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1. Freedom wrote:

   Pictures have been posted at ScamVictimsUnited.com
   Thank you for your kind view and identification as applicable…

   Posted 15 Jul 2008 at 5:03 pm ¶
2. Shar wrote:

   How do you know that either the man or his daughter is a “victim”?

   Anyone can go on Flicker or other photo sharing websites and poach photos.

   Why are you so certain the photo wasn’t randomly selected?

   Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 9:23 am ¶
3. Anonymous wrote:

   … and that is the point… This EH scammer randomly STOLE/ or to quote you “POUCHED” the pictures from some website and is using them to SCAM people Nigeria Style… SO whether or not they were taken from Flickr is moot The POINT is that they are being used in a Romance Scam and I am sure that was not the intention of the actual people in the picture nor for the child… The faces in the picture are too common, RE: not models… Most likely taken from a family blog; Flickr or another open romance site such as Snglenet.com etc…
   Thank you for your input. Sorry you feel that by “POUCHING” photos that would equate that the people in the pictures are NOT “Victims” I disagree with that philosophy. The ONLY way they are not victims is if they were provided to the Nigerian Scammers for money by the family AND I DOUBT THAT…
   Freedom

   Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 10:22 am ¶
4. Shar wrote:

   Careful. You’re going to hurt yourself jumping to all those conclusions, lol.

   You quoted me incorrectly. I said poach. The meaning of “poach” (as used in my sentence) is “to take or appropriate something unfairly”. My usage was appropriate. Having a photo used in this manner is a risk that one takes when one publicly posts photos, so it’s not a “moot point”.

   How are they a “victim” ? They suffered no loss and were not injured. Granted, it’s not nice to use other peoples photos … but to claim they were victimized is quite a stretch. You are assuming that they share your outrage, victim mentality and sense of desperation.

   Chances are they do not.

   Best of luck to you.

   Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 1:09 pm ¶
5. Anonymous wrote:

   Not quite sure what your agenda is in taking from the POINT of the post… BUT please see definition again, as the word “poach” does mean to STEAL… AND your pseudo-intellect only defines your lack their of… Do you not have better things to do with your time then to respond to posts that you obviously have NO positive input relative to….My posts are to let people know that they might be scammed by someone using this pic; sign in etc…and that indeed the people in the pictures are just as much a vicitm (see definition below: b: one that is tricked or duped) in the Nigerian scams, as I am sure that they did not INTEND to post pictures to be used in such a way. The word victim is appropriate and is not relflective of distress or desperation IT IS CALLED HAVING INTEGRITITY and I would hope that someone would have INTEGRITY to want to let me know that my pictures were being used for the purpose to SCAM someone as well… It is obvious that you have a serious problem in deciphering the purpose of posts and it would be appreciated that you would cease undermining a post that has legit intention. Thank you…

   Poach: Main Entry: 2poach
   Function: verb
   Etymology: Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke
   Date: 1611
   intransitive verb
   1: to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something
   2: to trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also : to take game or fish illegally
   transitive verb
   1: to trespass on
   2 a: to take (game or fish) by illegal methods b: to appropriate (something) as one’s own c: to attract (as an employee or customer) away from a competitor
   Extracted 7/17/08 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

   Victim: Main Entry: vic·tim
   Pronunciation: \ˈvik-təm\
   Function: noun
   Etymology: Latin victima; perhaps akin to Old High German wīh holy
   Date: 15th century
   b: one that is tricked or duped Extracted 7/17/08 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

   Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 6:01 pm ¶
6. Pyke wrote:

   If someone poses himself as me using my photo, I sure believe I’m a victim.

   What I don’t understand is “desperately” seeking and offering a reward for help locating this gentleman and young girl. If you find them, what are you going to do to them? What do you want from these two people?

