I just want to warn all my fellow Rain friends about some e-mails I got. It was supposedly from a 20-something girl in a refuge camp in Dafur. It said she had contacted me through active rain and wanted help moving to America.
Here is what the first one said:
My name is Miss Lizy, and I saw your profile today at (activerain.com) and i become interested in you, Please My Dear I will like you to contact me back as soon as possible through my email address(lizy20094u@yahoo.com) so that i can give you my pictures for you to know whom i am, I believe we can move from here. Please Remember colour or distance does not matter, but Love matters allot in life. Reply me back on time,
From Lizy
I am leary of these types of emails, but replied. The second e-mail was a little weird because she made suggestive comments about my picture. It's just a straight, business-like head shot. I didn't reply after that. But today I got another email from her with pictures of a young black women. More weird, suggestive comments. And she "wanted my help investing her late fathers fortune".
Here is what it said:
Good Evening my dearest One
How are you doing today i believe with God you and your family are doing well and fine over there in your country, I am more than happy when i saw your mail, how was your day, mine is a little bit Cold over here in Dakar Senegal, my name is Lizy Oti from Ivory Coast in West Africa, 5.7ft tall, fair in complexion, (never married before) i am 24 years old, and Presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar as a result of the civil War that was fought in my country,
My late father Dr Kingsley Oti was the managing director of oti industry (Ltd) and he was the personal advice to the former head of state (Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood, It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am leaving now,
I would like to know more about you, Your likes and dislikes, your hobbies and what you are doing presently,
I have gotten emails like this before and never replied. Now these scammers are trying to use our proffession as real estate agents to get to us. DON'T FALL FOR IT. JUST DELETE.
And if anyone out there knows who at Active Rain I contact about this. I would appreciate the information.
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