Ukuwa Ethandweni Ngomculi We-Scam

Umama waseMidwest ufumana iRide by Chatting

Le ndoda uRhant Meade yathandana neyathembise ukuba i-elope nayo kwisiqithi saseTropiki apho yayingatshata khona emanxwemeni amhlophe njengokuba ilanga lichithwa ngaphaya kwamanzi amaninzi.

Kodwa, yodwa into eyabaleka kumama oneminyaka engama-36 ubudala engabantwana abangatshatanga, yayiza kubakho konke ukugcina kunye nokukhuseleko ayekuphathise "uWalter."

I-Meade, ogama layo litshintshile ukuze likhusele i-identity, yayingomnye wezigidi zabantu abaqhubela kwi-Intanethi minyaka yonke befuna ukutshatisa ubuhlobo kunye nobude besikhathi eside. Njengabaninzi abangabhinqa, umama oseMidwestern of two and career for father her sick found many opportunities and opportunities when it came to meet men in the Internet.

Ukufaka i- Yahoo! Igumbi leNgxoxo ngolunye ubusuku emva kokusebenza ebusuku ebusuku emsebenzini wakhe wokuthengisa, wadibana nendoda kuphela ebudeni bobukhosi eyaye yamnxusa kumzuzu owaqala ukuthetha naye.

"Wayenengqiqo kakhulu kwaye wafumana unomdla kwaye enomdla kum," kusho uMeade. "Ndandicinga ukuba ulungile kakhulu ukuba anganyaniseki."

Ukuxoxa ngobusuku ngaphezu kwe Yahoo! Umthunywa ukususela ngoOktobha 2006 ukuya kuFebhuwari 2007, uWalter, onguchwepheshe we-collar emhlophe kunye nomdlali wezemidlalo wekholeji, wagqiba ukuthabatha iMeade ye-spellbound ukuhamba ebomini bakhe.

Uthi, "Siza kutshata," uyakhumbula, ukulwa neinyembezi. "Kodwa, ngoko, wandixelela ukuba wayelahlekelwe ngumsebenzi wakhe, walala, kwaye wayenesidingo. Ngoko, ndenze oko ndandenokwenzela nayiphi na indoda endiyityala kuyo. Ndamnika imali. "

Emva kokudlulisa i-$ 7,000 kwi-akhawunti yebhanki yakwaWalter kwi-akhawunti yakhe yokugcina imali, uMeade uthi uthengana naye nomntu waba ngumntu ongaphantsi, kwaye ekugqibeleni, wayeka ngokupheleleyo.

"Ndathathwa njengesidenge," kusho uMeade, "kwaye ndandibuhlungu."

I-Nigerian Scam ihambisa ukuthumela imiyalezo

Kodwa, ngoxa uWalter ewile kwixesha elinzima, indoda yaseNigeria amawaka eekhilomitha ekude yayenza ukubulala njengenxalenye yenkqubo yokuhlambalaza amadoda nabafazi ukuba babe nobudlelwane bokuthandana kuphela ukuba bahambe bephezulu kwaye bome.

"Awuze ucinge ukuba unokuba yixhoba kude kube njalo kuwe," kusho uMeade. "Kodwa, kunye nabantu abaninzi njengokuba kukho intanethi, i-Intanethi ivuthiwe nabantu aba bantu abanokuqhawulayo banokungena kwiqhinga labo."

Unyaka ngamnye, amawaka amadoda namabhinqa basebenzisa iiforamu zeengxoxo ze-intanethi kunye neenkqubo zokuthumela imiyalezo ukuze bahlangabezane neentsuku ezinokwenzeka kwaye mhlawumbi, abatshatileyo. Kodwa, ngelixa umntu ekupheleni kwesicelo sakho semilayezo ubonakala ngathi uvumelekile, ungayichazela njani?

Esinye sezigameko ezide kakhulu ngeposi kunye ne-Intanethi, i-Nigerian '419' yogaxeko (egqitywe ngokwecandelo leNigerian code ejongene neenkqubo zokukhwabanisa kwemali), ithetha umnini-shishini ocebileyo okanye igosa likarhulumente kufuna uncedo oludlulisa izigidi zeedola lakhe ilizwe ngokutshintshela ipesenti yemali yoncedo lwakho. Emva kokuvuma ukuncedisa, u-scammer uvame ukucela uncedo lwakho ekuboneleleni ngemali ukuze uncede ufumane imali.

Namhlanje, udumo luye lwafudukela kwimilayezo yeendaba kunye nezentlalo, apho usebenziso olutsha luquka iifoto ezifakekileyo kunye nobungqina bobuxoki. Kuqikelelwa ukuba ugaxekile, oye wajikeleza ubuncinane ubuncinane iminyaka engama-20, ubiza ixhoba eziligidi ezigidi zeedola ngonyaka.

UMeade wayengomnye wala maxhoba.

Emva kokuxela isiganeko kokubambisana komthetho kunye nomasipala, ndaxelelwa ukuba ndimele ndingalindelanga ukuba ndibuye ndiyibone imali, "esho. "Kwaye, andizange."

Ukuzikhusela

Ngelixa i-Intanethi ingaba yindawo efanelekileyo yokufumana abahlobo abatsha kunye neminqweno yothando, abantu kufuneka baqaphele ekuthatheni amabango kunye noqhagamshelwano ngobunzima bomntu, ngokubhekiselele kwiziko le-Complaint Centre.

Ubambiswano lwe-FBI kunye ne-National White Collar Crime Centre yobambiswano, olujongene nokuphanda nokulandelela amawaka ezikhalazo ngonyaka, lubonisa oku kulandelayo xa usebenzisana nabantu okanye amabhizinisi kwi-intanethi:

Ukuba ukholelwa ukuba uyisisulu se-intanethi ye-intanethi, xela isigameko kwi-Centre ye-Intlaphulo-mthetho ye-Crimea kunye nokunyanzeliswa komthetho.

Qinisekisa ukugcina irekhodi nayiphi na ingxoxo, ii-imeyile okanye enye idilesi oye wayifumana njengobungqina, njengoko i-arhente yokuthotyelwa komthetho inokucela onke amaxwebhu njengenxalenye yophando.

Ukuhlaziywa ngu-Christina Michelle Bailey 5/24/16