   Posted 17 Jul 2008 at 7:50 pm ¶
7. Anonymous wrote:

   Hi Pyke,
   It does sound odd that I would want to offer a reward BUT here is the deal… I was in communication with someone using this man/daughter pictures… and associated it to something on an emotional level; of course I am over being scammed and now I am ANGRY… The reward was used to lure one of those scammers to tell me which site they stole the pictures from so that I could do the Right thing and JUST LET this guy know what was happening to those pictures. Nothing More, Nothing Less… Sometimes you do find good people who do the right thing and I am one of them… AND because I am not asking for city/state… just location of where the pictures are stolen or someone who knows him to let him know…EVERYONE is safe… including ME and MY FAMILY as well…This is ONLINE ONLY… This is only about doing the right thing and I wish someone would have done that for me because my pictures were stolen as well…
   Thanks Pyke for your ; you make a good point in the “whys” and I hope I have clarified the intention…

   Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 5:46 am ¶
8. Shar wrote:

   Let’s use some of your flawed logic:

   “victim” vic·tim (vĭk’tĭm) n. A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.

   These people were slain and offered as a sacrafice during a religious rite? Why haven’t you called 911? Oh wait … you meant one of the other meanings of the word … right?

   Perhaps a better use of your time would be to take a hard look at yourself and find out why it is that it only took a photo of two people at a BBQ and a few sweet words fromsomeone you never met to take you to the cleaners .

   Again, best of luck to you. You need it. Life without critical thinking skills must be tough.

   Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 6:41 am ¶
9. Anonymous wrote:

   WHY do you post on a thread with such venom when you have no interest in Right vs Wrong… I question your reasons … Why so angry about a topic that you obviously disagree with? Why not move on… to another thread to spread your hate and ignorance? Do you truly believe I will stand down because you can’t possibly understand the English language; the human spirit,; and throw pebbles … NOPE (do you understand that word?) Your definitions, your interpretation… it is all an attempt to COVER Up the mere fact that you can not possibly understand how or why someone would want to do the right thing… These blogs; romance sites…. are all used for SCAMS!!! There are .gov sites dedicated to this topic.
   INSTEAD of coming to this thread and writing with such ignorance why not visit such sites as Scam Vicitms United; Romance Scams; The Federal Trade Commission etc… and Educate yourself … Throwing your pebbles makes no difference… it is people who truly believe that there is the RIGHT thing to do that make change; and make this whole thing a little more legit; a little more safe…. You have taken away from this thread and thus I request that the admin of this site remove the thread so that you no longer have a platform to take your anger out on VICTIMS… and on a topic that many of us understand; believe in; and would not want to happen to ourselves or to others…

   Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 7:05 am ¶
10. Shar wrote:

    I’m not angry and I don’t need to “educate” myself on “romance scams”.

    For the third and final time … best of luck to you.

    Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 7:24 am ¶
11. Anonymous wrote:

    Did you achieve your goal on this thread? As it appears your goal was to divert viewers attention from information relative to people being VICTIMS of Scams on Eharmony and on several other Date Sites… I hope more people will visit Scam dot com; ScamVictimsUniteddot com; RomanceScamsdot com; The Federal Trade Commission and many many other sites dedicated to this topic so that others may divert heartache; stolen identities….
    Thank you.

    Posted 18 Jul 2008 at 10:06 am ¶
12. Ken wrote:

    I think you are in search of this guy to see if he might be intrested in you..why not accept the fact that you were scammed and move on with your life?..If in the picture you saw the guy got a kid,it automatically means he isn’t single..Forget him and you’ll get a better life.Putting a reward is just like letting in another scam.Thanks.

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 10:15 am ¶
13. Anonymous wrote:

    Ha Ha Ha That is hysterical Ken from Africa…

    ********You have made my day… I wish there were more out there who would offer a reward to spare someone the ridiculous scamming that is going on out there through the 419 Club….. Learning to not be a Mugu is the goal… Love that the number one movie and the number one song is called I GO CHOP YOUR DOLLAR… Ya’ll just think it is OK and will say anything to divert others from DOING THE RIGHT THING… The DOLLAR should GO TO the people who do indeed DO THE RIGHT THING!!!! NO DATE REQUIRED LOL LOL LOL LOL I am exhausted from alughing at your post.

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 2:03 pm ¶
14. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Freedom01, Mauritius is four thousand miles away from Nigeria. In fact, “419″ and “mugu” have no meaning outside Nigeria.

    There are 922 million people in Africa. Prejudiced, are you?

