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What follows is an example of a typical cheque/check scammer approach on messenger. When the offer of marriage and money doesn't work he changes to the '..need help to cash a check' ploy. Many thanks to Danie for the log.

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kenmartins1970 (2:27:18 PM): hi
Danie (2:27:27 PM): hi
kenmartins1970 (2:27:44 PM): how are you?
Danie (2:27:55 PM): im good and u
kenmartins1970 (2:28:11 PM): same

kenmartins1970 (11:36:07 AM): hello
kenmartins1970 (11:36:13 AM): how are you doing?
Danie (11:36:18 AM): doing good and u
kenmartins1970 (11:36:48 AM): am doing great
kenmartins1970 (11:36:53 AM): thank's
Danie (11:37:20 AM): kool
kenmartins1970 (11:38:00 AM): so what are u up to?
Danie (11:38:50 AM): playing a game on yahoo. and u
kenmartins1970 (11:39:31 AM): am chating
Danie (11:43:41 AM): kool
kenmartins1970 (11:43:57 AM): so are you ready for me?
Danie (11:44:07 AM): not sure if i can handle ya. lol
kenmartins1970 (11:44:18 AM): why?
Danie (11:44:47 AM): i was joking, lol being a smartass. sorry
kenmartins1970 (11:44:59 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (11:45:08 AM): how are you tonight?
Danie (11:46:06 AM): im good, jsut recooping from the weekend. and u
kenmartins1970 (11:46:40 AM): i just back from business
Danie (11:47:03 AM): what did u do for the weekend
kenmartins1970 (11:47:28 AM): hangout with friends
kenmartins1970 (11:47:30 AM): u?
Danie (11:48:21 AM): same, party over the weekend.
kenmartins1970 (11:48:32 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (11:48:36 AM): with who?
kenmartins1970 (11:48:39 AM): me?
Danie (11:48:43 AM): friends.
Danie (11:49:04 AM): i just did that this weekend, slept in my tent over the weekend.
kenmartins1970 (11:49:17 AM): why not me?
Danie (11:49:37 AM): i didnt say not u, i just did that this weekend is what i was saying, this weekend, i dont know what i am doing
kenmartins1970 (11:50:03 AM): i know am just joking
Danie (11:50:37 AM): lol
kenmartins1970 (11:50:59 AM): so tell me what are ur plans?
Danie (11:51:23 AM): for what/or should i say when
kenmartins1970 (11:51:53 AM): all about your life
Danie (11:52:30 AM): eventually saving enough for a divorce and moving out of here gettin back to bay city, raising my son the best i can, finishing school.
kenmartins1970 (11:52:59 AM): why saving?
kenmartins1970 (11:53:12 AM): money?
Danie (11:53:13 AM): i dont make alot of money, so i have to save for things
kenmartins1970 (11:53:53 AM): what did you told me ur work is?
Danie (11:54:18 AM): floral and interior design, but dont have a high school diploma so i dont make much at it right now.
kenmartins1970 (11:54:56 AM): you remember where i am now?
Danie (11:55:12 AM): nope.
Danie (11:55:30 AM): i am lucky most days to remember my own name
kenmartins1970 (11:55:46 AM): i told you that am out of country for my business
Danie (11:56:20 AM): i dont remember u telling em that, but like i said, i am lucky to remember my own name half the time.
kenmartins1970 (11:56:32 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (11:56:38 AM): i told you that
Danie (11:56:48 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (11:57:08 AM): i would have love to give you that money so that we can get married
Danie (11:58:15 AM): why married?
kenmartins1970 (11:58:34 AM): i like u
Danie (11:59:05 AM): well in order to get married 2 people should be IN LOVE, not jsut like
kenmartins1970 (11:59:29 AM): yes
kenmartins1970 (12:00:41 PM): if i say i love you,you might say i don't know u
Danie (12:01:08 PM): ur right, i probably would, how can u love someone u dont know and never met.
kenmartins1970 (12:02:04 PM): so that is my reason
Danie (12:03:09 PM): reason for what
kenmartins1970 (12:03:28 PM): that make me use word of like
Danie (12:05:04 PM): ok, so were are u from
kenmartins1970 (12:05:31 PM): GA
kenmartins1970 (12:06:19 PM): what about u?
