To Ayoub about age of scammers

Submitted by Nadia (France), Feb 20, 2017 at 11:31

I agree with most of Your thoughts and opinion but I have seen very old and not so poor Maghrebian scammers. I know personnaly guys who scammed their cousins in France. Those men (and women) had good jobs in North Africa and some had their own howses or flats. They still wanted papers to travel and get some social security in France. I once chatted to a Tunisian attorney who is on the official list of law practicing attorneys in Tunisia and who was looking for an European spouse. I have had many, many 50+ yeard old men talk marriage and kids lol. The oldest was a 59y old Algerian who wrote to me "Hi, I am looking for a woman to marry and I am ready to relocate to Your country" as if I was the Red Cross. I told himm off and he could not understand why I did not want a relationship. I met a 45y old a few years back in person. He was pretending to be happy and married. Tried sex and had the cheek of telling me he was divorcing and looking to marry in less than a month afterwards.The conversation was like:

Him: The news are not good. I am divorcing.
Me: Well, it happens plus U said u liked to play around.
Him: I have decidet to remarry
Me: U'll find an algerian for marriage easy
Him: I don't want an Algerian woman. I am going for a marriage of reason with an European
Me: Ah, Ok. Where is the Euro from?
Him: I do not have anybody yet.
Me: This is a dream then, not a decision. It will take years
Him: No, I will marry in 6months maximum as I can't stay alone
Me: It's not up to You. Maybe Your sister from France will find You a girl
Him: No, she doesn't know anyone. You will find her for me.
Me: U'll just do a religious mosque marriage
Him: No, a civil one will do. Here only civil marriage is legal
Me: ah, u'll live in algeria
Him: No, I have decided to leave Algeria as it is too painfull
Me: But in Europe u do not need a marriage at all
Him: I need it in order to do business.
Me: U can get a business visa and settle here first
Him: No it's impossible. I need a woman quickly
Me: to get the visa, divorce her and remarry your wife
There was no answer. He was persuaded what he does is normal and legal. The guy was short, with a protruding stomach and ugly as hell. Every week he will bring the subject of marriage but still not divorce the wife (no point untill he finds a sure victim) He was not well off but not dirt poor either

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