Yahoo Personals... could this be fake?

[foomee]

Well, I've actually only contacted one person through mail, and it wasn't this girl... so I'm a little confused. Plus I'm only interested in women ages 18-20 and this girl is 24. I've heard a lot of different things about yahoo personals... what do you guys think?

Hey! You sent me a message on Yahoo personals and told me to contact
you at this address. Well heres the mail! Thx for the message, it was
a surprise but totally a good one!

I;m sure you message alot of girls on there and probably dont remember
which one I am About me: My name is Jamie, I am 24, have long auburn
hair, blue eyes and am about 5'5. I have been told I have very soft
skin. I like to keep active, meet new people and experience new things. I
strongly believe that intimacy is a very important part of a
relationship, along with honesty and trust. but I really prefer to know someone
before I become intimate. After I know the person I am with I want it
all the time though, I hope i'm not too much for you!

I have to admit that I feel a little weird looking through personal ads
to meet a guy, but the ones that I've met at bars are usually just
putting on an act. Its that or they are just looking to sleep with as many
women as they can. Don't get me wrong, I'm an outgoing and social
person and I love sex but that scene gets old very fast.

If you are interested then we should get to know each other better.
Maybe we could meet up sometime? Maybe for coffee or drinks? I've had to
work alot, so I am not sure when I will have some free time, but what's
your schedule like? Maybe we can figure something out..

Well I guess I should get going to work, besides this is a novel
already and I dont even know if your interested! lol Oh also I attached a pic
to the email to remind you of who I am, let me know if you dont get it
for some reason.


Hope to talk to you soon,
~Jamie

BTW whats your yahoo IM? mind is the same as my email...

 

[Monster]

Is this a serious question?

 

[seagull]

Now that you mention it, the message does sound a bit generic. But if you're not interested in the girl due to her age, what does it matter to you?

 

[foomee]

I want to be able to sort out the fakes and the real messages for later when I do get more... I don't want to be wasting my time on some girl that doesn't exist.

Now that you mention it, the message does sound a bit generic. But if you're not interested in the girl due to her age, what does it matter to you?

 

[DJDamage]

She is either a psycho, a hooker or someone trying to pull some kind of a scheme. The email is trying to convince you that she is legit and if she was legit why does she tries so hard to convince you? this stinks like a fish.

Delete this email right away and don't reply.

 

[foomee]

Alright, I sent a short email saying that it wasn't going to work out and I receive this...

Hey! I am sneaking a message in at work, my boss doesn't get in until
later in the afternoon today. God I am so tired today for some reason
just trying to get through the day. Anyways I dont have alot of time to
reply right now so sorry this is short I promise to reply more
later!

I forgot to tell you in my last message that I also have some pics/info
on me on my homepage.. its not much, just something I threw together
awhile ago. Here is the link:
http://www.freeonlinespace.net/jamieshomepage/ I was kind of bored the
other night, so I put some new pics up. Please don't give the site to
anyone, it would be really embarassing if someone from work or my family
saw it!

lets try and chat later ok? Until then I hope you have a great day!

xoxo ~Jamie

 

[DJDamage]

Just as I thought, a scheme to get you to sign up and pay for porn.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

For the sake of argument, lets say that it's real. How did she get your email address?

 

[Gangster Of Love]

If she didn't send you her phone number, what makes you think she is actually that interested? Yep, sounds like a generic email.

 

[Play the Game]

SCAM or MASS MESSAGE dating campaign. Ignore it.

 

[Abbott]

For the sake of argument, lets say that it's real. How did she get your email address?

There's a couple theories:

A) Some other site where he used that E-mail address gave it out.

B) The spammers didn't know it. Some spammers just use the E-mail equivalent of war-dialing. War-dialing is calling one number after another, without regards to who it is. Using a method like this to crack a password is called brute-forcing. Of course, for efficiency's sake, when this method is employed the perpetrator eliminates very unlikely combinations. For example, there's probably no one who's got an E-mail address like dfbgkdslnvudslhsxczvliuo@somesite.com .


Some spammers use the second method because they figure that since E-mails are cheaper than dirt-cheap, there's no point in market research and targeting your audience. If even 1 in 1,000 E-mail gets a sale, they make money.

<soapbox>

I think the U.S., along with other countries, should consider making E-mail a government product, like the mail system. They should also charge postage, like $.05 or $.10 per E-mail. This would seriously cut down on junk E-mail, and wouldn't seriously hinder anyone.

How many people send so many E-mails that $.05 per E-mail would be a hardship? As for big corporations sending real E-mails, well they've got money.

</soapbox>

 

[Raikojo17]

man just go for it. ask for her number. make it happen.

if she's not real than next her.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Actually, you've all just been scammed. Look at his signature.