(October 1, 2010 at 3:36 pm)Vampiremerchant Wrote: Fair point Adrian would you go as far as to say the stories that are in the Press almost daily about victims losing lots of money, and in some cases leading to one man committing Suicide (caught up in a Romance Scam) after losing something like £80,000.No, because the press usually publish sources to go with their reports. I've never seen a reputable newspaper (or heck, even a non-reputable one) publish anything on the subject of scam-baiting though. All of it is hearsay; all of it taking place on the internet.
Would you view that with skepticism ?
Are there some instances where scam-baiting is real? Very possibly. However, in some instances, like with the comic strip I posted about originally, I think the best explanation is simple fakery.
