I want to date you...send me some money ;-)
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
September 18, 2020 1:06pm CST
Today my husband showed me a text message he had received. It was one of those dating scams. The message was written in Danish, but the person definitely wasn't a native speaker. She used the word "velegnede" It means suitable, but we can only use it about things for instance in a sentence like: "I am looking for a suitable place" or "that book is suitable for children"
I think that the woman (or the man pretending to be a woman?) who wrote the message meant to say that they are right for eachother/that they would make a good couple, but in Danish you simply can't use the word "velegnede" that way. I laughed when I read it. The sentence was very funny. It sounded like one of the English dating scams, but the person had made an attempt to translate the words to Danish...it just didn't turn out that well
I also receive messages from women who want to marry me. It is nice to be so popular Unfortunately for them I am a married, heterosexual woman...
Another person wanted to send me a suitcase full of gold, I only had to send him a small amount of money in exchange for the suitcase. What a generous offer. It is just a pity that the suitcase never arrived. I am joking of course. I never reply, I just delete the messages...
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
I used to get emails from a Nigerian prince who wanted to marry me, but now I mostly get emails from women who can't wait to meet me Yes, some people fall for those emails. It sad when people believe them and send them money. I know someone who believed a scammer, and he sent the scammer money for a plane ticket.
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@bettydeng5 (1822)
• China
22 Sep 20
@LadyDuck lol,I also got the defraud email to said to inherite the money, I often delete it directly.
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@LadyDuck (471354)
• Switzerland
20 Sep 20
@Porcospino I also got the email from the Nigerian prince. My husband yesterday received an email from a "Nigerian Lawyer" informing him that he inherited 4 BILLION dollars, he has to sent him $2,500 to unblock the funds and withdraw to his account... SURE!!!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
Yes, that is true. I don't usually get text scams like the one my husband received, but I get plenty of scam messages via email. I delete them, but they keep coming.
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@thelme55 (76944)
• Germany
20 Sep 20
@Porcospino Maybe you can block those who sent you spam mails.
@popciclecold (38637)
• United States
18 Sep 20
Sounds like that dating site, is running a muck.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
My husband receives some strange text messages sometimes. He just deletes them, but there are plenty of them.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
Yes It is obvious that she isn't is a native Dane. We would never use that word in that way. It isn't a small mistake, it sounds very wrong, but I guess that the translation tool she used didn't notice that mistake
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 20
Some time back My inbox used to flooded with this type of lottery scams But gradually they lost interest in me.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
I also used to get lots of lottery scams. Now I get romance scams instead. They always find new ways to scam people. I delete those emails as soon as I see them.
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Sep 20
@Porcospino You are right they always use a new and different methods to scam people.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
19 Sep 20
Believe it or not, my dear husband here in the Netherlands also receive these messages on Facebook. It seems that there are some periods where he is more approached than others, but luckily he both has me but is more clever than that to take such a bait.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
My husband is the same way. We are married and he isn't interested, but I am pretty sure that he wouldn't contact any of the those people if he was looking for a partner. Many of the scam messages are written the same way, they are not very creative
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@wolfgirl569 (105945)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Sep 20
Messages like that can get real funny.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Sep 20
Yes, some of them are funny. I get emails from a Nigerian prince who wants to marry me. I used to think that it only happened on the internet, but I am actually met someone in person who used the same scam.
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@JESSY3236 (19912)
• United States
22 Sep 20
lol I get emails about how to increase my malehood that I don't have. lol I delete the emails too.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Sep 20
I get those emails too, but I am a woman so they are wasting their time
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Sep 20
Yes, it is sad. There are so many types of scams. In my country many scammers try to get access to our digital IDs. Once they have access they can do a lot of things like transfering money from the victim's online bank account.