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Sweetheart Scam
We all feel self conscious and scared when it comes to the "Sweetheart Scam."
For those of you that do not know, the Sweetheart Scam is a private message another user sends you that is somewhat like this:
"Hello. My name is bob, I saw your profile today and became interested in you. I will also like to know you more, and if you can send an email to my email address, I will give you my pictures here is my email address (*****@*****.com). I believe we can move from here, as in dating or getting married! Awaiting for your mail to my email address above.
Bob"
Really, do you like these messages? I thought so.
What the "Sweetheart Scam" really is:
This is both Wetpaint spam and an Email spam. It is also a scam.
They usually are people from foreign countries trying to get money. That is the "Scam" part.
If you email them back, they just save your email address and send you email spam. This is the "Email Spam" part.
Wetpaint Spam is this and advertising your wiki or another wiki at the wrong place. This is the "Wetpaint Spam" part.
For those of you that do not know, the Sweetheart Scam is a private message another user sends you that is somewhat like this:
"Hello. My name is bob, I saw your profile today and became interested in you. I will also like to know you more, and if you can send an email to my email address, I will give you my pictures here is my email address (*****@*****.com). I believe we can move from here, as in dating or getting married! Awaiting for your mail to my email address above.
Bob"
Really, do you like these messages? I thought so.
What the "Sweetheart Scam" really is:
This is both Wetpaint spam and an Email spam. It is also a scam.They usually are people from foreign countries trying to get money. That is the "Scam" part.
If you email them back, they just save your email address and send you email spam. This is the "Email Spam" part.
Wetpaint Spam is this and advertising your wiki or another wiki at the wrong place. This is the "Wetpaint Spam" part.
"Someone sent me the Sweetheart Scam. What do I do?"
Just ignore the message and copy+paste the letter and send it to all the moderators. Moderators will most-likely ban the user. Next, report it here on this page in a thread. Put the user's username and the wiki it happened on. Private message Wetpaint Central moderators with the letter from the scammer. Make sure the subject is "Sweetheart Scam."How do I prevent this from happening?
You might be able to prevent this in the future by hiding your username. Go to your profile, and on the Preferences tab, check the check-box next to the text "Do not list my username in the Site Members report". Doing this has the side effect that other users on the wiki will have to know your exact username in order to be able to contact you.
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| VALEJ7 | Sweet Heart ScAm! Help! | 1 | Mar 18 2011, 10:43 AM EDT by Naru2008 | ||
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Thread started: Mar 18 2011, 10:35 AM EDT
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Someone send me this: my greetings to you from gloria and how are you i hope you are doing fine.
for good relaionship,bellow is my email address(gloriajohnson91@ymail.com) reply to my email address so i can give you my picture. Her username is: angela555 Website is: http://mileyworldspace.wetpaint.com/ |
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| Spyro13 | sweetheart scam | 2 | Jul 21 2010, 2:21 PM EDT by Spyro13 | ||
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Thread started: Jul 20 2010, 12:02 PM EDT
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i got one from hannah232. you guys acted fast on that one! i got it on july 18, and i saw the person was banned today.
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| Silvermoss | Reporting sweetheart scam; HELP. | 1 | Jun 27 2010, 10:42 AM EDT by Baby_Apple | ||
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Thread started: Jun 27 2010, 4:44 AM EDT
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This happened on this very wiki. I haven't been on here for ages so the message was sent on April the 7th 2010.
"Hello My name is miss Tonia. i saw your profile today at ( /www.wetpaintcentral.com ) and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send a mail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.Here is my email address( tonia2006paul@yahoo.com ) i believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life) Please repily me with my email address here ( tonia2006paul@yahoo.com )" the user is tonia4u. |
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