Paying the Price
for
Mr. Right White

The question on whether it is right or wrong to search for love online is a highly contengous. However, what is seldom discussed is the emotional tool Romance scams play on the lonely of hearts.

The profile of these (mostly women) is that they often join various chat rooms looking for friendship or as the song goes “Looking for love in all the wrong places”.

Often who these women attract are unscrupulous men which usually hail from Nigeria (and other countries), but may carry out their scams from secondary countries like Canada and England.

Realizing that many women have become aware of the various nefarious online Nigerian “Scams”; these people have now started using photos of (Caucasians) others and claim to be the ones in the photos.

First the thief Mr. "Right" White starts off generally with friendly chit chat to gauge where the potential is emotionally.

If she is Muslim...As-Salaam Alaikum

If she is Christian…Hi Sister, God Bless You or some similar religious salutation.

Mr.Right White will often morph into the image his victim is looking for.

If the female indicates that she is lonely; he will mention his own loneliness and how good he feels talking to her.

She on the other hand is so ecstatic having found Mr. “Right” White that she quickly shares his rapport and immediately envisions her self being in a relationship with him.

Very quickly they will start injecting terms of endearment i.e.: honey, good night dear, sweet dreams, etc into the conversation.

Sensing that the victim’s heart is now prepared for stage two

In stage (2), Mr. “Right” White will take one of several courses of action.

1. Send his victim some small (not too expensive) gift.

2. Share his desire to move the victim’s country

3. Offer the victim financial rewards for assisting him with his business.

To set up his victim up for the “Financial Kill” Mr. “Right” White exercises patience.

The money he initially requests (tied to some venture) is small in amount. However, the subsequent amounts are increasingly higher to where eventually the victim either panics or begins to borrow money in order to see have her imagined love become a reality.

By the time the victim starts to really question the motives of Mr. Right White it’s too late! In debt and looking for a way to get back some if not all of the money.

Mr. “Right” White will continue justifying why just a little more money is needed and will provide names of diplomats, bankers and or lawyers to add legitimacy to his story.

What the victim does not know is that the other characters introduced to the story are part of Mr. “Right” White’s team of con artist. When the victim refuses to pay any more money; Mr. “Right” White will make numerous phone calls voicing his agitation with his victim.

If the victim still refuses to comply by sending more money Mr. “Right” White will start making subtle threats directed toward the victim or her family.

Eventually, Mr. “Right” White will move on to greener pastures having left his latest victim broken both financially and emotionally.

Don’t Be a Victim!

Understand that banks, embassies, law firms etc use email address that reflect their organization. A red flag should go off when you see one of the free email services like Yahoo or Gmail being used and the sender having some pseudo official sounding name in front or designation i.e. BarristerEdward@yahoo.com , RoyalbankofCanada2@gmail.com etc.

Know that when Mr. “Right” White sees his victim online late in the evenings then he surmises that she does not have a social let alone a romantic life.

There is close to a 100% chance that once your money leaves your account and is sent to these con artists you will never see it again!

It is easy to sit back and read this and wonder why this thing happened.

Con artist feed off of several driving forces:

Greed, Loneliness, Ego, Trust, Financial Desperation and the “What if factor”.

Meaning “What if it’s all true”?

So now we have people that are dupped by Black Money, Currency Exchange, Diamonds, Gold, Treasury Bonds, Money in Bonded Warehouses, Inheritance from Money Deceased Relatives that you don’t know of, Corrupt Officials wanting to share booty with you while asking for God’s Blessings on the venture, Shared Oil Revenue and Romance. The list goes on and will go on as long as people lend themselves to take part in the schemes.

So Let The Consumer Beware!

The following link should provide you or someone you know enough information to understand the perils of looking for Mr. Right White online especially when you are lonely. Nigerian Romance Scams!

To learn more about these types of scams (Click Here!)


As-Salaam Alaikum


Muneer A. Rasheed
International Advisor & Consultant (PPIM)

The World Muslim Consumer Association
Asia Source Consulting

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