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September 9th 2011 - Relationship Scam

The latest message going round is one of those that hopes to flatter people into making contact on the promise of a relationship - as usual it is from (apparently)a young lady seeking a serious relationship with an older man (twice her age - is that credible?) and of course offering photos. The fact is that Fanbox has excellent facilities for photographs and messaging, so legitimate reasons for wanting email contact are hard to imagine.

Fanbox can be a good place to 'meet' people, but is hardly a dating site, so why would they refer to it as if it is?

No, whilst this message is better worded than most, it still has all the key features of a scam - as does the profile with no picture, no friends or fans when I checked it. Hundreds of such profiles are set up by a small number of scammers, each running several to