Crime Online

Dating and Social Networks are very popular with African crooks. They obviously target men and this e-mail is exactly the same kind of strategy.

Get a man interested, offer him a deal and take it from there.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Joan Anne
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Subject: Compliments From Joan Anne
To:

Compliments From Joan Anne
How are you today? It is obvious that this email will come to you as a surprise, this is because we have not met before but i am inspired to sending you this e-mail. In my quest for you. With opportunity that will be mutual benefit to two of us, However, I am Joan Anne, by name from South Africa. I am lady with a pure heart.

I want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am, then i hope you will like what you see and write me to my e.mail ?. My aim here is to meet a man that will love me then i will do the same thing to him and i will love him with all my heart . I am not here for any game and i am not looking for a player either so please if you are player dont bother to write me back but if you are seriously looking for a relationship like i do then lets make it happen .

Write me to my email and i will write you back with my picture attach to it . Thank you and i hope to hear from you as soon as possible. I believe we can move from here. I am waiting for your mail. Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life.

Waiting for your email.

All the best,
Joan Anne.

This video is a couple of months old, but it shows how the 419 scam artists look for potential victims using social networks.