Danie (12:06:32 PM): michigan.
kenmartins1970 (12:06:45 PM): ok
kenmartins1970 (12:06:58 PM): can you accept my offer?
Danie (12:07:23 PM): offer of what
kenmartins1970 (12:08:29 PM): to pay for ur divorce
Danie (12:09:10 PM): we will see,
kenmartins1970 (12:09:29 PM): tell me yes
Danie (12:09:34 PM): why
kenmartins1970 (12:10:01 PM): yes
kenmartins1970 (12:10:05 PM): i want to
kenmartins1970 (12:10:23 PM): first tell me how much is the money?
Danie (12:10:37 PM): im not sure. i havent seen a lawyer yet.
kenmartins1970 (12:10:58 PM): just guess
Danie (12:11:10 PM): not sure
kenmartins1970 (12:11:36 PM): is it up to 1,000?
Danie (12:12:49 PM): at least.
kenmartins1970 (12:13:43 PM): ok
kenmartins1970 (12:13:52 PM): if i send it to you ?
Danie (12:14:06 PM): i told u i would see about it.
Danie (12:14:24 PM): i ahve health problems and need his insurance right now,
kenmartins1970 (12:14:51 PM): ok
kenmartins1970 (12:14:59 PM): can i send it to u?
Danie (12:15:06 PM): why would u do that
kenmartins1970 (12:15:18 PM): i want you honey
Danie (2:04:59 PM): yes
kenmartins1970 (2:05:20 PM): you are not talking again?
Danie (2:05:37 PM): watching tv
kenmartins1970 (2:05:45 PM): ok
kenmartins1970 (2:06:26 PM): you never answer my offer or you don't want me tell me now and let me know?
Danie (2:07:51 PM): i told u before i would think about it
kenmartins1970 (2:08:15 PM): yes ma
Danie (2:08:22 PM): what?
kenmartins1970 (2:08:31 PM): b4 it's too late
Danie (2:08:38 PM): b4 whats to late
kenmartins1970 (2:08:51 PM): the offer
Danie (2:09:45 PM): well i dont know what to say, im not just someone that can accept money from a strange man.
kenmartins1970 (2:09:56 PM): ok
Danie (2:10:04 PM): i am very shy
kenmartins1970 (2:10:13 PM): good of you am not
kenmartins1970 (2:10:16 PM): i ask u
kenmartins1970 (2:10:36 PM): i want to be with you for the rest of my life
Danie (2:10:42 PM): why,
kenmartins1970 (2:11:15 PM): been shy remember am not with you now so i don't know why you are shy now
Danie (2:11:33 PM): i am always shy
kenmartins1970 (2:11:44 PM): ok
kenmartins1970 (2:12:37 PM): am beging you love please i need you am a shy type to but if am with you i don't think i will be shy again
Danie (2:12:38 PM): i have always been shy. probably will always be shy
kenmartins1970 (2:13:13 PM): that will make me come to you love
Danie (2:13:38 PM): to be honest, i am not looking for a husband,
kenmartins1970 (2:13:54 PM): what are you looking for?
Danie (2:14:06 PM): freind, companion, then go from there
kenmartins1970 (2:14:32 PM): good it's ok with me
kenmartins1970 (2:14:44 PM): so far i have you close to me
Danie (2:14:57 PM): how do u have me close to u
kenmartins1970 (2:15:22 PM): if we are friends so we are close

kenmartins1970 (4:37:04 AM): hello
kenmartins1970 (4:37:11 AM): how are you doing today?
