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Old 8 June 2009, 21:14
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Dating Scam

Perils of internet dating
By Rachel Grunwell
4:00AM Sunday Jun 07, 2009

A widow became the victim of what's thought to be New Zealand's biggest internet dating scam after losing $680,000 in a little over 10 weeks.

The North Island businesswoman said she felt destroyed and violated by the experience and wants to remain anonymous for fear of public humiliation.

She agreed to tell her story to stop other lonely Kiwis falling victim and said her nightmare began when she created a profile on match.com on March 12.

Soon after she received a message from a man claiming to be an orphan widower with no family. He replied: "I want to develop a friendship that will hopefully turn into something meaningful and lasting."

For two weeks he phoned her up to three times a day, chatted online and quickly told her he loved her.

The man said he was an American-born geologist who lived in New Zealand but was overseas on business.

"It was like a cloud of love, attention and affection that had engulfed me," the woman said. "I left myself wide open, I was in love."

On March 26, he told her he was bringing millions of dollars-worth of gemstones back to New Zealand but said the documents verifying them as genuine had been stolen.

He asked for $5000 to cover the cost of replacing the documents and the next day said he needed $7000 more.

On March 30, he said he needed extra money to get home, and wanted to buy the woman a Gucci bag as a thank you. He sent a link for the bags so she could choose a colour.

Over the next two months he requested various amounts, the largest being $320,000 which he needed to get his passport back from Hong Kong Customs. He told her he had been pulled up on his way back to New Zealand and asked why he didn't have paperwork for the gems.

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Old 8 June 2009, 21:15
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Dating Scams

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Old 7 November 2009, 19:07
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Is there a forum here where we can post the names of dating services with known fraud profiles?
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Old 7 November 2009, 19:26
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Old 27 November 2009, 23:55
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Dating Scam i just experienced and want warn women online

Hi I'm new here, but have just gone through a dating scam from a man who was "too good to be true" needless tosay he scam $2,000 CAD from me this week and he was to arrive in Toronto last night and never did and now i can't reach him. I found this web site and checked his email and info and its a typical scan address...wish I had known about this site earlier.

Just want to warn women who try to meet men on LAVALIFE that is where is hides and many more...pretending to be in the U.K. using a cell number that redirects to Ghana and where he pretended to travel on business and needed money for expense he under estimated. I knew it was weird but I was too kind hearted and he played me well.

Lesson learned the hard way.

His name is Hans Davidson Narh and he pretends to be CEO of Royal Importations in UK and travels all over BUT he is actually in GHANA, West Africa and that where i ended up wiring by Western Union to the money.

Please ladies be aware of this person...and this scam.

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Hello Heartbroken and welcome to Fraudwatchers.
I'm sorry you where scammed, dating sites are full of these scumbags. Thank you for posting those details.
Here's additional details on the scammer using the name Hans Davidson Narh
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Royal Importations Company Limited
For the past eight years, Royal Importations Company Limited has been able to establish itself as the number one in the the field of artifact importations. We import artifacts from all over the world and will go an extra mile to find what you seek. With the widest range of collections from clay down to brass, we deliver in express time and our prices are unbeatable.
Royal Importations is ... [ Click for Details ]
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Business Type: Trade, Retailer, Agent
Number of Employees: N/A
Business Scope: Apparel & Accessories, Arts & Crafts, Furniture & Furnishing
Member Since: 2009
Last Sign In Date: 2009-11-04
Contact Details
Company Name: Royal Importations Company Limited
Company Address: Strata, Century Wharf, South Glamorgan, CF10 3XQ Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom
City/Town: Cardiff
Province/State: South Glamorgan
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Zip/Postal Code: CF10 3XQ
Phone Number: 44-7031856102
Fax Number: 44-844774-7746
Mobile: 44-7031856102
Contact Person (Department): Mr. Hans Davidson Narh
c.e.o@excellence.la / 41.215.160.133
http://c.e.o.excellence.la = David Asare - Ghana
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Old 8 December 2009, 01:15
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Hi Poirot, Thank you for the feedback. ???

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Hello Heartbroken and welcome to Fraudwatchers.
I'm sorry you where scammed, dating sites are full of these scumbags. Thank you for posting those details.
Here's additional details on the scammer using the name Hans Davidson Narh
Hi Poirot, Can you tell me how you got the info regarding the name Dave Asare linked with Hans-Davidson Narh....is it the same IP address they use...so it the same person?

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Old 8 December 2009, 03:04
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Hi Poirot, Can you tell me how you got the info regarding the name Dave Asare linked with Hans-Davidson Narh....is it the same IP address they use...so it the same person?

Heartbroken
Hello Heartbroken,

Just click on the link Poirot provided, you'll see for yourself where he got the name.

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c.e.o@excellence.la / 41.215.160.133
http://c.e.o.excellence.la = David Asare - Ghana
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Because we use Explorer here it won't allow us to open the link unless I add his name as a friend? So I can't see anything on the profile.
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Because we use Explorer here it won't allow us to open the link unless I add his name as a friend? So I can't see anything on the profile.
You can copy and paste this link into your internet browser: www.internet-love-scams.org
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