New approach for senegalese scammers?

[firefly]

After they have made Senegal famous for refugee scams, it seems that few scammers from the same area test something new. This time they dont pretends to be orphan young african girls, in refugee camps, but men, searching for love online. I have bait few this days on different dating sites and i have noticed that other anti-scam sites reported also scammers using men´s stolen pictures with senegalese IP lately.
Without the Reverend Father or a few million to share, the script is almost the same like in usual romance scams: "widow" men, with a full life but without one woman near. Appear to have some problems with geography... I do not even have to mention that all are white males and all of them used english...

[duckhunter]

I've run across the same thing ... also a few Togo and Gambian love scammers.

[firefly]

Funny is that most of them admit that they are Nigerians living in Senegal... Competition?

[duckhunter]

From what I have learned, Nigerian interlopers inspired the Ghanaians to try their own hands at romance scamming. After a while many of the Nigerians went back to their own country, but by then Sakawa had become big business in Ghana.

[scallywag]

I also learnt from when I've spent time in Gambia, that the majority of love scammers living in Gambia are nests of Nigerians living there (they also sell car/engine parts along the roads in the towns and villages in small outbuildings and whatever else they may sell). I even got invited into a Nigerian internet cafe - a small tin hut with a curtain across. Needless to say I backed off politely, but I should have been inquisitive and go in and have a peek. The vast majority of Gambians are Muslim, with only small groups of Christians made up from other African States and white western people living there.

[TheDane]

also a few Togo and Gambian love scammers.

Togolese love and penpal scammers are quite common - at least, I've seen them around ever since I started doing this 2 years ago.

[duckhunter]

am XXX form Nigeria but am in Togo , i will like to be your friend okay . ilove you so i will send me your mail okay