Share This! Another Internet Love Scam Has Happened!

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Here are a few short pieces of advice based on what I have experienced personally myself:

1. When someone calls and tells you to claim a lump sum of money or a car as a prize, DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION! If that person claims you forget about the contest you have entered, THAT'S NOT TRUE! YOU DID NOT ENTER ANY!

2. When someone calls and tells you that you need to pay them a fee (ranging from a few hundreds to a few thousands) in order to collect the prize money or prize item, NO, IT'S NOT TRUE! There's no such thing as giving someone else money as a fee to claim a prize, even if the prize comes from abroad.

3. When someone contacts you through Facebook and commends you all over the sky and claims he loves you more than any other, YES, IT FEELS SWEET BUT THAT JUST A BAIT TO SCAM THAT FEW HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKET! DON'T GIVE IN! REPORT TO FACEBOOK STRAIGHTAWAY.

4. Never reveal your personal contact number even when you feel it's safe BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE! There is never a real genuine person behind those sweet honeyed words.

5. When your "online lover" asks you for money so that he will be able to pay for an expensive package to be sent to you as a gift, DON'T GIVE IN! Even when you are lambasted by your "online lover" who will say you are being ungrateful, DON'T BLAME YOURSELF AND DON'T GIVE IN! He will play psychological games with you to make you feel sorry for the sorry things you do to him such as rejecting his kind and generous gift. BUT REMEMBER, NO SUCH GIFTS EXIST! IT'S JUST A LIE TO GET YOUR MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE SCAMMER!

6. If you take my advice and reject him, your "online lover" will reveal his true self and start labelling you as a bitch. BLOCK HIM IMMEDIATELY FROM FACEBOOK AND REPORT TO FACEBOOK!

7. Many women have been heartbroken by this kind of thing. Cry if you must BUT ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS! You must realise it's not worth your tears over such things. Besides you should feel happy you haven't suffered any financial loss and you have managed to uncover a scam sooner rather than later.

Don't be part of the statistics. Be OUT of the statistics!