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FirmhandKY -> RE: Spotting a fake (2/5/2009 9:41:10 AM)
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colouredin gave a great link.
Personally, the initial "warning signs" when I see in a females profile that make me suspicious of someone who claims to be in the US are:
1. "Native American" when the photo is obviously a Caucasian (not a definitive answer, just an indication. Some non-Americans don't understand that Native American doesn't just mean an American born citizen).
2. A weight that is about half or less what you'd think it should be in pounds (a kilogram is 2.2 lbs, so sometimes the African scammers get confused ...)
3. Profile pics that look like models, and professional photography (likely taken from any one of a million porno or other dating sites).
4. Short, grammatically questionable profile text, especially where the use of pronouns is missing, or the normal word order (syntax) is uncommon.
5. Failure to mention much of anything about BDSM.
6. Talks about wanting a "Christian" man (while occasionally mentioned in real profiles, African scammers often mistake the level of "religiousity" of Americans on this site).
7. The profile is for a "Dominant" women who wants to submit, or a "submissive" women who wants to dominate.
8. A location which uses a combination of two common locations such as "Los Angelos, NY", or Manhattan, Tennessee" (doesn't mean such places don't exist, just something that looks suspicious and a quick Google search can answer. "Manhattan, KS" actually exists, for example.)
9. A profile that tends to be a little ... I dunno ... too vanilla? ... and talks about "true love" in some format.
None of these by themselves "prove" the person is "fake" and a scammer ... but the more points a profile scores, the greater the likelihood in my opinion.
Firm
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