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Ivory Coast Scammers Paradise
Is a country in West Africa
Ivory Coast’s de jure capital is Yamoussoukro and the biggest city is the port city of Abidjan.
Ivory Coast became a protectorate of France in 1843–44 and in 1893 it became a French colony as part of the European scramble for Africa. Ivory Coast became independent in 1960. From 1960 to 1993. It maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbours, while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially France.
Ivory Coast is a republic with a strong executive power invested in the President of Ivory Coast. Through the production of coffee and cocoa, the country was an economic powerhouse during the 1960s and 1970s in West Africa. Ivory Coast went through an economic crisis in the 1980s, contributing to a period of political and social turmoil. The 21st-century Ivoirian economy is largely market-based and relies heavily on agriculture, with smallholder cash-crop production being dominant.
The official language is French, with indigenous local languages also widely used. This is one of the reasons for the Scammer Grammar we see from scammers in Ghana.
Example Scammers From Ivory Coast:
Internet scams were unknown in Ivory Coast only 10 years ago, but with the migration of Nigerians and Ghanaians – scams, primarily dating and romance scams settled in. According to the Ivorian government, it received more complaints about cyber criminality in the first half of 2013 than any other country on the continent, making it Africa’s unlikely capital of “brouteurs” – Ivorian slang for cyber criminals. Today, it is believed that after Nigeria and Ghana, Ivory Coast is third in Internet Scams in Western Africa. The average age of a cyber criminal in Ivory Coast is now between 16 and 17, each making around $13,000 (£8,000) a month – teenagers taking advantage of Ivory Coast’s cheap and fast internet. But it is estimated that these “celebrities” in Ivory Coast have conned more than $15m out of people from all over the world over the last two years – and that is just the money police have managed to trace. The country is quickly becoming infamous for technology crime, but it is also becoming recognised for how it is dealing with it.
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I was accosted on MeWe chat.. there, on to WhatsApp to ‘continue … fishy out the door.
Same thing.. 49 years old with sick mother in Ivory Coast BROKE originally from France using a translator love’s me immediately sending frontal pictures (even exactly as i specified) a week into the malarkey, a bill comes, needs 150 bucks.. ‘but our love’ i been to the rodeo before…it’s broken English through translation at first… pay off time… each word precisely written in messages of despair’.. while in pictures she’s wearing designer glasses with a bedroom like Waldorf , nice living quarters and outfits like I could not afford myself..
Once way back 2014 … same – though she sent ‘me stuff.. to pay the UPS shipping from Amazon .. that time it was a racket at amazon ‘returns.. they steal the returns or are ‘given them and need a place to send the merchandise… anyone trying it online dating for size, research the internet… I found this 2014 ‘Dorinda girl on the repeat date scam offender site.. I lost nothing but a little painful exercise in emotion’s… no money sent
Dorinda said she’d ‘get me when I realized it was a scam … maybe that’s what the new scammers we gunning for… they didn’t succeed… newest scammer was Maria
I was scammed by a Melissa Duranne for 450.00 cdn Same thing about a sick grandma Going to join me here once her grandma passes. No money and needs help. But talking to whoever made me realize I did need change in my life. I got scammed but cheaper than a physiologist.
Love scammer states he is of Dominican origin, speaks French he says and is a construction engineer. His first script was a divorced father raising a little around the age of 5 through the age of about 12 they have appeared together. Currently he is appearing alone stating that he is trying to return to France from Africa after his back account was locked one week after being there to build a house. He has appeared on CAVA.fr, celibates as mohamed202020 stating he lived in the lagoon Facebook France and American, Instagram in America. Other dating sites are mingles and meetcrunch all in France. He appears to be well groomed several photos with sunglasses and some without. He confesses love quickly and claim he’s looking for a wife but all he wants is money to support his fake life style. Some of the photos have appeared on a blog in France for being stolen
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Can you tell me anything about someone using the name Tamila Blulon who says she is in love with you within days the spins a story about a sick grandmother and running out of money and can you send 2000 Euros to help and it will be repaid..she says she is from France but can speak English but has twice spoken in German so I assume she is using a translator app ..
“She” is not a she – she is a team of West African scammers following a very familiar script. Names are meaningless since there are over a billion fake profiles on Facebook alone. It is their actions that give them away.
Michel Tello is a scammer from the Ivory Coast promising love and commitment and asking for your pictures. He is impersonating someone else. Says he’s from Spain and has a car business. He will ask you for money and tell you if you don’t give him money he will put your pictures on the Internet. I have his profile pictures. His Instagram account is active and it is michel_tello.
Why would you not report this properly? Look in our menu for how to report scammers to put the information out worldwide.
Hi , my Dad , deluded like he’s , have sent more than £ 60.000 to someone based in Ivory Coast who promised him a jackpot of £1.5 m . Now instead of living his old age with dignity , no , he’s living in a small flat and only got his pension for him .
Is there any way to try suing these scam girl or to press charges ? I don’t know .
Can someone help me . Thank you
everything depends on where the scammer is. If she is in your country then yes you can take action. If she is in Africa, then nothing can really be done. Be sure you report this to your local police though.
Where can I leave the name and phone number of a suspected scammer for the authorities to check out.
Look in the top menu for REPORT SCAMMER