn't see any logic for this request.

JizFries
06-01-2021, 04:45 PM
New Year New scams
Sorry for reviving old thread.

Aiming to update with latest tactics so that bros here don't get scammed.

https://i.ibb.co/8BtghCK/Untitled.png

As always, best way not to get scammed is to use your big head not small head. If deal is too good to be true, then it is fake.

Just saw your post and I received the same message in whatsapp.. -_-.. :D:D

wilsonx
20-01-2022, 10:48 AM
Jan 2022 Update:

HK Pump and Dump
This scam is quite old but still happening.
These girls would befriend you on Line, wechat etc. and play the long game at first. The would have multiple pictures and some wechat stories to make their profile look legit.
After getting to know you and lowering your guard, they would ask if you do stock trading. Then they intro some stock that they are 'earning' from.
Usually these are HK penny stocks. They will ask you to execute a trade of certain amount of units/lots at certain time. Telling you that it would rise.

Basically you become part of a pump and dump scheme, multiple parties pumping the stock and the scammer would then sell a huge amount.
First 1 or 2 times you might get lucky and earn, but after gaining your trust, your big trade execution would lead to big losses.

Bank phishing/scam

This is more of a PSA for everyone who should already know by now. Scammers are spoofing bank telephone numbers/sender ID to get you to click on their link which leads to a clone of the bank website. Making you login.

Sugarbaby/sugarmommy fake ads

On sites like SB/SA/telegram, profiles would have a chio lady pic with their contact details. Upon contacting them, they would ask you for a deposit to either engage them as sugar baby or signing up services to help match a sugar mommy to you. After receiving the money, they would ghost you or delete the telegram chat.

Gambling related
Bro, u forget about Facebook scam on fixing football match.

They would say the match are fix and is 100% correct.
They will get u to Tft 50% of the amount than after the win you tft the balance.

they will give you doctored bet slips to show how confidence are they. Their supporters in the Facebook are all fake as well. Even the cheque from spools might be doctored. Spools have their own AI to check on all the betting. Bets will drop if one punters bet on the max amount. Something like 4D hot numbers.

They are keen to get you sign up as VIP members and after that ghost you.

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Finding love is hard. Cheong safe, think with big brain. Hope everyone huat this Tiger year and achieve your goals.