SUNSET 2

SCAMS, SCAMS & MORE SCAMS Part 2...Internet Romance

April 5th 2014
SCAMS, SCAMS & MORE SCAMS Part 2...Internet Romance. Act 1: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend. She had the biggest smile on her face...so I had to ask. She showed me two photos...a guy on a motorbike with a snowclad mountain behind...the other less scenic. "Is he the same guy in each photo?" I asked. "Of course" she said. I was not so sure. The fact th ... read more

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David Hooper

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My wife Denise & I like to travel "on paths less travelled" that capture our imagination, inspire my photography & where we mix with locals & remain safe. Visited Countries Map ... full info

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5th April 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Oh, which one to choose?
Fab sunsets--I love them all, and they are better when filtered through the flames of a fire! Email scams are so common now that my hotmail account has a special button for identifying "phishing scams" though I'd never heard of anyone actually biting--you must have trusting friends. And after reading your analysis on the photo differences, I'm sure you must have been a detective in a previous life. Then again, maybe the text was really a ruse for showing off your scrumptious Sydney sunsets! They are delicious!

5th April 2014

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Oh, which one to choose?
Thanks Tara. Analysing the photos of someone I thought looked 17 and he thought was 34 was indeed a fascinating project. When I determined the girl's head in Photo 1 had been rotated to vertical for the passport pic and then had a T-shirt added and hair adjusted, I was more than intrigued. Really sad that no matter how compelling the evidence he'd been scammed, he could not help himself until all his money was gone!!! That's why my stories are so important. The lizards and the sunsets...yep...no better time to share them.

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