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Unsolicited "Lonely Hearts" emails. I know they are a scam, but what's the scammer's method?
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January 26th, 2010
I must get a message like this every day or so, sometimes multiple ones per day
“Hi,
My name is miss Cecilia Oma,i saw your contact at (www.REDACTED.com) and became intrested in you,please i want you to send a mail to my email address so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address (ceciliaoma02@REDACTED.com) I believe we can move from here I am waiting for your fast respond.make sure you send me a mail so that i will know you got my message.thanks hoping to hear from you
Cecilia.”
How do the scammers behind these messages move from some poor lonely heart actually following up on such an email to extracting the mark’s money?
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