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WARNING:
Watch out for Trisha, Janet, Myra and others.
by: Don Herrington Sept. 17, 2006
American Guy Bets Stung by pros in chat room and tells at least
part of the story to help others: New Scam?
It is not easy to do for anyone to say I was fooled, scammed, duped
especially when it turns out the scam was so obvious. And with the
help of an investigator it would not have happened. But the mark
said," No, not my girl! Mine is not one of those!"
Guys who get cheated, hurt, lose money, time and suffer the pain and
frustration from online romances usually keep there mouth shut. It
is reasonable to ashamed they were so foolish. Some are will not
even accept it, stay in denial even after the cards are turned up on
the table for all to clearly see!
Timothy Devaney should be thanked for his transparency. Maybe he was
angered because of his loss of money more than lose of his Filipina
Chat mate. Most men are shattered emotionally too. Net relationships
can be as torrid and as
deep as face to face, sometimes even more so. Your mind can
construct the perfect mate for you, the perfect lover, the perfect
friend your dream girl. Such a person does not have to even exist
for you to fall hard for her, as we can see from Tim's tale.
True, some are lucky with on line dating: no lies, no deception,
honest truth. But everyone does tend to show there best side and
play down their worst. dating can help you to find Unless you are
very careful, use professional help, Tim was not and did not until
too late, you could lose
your life savings, even go in debt. And worse you could fall prey to
extortionists and scam artists targeting those in search of true
love and affection. You can even get set up with an underage girl.
You can be met by her and some fake "authorities," who may handcuff
you and threaten you with
jail. It pays to be careful before the initial meeting. Net cams can
deceptive, photos and such. So may of the girls look the same to us,
long black hair, and they are masters of make up. But a Net Cam can
be very helpful. Be sure to use one. But the girl who can afford to
use the Net Cam is likely to have many guys either on the hook or
hooked. Of course it is best to come over to search for your true love or just some over and
let her find you. But that is a "luxury," many do not believe they
can afford. I don't agree but I will certainly admit meeting a
Filipina girl in person is not the only way to success;
One sure way to find out what is going on it to get a reputable (Link)Philippine detective agency to check the girl and the
situation out.The girl could be a pawn. This is a strange
country and young women do what there elder tell them without
question. Questioning mama and daddy, even uncle or aunt is just not
done. You don't want to 1, lose your money, 2.Lose your heart, 3.
Suffer anxiety and pain; 4. And for sure you don't want to go to
jail when you are the victim! Thank goodness Tim did not suffer the
latter. Some so.
Tim, 44 years old is freelance journalist from San Francisco,
California. He found his Filipina Net Pal and fiancée to be after a
20-year-old Filipina became his online "girlfriend".
He had no idea he was being duped, even robbed until he flew to
Manila to meet his Net girlfriend, allegedly nursing student from
Mandaue City, August 2006.
Tim did not rush into this. After more than six months of what came
to be romantic e-mails and hours of chat loving chat and enchanting
chat during which he was charmed, he was astounded to find out that
his "Net Filipina girlfriend/fiancée," his love with whom he had
been sending substantial to
through a money transfer service did not even exist!
Devaney, being a decent guy, wanting to help others while knowing
that all he can now do is warn everyone of the Internet Filipina
Girl scam, went to the Makati City Police Department, There he told
the authorities of his sad love story.
Tim said he met Trisha de la Torre at a chat room in December 2005.
The photo of the stunning Filipina stood out among the others. It
quickly let him to the start of their online friendship.
The friendship deepened. And he was please his Net Mate, fiancée to
be he had never met in person was a nursing student at a university
in Mandaue City, Cebu.
Devaney told Makati Manila police officers he sent her money to buy
a cellular phone and other items. And he also paid for her tuition.
It was common to send her 200 dollar or 300 through money transfer.
Tim said he sent more than 400,000 pesos during the "relationship".
(Maybe it is a lot more. When in love a lot of us don't count coins,
happy we can help our beloved, especially if she is doing a
wonderful thing like going to nursing school.)
And after a year and a half of chatting, becoming more an more
serious, sending more and more money, investing more and more
emotionally too, he decided to meet De la Torre. She agreed to meet
him last July 27 in Cebu City.
He later found out that the girl of his dreams was not of this
world. She was only a dream, or at least only a photo. She is a girl
he never talked to, maybe more than one of many.
Devaney, who is stayed in Makati, will go back to go back to the US.
He told policeman that he realized he was conned when he saw five
other names in the chat room using the same picture of the pretty
Filipina.
" I don't expect to get my money back, "Devaney told The Philippine
STAR. He adding that he found the same girl in several other
Internet dating sites like myspace.com,
Filipina Friend, Friendfinder and Foreign Bride.
Authorities said it would be difficult to determine the crime
committed since the scam was committed in cyberspace between the US
and Cebu. All this is after the fact, like closing barn door when
the horses have run away. Authorities like
FilPrivateeye should have been called before he sent the first
wire. But maybe is he like most. So enthralled with his new found
love he did not want to know the truth. Please, if you have that
problem, don't wait too late.
This should serve as a warning," police said as Devaney's case was
placed on official police record, all they could do.
The American said a Filipino, he assumed, identified as "Badoy Pogi"
is responsible for the so-called scam. This operator allegedly has
some 200 plus girls at myspace.com and maybe other. The word is out
that this is an easy way for an enterprising young man to manipulate
young trusting women. So this M.O. is escalating and probably if not
already will become big time business. They will expand into
extortion if not there already.
Tim "I think he's running the scam. I think he pays for the photos
and makes a bunch of profiles, "Delaney said, He adding that he
searched for Trisha in other sites and found out that she uses and
names Janet, Myra and others.
Had Tim e-mailed
fildetective. This
would have never happened. And if he wanted a quality Filipina,
wanted to be sure she even existed, he could have already had one
buy using the services of a good private detective agency. No need to lose anything materially or emotionally or to end up in as a
victim in jail as can happen. It will probably not. But be safe. Do
not run the chance of letting it happen to you. The company I
mention is a US owned company, not mine. But I know the US owner and
know you will get a professional investigation with no overkill,
"Just the facts, mam," and a value too. I do due diligence on every company I recommend. And this
one is on of the best and on of the most important to you life here
in the Philippine I will ever recommend, not even second to Dr. Chua
the heart surgeon. And I am not kidding.
Best of luck to you in your romance in the Philippines. May it be a
much different story than Tim has to tell. Not one of sadness, lost
money, time and crushed dreams of a partner for life. There is one
for you. Be sure to get her, not an imaginary one. If you have
question in your mind right not, bite the bullet and find out the truth no mater how much it hurts.
It will only hurt for a little while, if it does. And there are so
many wonderful Filipinas here who will treasure you, believe me. I
am here and I know. Ask the other guys too to check me and what I
say out.
September 17, 2006
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