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What's In It For Them?


So why are these guys getting in touch?   I say guys in the sense of young male people.  It's almost never an actual female.        
                     
In Ghana the average.monthly wage for an agricultural labourer is $15.  So what rich westerners like me spend on a cup of coffee would feed a family for a week.  You might feel a bit guilty about that - I urge you, if you do, to donate the price of a cup of coffee to a legitimate charity like Oxfam - there's probably a shop on your High Street.

The scammers will happily take any amount of money - I've had requests from $20 up to $11,500.  The usual request is $200 though - a year's wages.  So you can see their motive. 

How do they get in touch?  In my case I am pretty sure that it's because I am active on social media.  They join a discussion group and lurk.  When someone pops their head above a parapet, they send a friend request.   A big red flag is that their friends are all fat old bald men (hey, I'm a fat old bald man, I'm not judging here).  Obviously as a member of the FOBM community, I'm supposed to be flattered that some Gorgeous Young Babe wants to be my friend. 

Scammers hunt women, too.  Here the photos tend to be of ruggedly handsome doctors - think George Clooney - or US Army Generals, usually based in Iraq or Afghanistan.  Rarely anything less than the rank of Colonel, because what woman wants to hook up with a Corporal when she can have a Brigadier?  Not infrequently, the scammer is an Army Medic, so you lucky ladies get two for the price of one - strong and sensitive, handsome and caring!

I would not be at all surprised to learn that the same scammers have Gorgeous Young Babe and Ruggedly Handsome General identities


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  1. Jack4 July 2021 at 07:41

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