Danie (4:37:24 AM): im ok,
kenmartins1970 (4:38:01 AM): good
kenmartins1970 (4:38:12 AM): i miss you
kenmartins1970 (4:38:14 AM): am here just to see if you are online
Danie (4:38:39 AM): im here. thats about it
kenmartins1970 (4:38:59 AM): yes
kenmartins1970 (4:39:17 AM): so why did you behaved like that yesterday?
Danie (4:40:00 AM): behave like what
kenmartins1970 (4:41:22 AM): i was talking to you and you just stop talking
Danie (4:41:44 AM): computer problems. sorry, had storms here yesterday
kenmartins1970 (4:42:18 AM): oh
kenmartins1970 (4:42:31 AM): but nothing like that here now
Danie (4:42:45 AM): like what there now
kenmartins1970 (4:43:18 AM): storms
kenmartins1970 (4:44:18 AM): could you believe since i met you i never stop thinking about you
Danie (4:45:02 AM): why, u havent even met me yet, and besides im no one special hun.
kenmartins1970 (4:46:25 AM): you might not know that you are special but am now telling you that you are very special to me
Danie (4:47:44 AM): so what country are u in on business.
kenmartins1970 (4:48:28 AM): but i told you b4
kenmartins1970 (4:48:35 AM): am in africa
Danie (4:49:17 AM): well i am sorry i didnt remember. i had an accident a few years ago, and it effected my short term memory.
kenmartins1970 (4:49:44 AM): sorry
kenmartins1970 (4:51:01 AM): love but why turning down my offer?
Danie (4:51:48 AM): why do u keep buggin me about it
kenmartins1970 (4:52:31 AM): no baby
kenmartins1970 (4:52:37 AM): do u know why?
kenmartins1970 (4:52:49 AM): i so much believe in God
kenmartins1970 (4:53:39 AM): and i was told that,that is how i we met the woman who will be my life mate
kenmartins1970 (4:56:51 AM): hello
kenmartins1970 (4:57:15 AM): i mean everything i say baby please ok
Danie (4:57:19 AM): im here, was getting my kids some lunch
kenmartins1970 (4:57:23 AM): give me a chance
Danie (4:57:49 AM): ur so far away
kenmartins1970 (4:58:41 AM): yes but i will be back soon
kenmartins1970 (4:59:27 AM): do u know that is good to close to the person that will make you happy for the rest of ur life?
Danie (4:59:49 AM): its good to what
kenmartins1970 (5:01:22 AM): to choose who will make you happy for the rest of your life?
Danie (5:01:49 AM): ive been married 2 times, still in love with my last boyfreind, there was no closure there. so i am very gun shy
kenmartins1970 (5:02:35 AM): forget that baby
Danie (5:02:40 AM): forget what
kenmartins1970 (5:02:44 AM): am a shy type too
kenmartins1970 (5:03:28 AM): that you are shy
Danie (5:04:00 AM): not that i am jsut shy, i am gun shy about meeting anyone new, i always get cheated on, or they walk away and dont say anything, not even good bye
kenmartins1970 (5:05:07 AM): let me tell you something now
kenmartins1970 (5:05:22 AM): everybody can not be bastard ok
kenmartins1970 (5:05:43 AM): just give me a chance and you will never regret it ok
Danie (5:05:54 AM): we will see
kenmartins1970 (5:06:23 AM): yes
kenmartins1970 (5:06:54 AM): so can you go for my offer now?
Danie (5:07:12 AM): its going to cost me 3500 for the lawyer. 1500 down the rest on completion of the divorce.
kenmartins1970 (5:07:48 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:08:03 AM): can you take check?
Danie (5:09:01 AM): i relaly dont like taking money from anyone, and i dont make enough to pay u back.
kenmartins1970 (5:09:26 AM): forget
Danie (5:09:43 AM): forget what
kenmartins1970 (5:10:20 AM): paying back
kenmartins1970 (5:10:38 AM): so how much have you gathered?
Danie (5:11:14 AM): about 600. my vacation money, so cant see my grandma in arkanasa either.
kenmartins1970 (5:11:39 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:11:47 AM): i can't promise you all ok
Danie (5:11:59 AM): im not taking ur money
kenmartins1970 (5:12:24 AM): why?
