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A couple just got married and on the night of their honeymoon before passionate love, the wife tells the husband, "Please be gentile, I'm still a virgin." The husband being shocked, replied, "How's this possible? You've been married three times before." The wife responds, "Well, my first husband was a gynecologist and all he wanted to do was look at it. My second husband was a psychiatrist and all he wanted to do was talk about it. Finally, my third husband was a stamp collector and all he wanted to do was...oh, do I miss him!"

Romance Scams
A Warning To Those Looking For Love

If you are looking for love online, it is important that you are careful. Many people are becoming the victims in what are termed as "Romance Scams" & "Dating Scams."

Lisa S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
HolisticWisdom.com Founder

What Are Romance Scams or Dating Scams?

During a romance or dating scam, most often people are duped into believing that they are speaking with a person who is actually a 'creation' of a scam artist. The scam artist eventually woos the unknowing victim to gain access to their money or bank account or by getting them to unknowingly commit fraud on their behalf.

Most of these dating & romance scams seem to originate from, and are prevalent in West Africa (especially Nigeria), Russia, Eastern Europe, Thailand and the Philippines. Remember that when someone claims to be contacting you from a location, it does not mean they are actually there. Also, some make up elaborate stories claming to be helping people in poor areas of the world to make themselves appear to be more of a humanitarian.

The scam artist relies on several tools-

	Appealing Photos For The Perfect Romance Scam These photos are usually of models or taken from sites and are often not the person that you are communicating with during online interactions.
	Dream Profiles For The An Alluring Dating Scam The scam artist knows what most people are looking for and they will create the seemingly perfect person. Emotionally open, caring and often seeking a monogamous relationship and marriage for women and sex for men.
	Flattering Correspondence To Suck You Into A Romance Scam Often kept on file, eMails and letters are often copied from one victim to another while offering flattering messages full of 'unconditional love'. Using song lyrics and poetry, the scam artists create the illusion of a romantic, long distance lover.
	Love & Lust For Irresistible Dating Scams Often scammers will target men with lusty pictures and dialog (meanwhile many of the scammers are men themselves) and will target women with profiles of a widower who is looking for love once again.
	Marriage Proposals For The Final Grooming Of A Romance Scam Often women are the scam of these, however it does occur to men, especially in mail order bride cons. The scam artist knows that once you have accepted a marriage proposal you will be more ready to part with your money to help them out in some way.

No Dating Site Is Immune From Romance Scams

It does not matter if the dating site is an 'exclusive' one that tries to keep out 'undesirables' by charging a high fees because the scammers will pay for membership using a stolen credit card.

An example of a common romance scam-

A romance scammer may send a victim a forged or stolen check worth $4,800 and ask the victim to retain $800 for themselves and to forward the remaining $4,000 to them via Western Union or a Moneygram. (Scammers like money wiring services because it is impossible to trace the recipients of the money).

The romance scammer reassures the victim by telling them to keep a share of the money for themselves. This not only reinforces the feelings of love and trust within the victim but also serves to incriminate the victim thereby reducing any chance of reporting to the authorities because in the eyes of the law the victim becomes an accomplice by keeping a portion of the stolen money.

Who Is At Risk From Romance Scams?

We are all targets. The counties where the romance scam artists focus their efforts tends to be on the U.S. and U.K., however no one is immune. Anyone looking for love on the Internet is at risk because scammers are known to target every sort of dating site including niche sites like religious, gay, professional, etc.

Common Romance Scams

	They Are In An Accident & Need Your Assistance They have someone call to say that they have been in an accident or are ill and unconscious. You are listed as their next of kin and you need to pay for their urgent medical treatment. Without this medical attention you are told they will die.
	They Were Robbed Or Need To Borrow Money For Tax Reasons The scammer may be bold enough to simply ask for they money directly and indicate that they were robbed and need a small loan to get them through this tough time. They may also indicate that they need a loan to avoid foreign taxes as they travel through certain countries. Also, remember that money laundering is a criminal offense: never agree to transfer money for someone else.
	Unpaid Hotel Bill The scammer may claim that they are trying to see you but do not have enough money to pay their hotel bill and the hotel is holding their passport until they pay it.
	They Want You To Ship Merchandise To Them Scammers will make up an excuse why they need you to ship merchandise to them. The reality is that they have purchased the merchandise with a stolen credit card and you are shipping stolen goods or possibly partaking in money laundering.
	Mail Order Bride A very attractive woman wants to meet to see if the male victim is physically compatible with them. The promise of sex it exciting enough that the victim does not have any problem shelling out the money for her passport or other travel expenses.

Background Checks

You can do a background check, but remember some of the romance scams use real people as decoys. Meaning they go to a dating site, steal someone's name and profile and use their information.

If someone you have never met in person is proclaiming their love for you and asking you to send them gifts or money you should ask yourself: could this person be a scammer? Use common sense and never give money to someone you do not know.

Helpful Links-

FraudAid.com

Internet-Love-Scams.org

PlayerSnitch.com

RomanceScam.com

Romance Scams Yahoo Group

eLoveDeceptions.com

ScamVictimsUnited.com

StraightShooter.net

What To Do If You Have Been Scammed

What Not To Do-

	Do not delete or throw away the scammer's letters, pictures or records of your money transfers. You may need these for evidence later.
	Do not provide the scammers with links to black lists where their pictures may already be posted. This will only help them to change their information and make them more difficult to catch.
	Do not send the scammers any more money no matter what they say.

