Interpol Scam Email in Gmail

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kaizersauzee Posted messages 84 Status Membre -  
mpmp93 Posted messages 2931 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -
Good evening,

After receiving an email from Interpol on Gmail and full of spelling mistakes, I didn’t worry long about receiving such an email, and I got confirmation on the forum.

My question is just to know if I should respond? It might be funny to ask if the weather is nice in Ivory Coast, for example, but should I be worried about a possible illegal use of my facial photo?

That's what worries me more already.

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tony_du_69 Posted messages 20 Status Membre 5
 
Hello,

Unfortunately, I fell victim to a major scam. I was tricked on a dating site by a 30-year-old woman I met there. We chatted a bit and she asked for my MSN... I regret giving it to her so much... we exchanged 2 or 3 emails and she asked for my Skype to show herself on webcam. She asked me to undress... which I did. She was teasing me and I could see her undressing too, and after a while, she told me she was 16 and asked if that bothered me. I was stunned, I said WHAT??! Of course, that bothers me!! I stopped everything, I sent her an email and told her she didn't look 16 at all, and I also told her to come back when she was of age! Anyway. After that, I looked up her email address and found out it was a scam. I wonder how I could have been so stupid not to have smelled a rat!!!! The worst part is that I had doubts when she was writing to me; there was no coordination. Every time I received a message on Skype, I didn't see her typing at certain moments, I didn’t understand anything, found it a bit suspicious but as strange as it may be, I continued. That same evening, I received an email from the police with a fake email address from them, and if I didn't call them today to sort things out, they would send a part of my video that they took care to record to all my contacts and on TV channels! Of course, I know it's all fake, but despite that, I've noticed that some have fallen into the same trap as me and also received the same email supposedly from the police!! For those who work against these dubious email addresses, I have a few that I’ll gladly share so that others don’t get caught in the trap!

I had only replied to 2 emails, and when I saw others, it was the same old spiel, so I didn't pay attention. But to one of the 2 I replied to and did a webcam with, I thought she was real because she didn't talk at all about her life. Anyway, I'm a big fool who fell for the trap! If I give these addresses, it's to make sure that in the future, others pay attention and maybe they can be used against the "cyber-pigeon."

Thank you in advance for your responses.
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mpmp93 Posted messages 2931 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 341
 
Hello,

You film your little private parts again and attach it in your response telling them to go piss elsewhere!

They won't broadcast anything. The best strategy: absolute radio silence. They'll quickly move on to another victim.

See you!
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tony_du_69 Posted messages 20 Status Membre 5
 
Lol!! I thought the same thing, radio silence, I’m playing dead! But I think they’re going to annoy me for a little while and then that’s it. There’s still one little thing that bothers me, I saw on this forum, well site, that some guys had their videos posted on YouTube anyway and I don’t want that to happen to me!! Well, I can always report the video but still, it would piss me off if it went that far... damn, I feel so stupid, you can’t imagine!! This will teach me to act like an idiot! So dating sites, I’m thinking, DONE!!! If we had to elect the king of fools, it should be me.
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mpmp93 Posted messages 2931 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 341 > tony_du_69 Posted messages 20 Status Membre
 
No, you can continue. But above all (I really insist....) you create an email box specifically dedicated to dating sites that is completely separate from the rest of your private life:
- choosing a specific username,
- the part of the email before the @ that has nothing to do with your identity
- never give your Facebook profile on dating sites...

Scammers will fail against your profile.

See you!
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Anonymous user
 
Re Tony

the video they show of you on YT is often fake, they make you believe it’s YT

YT doesn’t display these videos so it would disappear just as quickly
hence the phishing ;-)
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tony_du_69 Posted messages 20 Status Membre 5
 
Yes, that's true, I hadn’t thought of that mpmp93. But I don't know, it puts me off since that story...

Thanks to you, rossi46du77, you reassure me, but deep down I was somewhat having the same thought. Anyway, with my SFR spam filter app, I blocked the number and it went directly to the SFR service for reporting, and they take care of it afterward. I also blocked on MSN Hotmail in the options the email addresses of the so-called cops as well as the girls who tried to contact me. However, I think they are just blocked from my account, but in your opinion, can they still contact me and I receive nothing, or can they no longer contact me at all?
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mpmp93 Posted messages 2931 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 341
 
Hello,

Cast a voodoo spell on him.....

Look up on the internet "voodoo spell" and embellish a bit....

90% of Ivorians believe in witchcraft. If you cast a credible spell on him, like shrinking his manhood, he will panic. Believe me, a slap is nothing compared to a sorcerer's spell.

Use psychological weapons by understanding who you are dealing with....

An article from the Ivorian press:
https://news.abidjan.net/h/425054.html

Put your "victim" in copy of this article and show that it’s a friend who did this against another scammer and that he's lucky it's just a spell to shrink his manhood.....

It makes me laugh every time I bring up witchcraft... I have deeply analyzed the customs, practices, and beliefs of the people of West Africa. It is from this region that voodoo worship originates, and we can draw inspiration from this belief to turn the elements against these wrongdoers!

A+

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00lina00 Posted messages 15290 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   1 101
 
Good evening,

Forget it!
The scammers will move on to another sucker ;)

--
“Failing is having the opportunity to start over more intelligently.”
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Aranud87 Posted messages 277 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   3 298
 
Hi,

If you send your photo, they could use it for counterfeit documents...
But if you want to talk to them about your cat, you can lol

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GNU/Linux Mageia :)
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kaizersauzee Posted messages 84 Status Membre
 
I enjoy turning the tables on them
but it's less fun for my photo though
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kaizersauzee Posted messages 84 Status Membre
 
Hello,

thank you for your responses, I will study the subject of voodoo, it seems like a good idea. thank you very much.
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