Danie (5:12:58 AM): cus i cant,
Danie (5:13:47 AM): jsut have a very hard time taking money from others
kenmartins1970 (5:14:03 AM): i want you to
kenmartins1970 (5:14:11 AM): am not others
kenmartins1970 (5:14:19 AM): am ken
Danie (5:14:57 AM): :-<
kenmartins1970 (5:15:36 AM): hello
Danie (5:15:42 AM): im here
kenmartins1970 (5:16:34 AM): i will send it to u
Danie (5:19:06 AM): i need to go get dressed
kenmartins1970 (5:19:52 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:20:29 AM): can you give me the address and your full name so that i can send it to you
Danie (5:24:22 AM): so what part of Georgia do u live in
kenmartins1970 (5:25:55 AM): duluth,atlanta
Danie (5:27:47 AM): im here, im looking it up on the atlas.
kenmartins1970 (5:28:49 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:29:22 AM): i also have a house in Stone Mountain
Danie (5:29:36 AM): where ever that is
kenmartins1970 (5:30:04 AM): you don't know it?
Danie (5:30:42 AM): nope, dont get out much, last time i seen my grandma was 2001
kenmartins1970 (5:31:46 AM): why so long?
kenmartins1970 (5:31:58 AM): where does she live?
Danie (5:32:43 AM): cant afford to go. was going to go see her last month but had heart surgery, so couldnt travel for a few weeks. then the divorce thing i need to take care of , cant use my vacation money to take one, so might as well use it to put towards the divorce.
Danie (5:32:49 AM): she lives in arkansas.
Danie (5:32:58 AM): she just turned 83 on the 30th of june.
kenmartins1970 (5:34:02 AM): whooooo
Danie (5:34:11 AM): what
Danie (5:34:26 AM): so where is stone mountain
kenmartins1970 (5:35:03 AM): so how can i help you
Danie (5:35:26 AM): how can u help me, dont worry about it, i always manage on my own, always have,
kenmartins1970 (5:35:37 AM): ga
Danie (5:35:50 AM): never heard of it.
kenmartins1970 (5:36:00 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:36:14 AM): help me then
Danie (5:36:19 AM): help u do what
kenmartins1970 (5:37:05 AM): cash the check
Danie (5:37:19 AM): and what do u get out of it
kenmartins1970 (5:37:45 AM): how?
Danie (5:38:44 AM): what would u get out of it if i cash a check from u
kenmartins1970 (5:39:34 AM): you will send it back to me in cash
Danie (5:39:45 AM): why send it back to u
kenmartins1970 (5:40:16 AM): here i can not cash it here
Danie (5:40:33 AM): well dont worry about it, i will take out a lone or something
kenmartins1970 (5:40:51 AM): and am in need of cash here right now
kenmartins1970 (5:41:17 AM): what do u mean?
Danie (5:41:59 AM): i will take out a loan from the bank, much easier to do
Danie (5:42:14 AM): and i wont feel bad cus i cant pay u back right away
kenmartins1970 (5:42:34 AM): i said i need it
kenmartins1970 (5:42:41 AM): myself
kenmartins1970 (5:42:51 AM): i need cash
Danie (5:42:52 AM): cant u have one of your family members send u money
kenmartins1970 (5:44:13 AM): my family are not in the state
Danie (5:45:53 AM): and where r they
kenmartins1970 (5:46:48 AM): uk
Danie (5:47:04 AM): i see
kenmartins1970 (5:47:27 AM): yes
Danie (5:47:40 AM): sucks.
kenmartins1970 (5:48:46 AM): why?
Danie (5:49:19 AM): why what
kenmartins1970 (5:49:52 AM): sucks.
Danie (5:50:39 AM): i need to go, so i can get dressed and take my sisters boy home
kenmartins1970 (5:51:05 AM): ok
kenmartins1970 (5:51:21 AM): so you are not going to do it for me?