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Was the night before Christmas
And the Ghanaians were naughty not nice!
This Romance Website Scammer Is:
Mary (starlife414)
loveingheart233@yahoo.com
New York, NY
The Scammer’s Details Are:
i am looking for true love of my life Age: 38 Gender: Female Orientation: Heterosexual Country: United States Location: New York, NY Height: 5 ft. 6 in. Body Type: Slim/slender Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Hair Color: Black hair Eye Color: Black Religion: Christian / Catholic Astrological sign: Sagittarius Level of Education: High school Occupation: Food Services Income: $25k to $34k Smoking: Non-smoker & don’t mind smokers Drinking: Don’t Drink Relationship Status: Never Married Have Children: No Want Children: Undecided Looking to meet a: Male Age: 45 to 80 Relationship Desired: serious relationship with marriage potential
The Scammer’s Written Description Is:
I want to meet a kind, loving, caring and trustful man, able to give love and to understand what is necessary for a woman to be happy inside the relationship. I wish he would be animal love, would accept my son and could be a good friend for him in future, I want my man to be a true man, with personality and charisma.and I am very family-oriented person, I live life by one rule – treat others the way you expect to be treated yourself. I am very fare, kind-hearted, spiritual, reliable, honest, responsible, understanding, and purposeful and have a very big will power. I believe in good things in life and always stay positive.
Her Chat:
starlife414: well i am here looking for the true love of my life and be with
me: have you found him yet?
starlife414: oh no
starlife414: i am from usa when my dad died so now i am in Ghana with my mum
starlife414: and u
me: of course
starlife414: where are u from
me: what is your name?
me: do you have a yahoo address?
starlife414: mary
starlife414: yes
me: what is it and I will connect?
starlife414: loveingheart233@yahoo.com
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These articles, about the Psychology of Scams or Victim Psychology – meaning that all humans have psychological or cognitive characteristics in common that can either be exploited or work against us – help us all to understand the unique challenges victims face before, during, and after scams, fraud, or cybercrimes. These sometimes talk about some of the vulnerabilities the scammers exploit. Victims rarely have control of them or are even aware of them, until something like a scam happens and then they can learn how their mind works and how to overcome these mechanisms.
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