What To Do-

	Call the bank, Western Union (1-800-325-6000), MoneyGram (1-800-666-3947) or however you sent money and find a way to speak to a representative. Provide the representative with all the information you can. Make sure to explain that you were not aware that the receiver was a sam artist and ask the representative to provide you information on the city name and the bank address where the transfer was picked up by the receiver. Ask the representative what kind of steps you can take to place a warning on the receiver�s name, so the next time someone tries to send money to this person they would be warned.
	Contact your Embassy in the scammer�s country (ex., if the scammer if from Russia, contact your Embassy in Moscow) and ask them if a visa was issued for a lady by such name. Confirm that there was no visa issued.
	If you have her flight itinerary, contact the air carrier listed in the itinerary and confirm that a passenger by that name did not booked a ticket, or that a ticket was purchased but later canceled. Request this information in writing.
	Post information about the scammer on as many black lists and anti-scam forums as you can.
	If you have her flight itinerary, contact the air carrier listed in the itinerary and confirm that a passenger by that name did not booked a ticket, or that a ticket was purchased but later canceled. Request this information in writing.
	Report the incident to any of the appropriate authorities Your bank or credit card company. The Federal Trade Commission. Report the circumstances to the FTC: National Resource for Identity Theft
	Find someone to talk to about what happened. Don't keep your experience a secret just because you want to avoid being embarrassed. It always helps to find someone whom you trust to confide in.
	Find support from people who have been through the same experience, join them and participate in their activities and help others.

I'm standing in front of you, with my back to you, wearing only a scarf around my neck�. My hair is up, the bed in front of us� waiting.

I can feel you behind me, pressed up against me, behind me; I smell your cologne mixed with your scent. Your warm breath on my neck.

You begin kissing my neck, hands on my back, caressing my back, working down to my hips My clit is starting to throb, you keep kissing my neck, and your hands glide over my hips and are rising up my belly.

I reach my hands around my head, hands in your hair stroking your hair, you're sucking on my neck, and I can feel your breath in my ear.

Your hands rising up to my breasts, pinching my nipples. I love it when you do this, your fingers feel amazing on my nipples, your touch is perfect. I cant help but moan, my hips start grinding, I can feel how wet your making me.

I turn my head to kiss you, your lips part and I can't wait to feel your tongue in my mouth.

Your cock is getting hard against my ass, I whimper, I want you inside of me, but you start rubbing your cock against me and keep kissing me from behind. You want me wet� very wet.

You're massaging my breasts and nipples� they are so hard right now, I have to stop kissing you to moan more. Grinding my hips against you, cause it feels so incredible.

I'm press my ass against your cock, hoping to feel you inside me soon, I reach my hands around to your waist� aiming for your rock hard cock� I touch it, stroke it, and start moving closer to the bed. You push me onto the bed, my ass in the air, right on the edge, my pussy exposed, wet, waiting, you finger the rim of my pussy then move to my clit, rubbing it with your cock in hand, you tease me with it.

Just the head of your cock is in me, you start rubbing my ass cheeks with your hands, spreading my lips, pussy, ass� teasing me with your cock, I start rubbing my clit and pushing against you, I can hardly take it any more, and finally you thrust into me and I moan with amazing pleasure.

I can feel your cock thrusting in and out, in and out, in and out.. You're moaning, your hands run down my back, you're squeezing my hips, locking into me, my tits are bouncing up and down my chest, brushing the blanket.

I can feel you driving your cock into me faster now. I'm groaning, moaning and you move one of your hands up to my asshole, pushing on the entrance while fucking me, and I moan deeper.

I'm rubbing my clit with fury now, I can feel your balls slapping my clit and I'm cuming, screaming into the mattress, you're groaning and I can feel you're about to come.

Fucking me hard you moan and cum, and I can barely take how amazing it feels and I start to come again, I love to feel your orgasms� to feel you come and then you keep going, slower now to let me finish coming. Exhausted, you pull out, lay with me, cuddle on the bed, naked� spent with sleep waiting.

This section is for sexual current events and news; allowing our web site visitors to hear sex news around the world.

David Brown, a British man, met and married a 22-year-old woman after by dreaming of her phone number and then sending her a text message. He woke up one morning after a night out with friends with a telephone number constantly running through his head. He decided to contact it, sending a message saying "Did I meet you last night?."

Michelle Kitson was confused and wary at first but decided to reply and the two began exchanging messages. Eventually they met and fell in love.

The Chinese government has launched a six-month campaign to fight online pornography and obscenity. Though Internet porn is already illegal, the campaign will focus on improving filtering techniques and tightening the government's control over the Internet.

A British diplomat in Thailand was embarrassed after his honorary blog, which included a photo, was inundated with posts placing him in Bangkok's red light district. One post read, "I saw him walking arm-in-arm with a girl that could only be described as '2 dollar whore.' I bet that girl got a visa no problem." The diplomat admits he's visited the area, but isn't a regular.

British Army officials are questioning a soldier serving in Iraq who allegedly filmed female combatants in the shower then passed the videos around to other soldiers via cell phone. Female soldiers have been warned that footage of them showering might be circulating around camps outside southern Basra.

Curvy starlet Scarlett Johansson heads Glamour magazine's list of the world's sexiest bodies. The magazine surveyed 5,000 female readers; Jessica Alba and Gisele Bundchen took second and third place while supermodel Kate Moss came in at number 20.

A growing number of asexuals -- people who experience no sexual attraction -- are coming out of the closet. Although they abstain from sexual activity, many asexuals may still go on dates or even have "snuggle buddies." AVEN (the Asexual Visibility and Education Network), founded in 2001, has 10,000 members in the US

A condom that's twice as thick as traditional prophylactics is experiencing a surge in sales in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japan's Goku-Atsu condom is .10 millimeters thick, while average condoms have a thickness of around .05 or .06 millimeters. Because it dulls the penis's sensation, the super-thick condom is being marketed to premature ejaculators.

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