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 3:45 pm ¶
15. Anonymous wrote:

    Ha Ha Ha Keep it coming… What is your point Ken? Why are you on this thread? Do you have some interest in John Doe? Something to add that would assist others in not being scammed? Your ignorant comment of a supposed predjudice speaks loudly …. AND people need to understand how scammers look at the ones they scam THEY CALL THEM MUGU!!! Nothing more, nothing less… So… tell us do you have something positive to add to a thread relative to stolen identity, pictures, scams….? Because if not, not sure why you are visiting the blog….

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 3:52 pm ¶
16. Anonymous wrote:

    How does one divert their IP address? Let’s see through the Cafe Systems… I can be sitting in Ca and make it look as though I am in Alaska… FYI people; the IP listings are meaningless, as scammers can change it up through various software programs that divert to Secure Tunnels that create a secure VPN connection that bypasses your network and hides your real IP address… NOT interested in how many miles you are Ken; more interested in why you post your drival to divert attention from someone who had their pictures used to scam several woman? Is that the best you could do to have to pull out the old predjudice statements that do not apply to the topic of SCAMMERS; typically such nonsense is used to divert the actual topic. The campaign is called educating people buddy/budette

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 4:00 pm ¶
17. eHarmony Blog wrote:

    Freedom01, it was I who remarked about the prejudice, not Ken. I’m happy that you are saying that Ken may not be from Africa at all, which means you are taking back what you said on #13.

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 4:07 pm ¶
18. Anonymous wrote:

    Ah… Eharmony Blog… read so quickly overlooked sign in SORRY KEN… Didn’t realize that you are so interested in topics of predjudice when the thread is relative to SCAMMMERS…. So all applies to you EHARMONY BLOG of Canada… Does Canada still pull out the old predjudice when topics are tough??? Such a simple minded way of looking at solutions for the actual point of the original post and that is ONLINE SCAMMING…. Such a shame that intentions turned to theugly beast you make it … POINT: ignorance is the predjudice…

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 4:15 pm ¶
19. Freedom wrote:

    Hi Eharmony Blog, king of the blog…
    The One called Freedom has presented in anger… the intention is simple: how to let someone know that their pictures; or identity … has been stolen and is being used to scam others…the thread is off track to say the very least… I hope that others have read and have questions such as 1. why the passionate call for pseudo “justice” etc… BUT as all fun must must end…can you please delete the blog. I would like to change the theme from angry to “Here is some great info if you have been scammed/conned… on one of the ridiculous “love sites” What do you say; truce??
    Thanks for understanding.
    Freedom (breaking the chains of anger after being a Mugu)

    Posted 20 Jul 2008 at 8:06 pm ¶
20. Ken wrote:

    I think you all got me wrong, I won’t be typing here just to waste your time or mine, I am easily speaking the truth.
    If you “are” or “being” scammed, the first action to take is “Contact the Fbi”. The Fbi will ask you to play along to get more information from the suspect. after they must have gathered the whole information’s they need. It is there duty to contact the Government of the suspects country. The suspect will be traced and there is no amount of hiding that will help them from not being persecuted.

    About John Doe.
    How sure are you that the picture you were scammed with is that of John doe? To be honest with you I have been scammed before by a Man who pretended to be a lady . (someone asked you this question on the other site you posted your thread). The pictures may be stolen from model sites. e.g. (http://focushawaii.com/). Here is My own story: I was messaged on a dating site with a model picture which i thought was all for real. I never knew i was deal with a man pretending to be a lady, the rest story are private but this is how i discovered. I called the suspect one with a hiding number and never said a word. then what i heard was a Big fat make voice saying “HALLOO” Gotch i felt like she was cheating on me then i said who am i speaking with, Immediately he calmed his voice and began to speak like a lady. I was so heart broken and hung up. Then i took the step i needed to get back at him. Right now he is Happily enjoying his life in Jail…Lol.
    Please before you do any thing with Someone you haven’t met before always read online for safety. A very helpful site is (http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/) this will really help you in knowing more about online scam.

    John Doe is a forged Name and does not Exist. I strongly believe this because it happened to me before. And The Real Name of the person you are looking for is the name you used to send Money to them. Get back to me on this post and lets keep pushing.

    Posted 22 Jul 2008 at 9:05 am ¶

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