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How do I report a scammer?
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sprednluvnlite said:
on November 4, 2009 09:09 AM ET
Hello Everyone,
I received an email from a person, in my AARP email, who is registered with AARP, but the person writing is a scammer. I know how to detect these guys who prey on lonely women because I was scammed a few years back and did a research project to make sure I was never scammed again.
Their English is not good to start with, and they use inappropriate terms that would offend most American women. The big hot bed for this activity is Somalia. Young boys seem to be doing it most. Anyway...he needs to be shut down.
Who do I contact to report this guy?
Sending love and light...
Sharon
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...Thanks! I answered my own question, sent my "Friend" request, & am awaiting approval! Cheers, Anna
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...Yes, ma'am! I can tell! ...no problem; my comfort zone! Cheers, Anna
...Hello ~ I am a bit 'brain dead' this morning. Question: Where do I go to 'add' Community Help as my Friend? In advance, thanks for the help! Cheers, Anna
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for all the great feedback. I am new to AARP but am a quick study when it comes to someone with bad intentions. My actions follow:
1. I put in a friend request to the communityhost. I then copied the scammer email and sent it to the community host because I cannot forward it until my friend request is accepted. I will watch for the acceptance and do this later.
2. I did have to go through a friendship acceptance to get a communication to community host, however this spammer sent me an email directly and is still not my friend. He shows one friend, not me.
3. The only reason I don’t want to mention this person’s ID here is because I would rather not slander someone on the slim chance I might be wrong. It will be easy enough to determine he is not who he says he is via his IP Address on his email. He provides two of them in his profile.
4. I did go to the scammers profile and report him from there as suggested. I felt like the only friend he has, a female, should also be notified. I did not in case that person is a friend scammer.
5. I try not to engage scammers at all with email or chat conversation. I also suggest people not do this. They are so filled with negativity, that there is little hope of getting through to them. I just want them to harm no one else. I report them, Bless them, and press on.
6. If I identify his email as SPAM from my message center, it will be the last thing I do because it clearly states that the email will be deleted when I started to do this. I want to report him first. I can do this later.
Can you tell I was in the military? Old habits die hard. I still number everything.
Sending love and light...
Sharon
this past few days I too recieved a personal friend request from a young male in Somalia. I denied friendship and he came back a total of 3 times - I reported him...then he came back with one digit change in his profile and told me I must have something against blacks - I went to his page and reported him from there..haven't heard from him since.
In addition to what Astrae sed, you can go to the scammer's profile and report abuse from there. This gives you a box to select the reason and to make comments. I've found this very affective with problemic members.
Go to the community host owner, to the left on this pagge, click on the owner's avatar. Then send her a message.
Carol
There are a few things you can do.
1. Forward the email in your message center to CommunityHost (you must first add Community Host as your friend).
2. In your message center, you can click on the SPAM button and this will automatically send a notice to us.
Thank you for post and we hope everyone will report these users right away so we can remove them.
Teri
