AJ, You are about to win a free ticket to hell

Submitted by Nadia (France), Mar 6, 2017 at 05:50

Hi,
I bet the Moroccan contacted You on social media and chatte You up. There is no way he is in love with You or any other Westerrner. Demands for Your passwords for mail and sites will follow and he will give You his, bacause there are no bank statements, pin codes or anything interesting in his accounts. You have a lot to loose - time, money, nerves, reputation, friends, job, Your sanity, Your life. Beware of rats! Google "internet romance marriage scam moroccan man boy facebook skype" and see what comes up.

What he really wants? He wants money, free or cheap sex, visa for a Western or even Eastern countrie, attention, presents, eventually marriage and free ticket and residency permit. But this is not all. There are organised criminal gangs in Morocco that chat up people, get them to have online sex showing their face and private parts and then extort money threatening to send the video to all Your facebook contacts, family collegues. They search Your name in the telephone books etc. He could easily disguise a virus in a picture file he sends You and get lots of info from Your computer.

How to deal with it - never get off the site You meet the person and onto skype, face, msn, whatsup and so on! Never ever give out Your real name, number, address, workplace address etc! A decent person does not need so much info in order to chat with You.

I am upfront and say I know about this scam but they start to deny it exists, argue they are not scammers and so on. 80 000 people commit suicide in France every year because of this sort of net scam.

I do not know how far You have gone but I suggest You start talking about bills, financial problems, health issues and explain You will be off for a while. And then cut off all contact.

A 20 or even 2 years difference when the woman is older makes a relationship impossible in North Africa and only viable as long as the man has profit.

Good luck, stay well and stay here for a while

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