Yesterday we placed a member named SongSong1976 in Scammer Prison, and we think want to bring her case to your attention. What makes this particular Scammer so important? We put lots of Scammers in our prison, but they rarely rate a blog post, so what’s the big deal? Here’s why we are concerned about this particular Chinese dating Scammer.

“Her” Story

SongSong1976 registered from an IP in Guangzhou, China, and stated in her profile that “she” is a 37 year old Chinese woman whose first language is Chinese (Mandarin). Her “About Me” section is written in Engish but shows some errors that are characteristic of Chinese writers. She did not post a photo, and she began contacting CLM members. Shortly after that “she” upgraded to a Gold membership by way of a bank deposit.

After some messaging with one member, he developed suspicions of her and decided to search the email address she had sent him in Google (which was not the same as the address she had registered with CLM). He discovered a Scam report on the internet regarding that address and reported her to us.

After receiving his report we investigated and found other reasons beyond the Scam report the member reported to conclude beyond any doubt that she is a Scammer and we placed her in Scammer Prison and sent out notices to anyone with whom she had any form of contact.

Since then another member, upon receiving our notice, has provided the following letter received from the Scammer via private email together with the photo seen above:

Scammer Letter

Hello my Dear,
How is everything? I know it's all good.
My name is Thelma Shalu, an Ivorian in West Africa.Presently I am
residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the
civil war going on in my country.
I am a beautiful loving young girl of 22 years, about 5'8" tall. slim
fit, weighing
about 60 kg. My father Dr. Fidelis Shalu was a successful businessman, he
deals on Gold and Diamond before the rebels attacked our house one
evening and kill him with my mother and my only brother. I'm the only one
alive from the family.
By the grace of God I made my way to a nearby country where I 'm
presently living as a refugee.
My dear, I came in the site to search for love and care which I have not gotten for a very long time since I lost my family members. I hereby believe that in time to come you will be by my side and I will show you unreserved love and respect through out my life time .
Dear, I want to know more about you, your real name, Your real country, your occupation, your age your hobbies and what you are doing
presently.
My hobbies are swimming, dancing, singing, cooking, reading, sports and watching movies.
I have attached my pictures here for you to know me very well. In my next mail I will tell you more about
myself.
I wait your reply with impatience.
Thelma

The Importance of Member Diligence and Reporting

This case clearly involves one person (or more) in China, who either is Chinese or can read Chinese sufficiently to register on our site in Chinese and can write English in what appears to be Chinglish, working with one person (or more) in an African country who then attempts to perpetrate the scam.

In this case the internet scammers weren’t particularly bright and made several mistakes that led them to be caught and members notified, not the least of which was attempting to set up the oldest and most well known scam in the internet age and sending a photo of an African woman while supposedly being Chinese. However, their method of registering made them difficult to detect for us at the approval stage. They would not have been caught by us before the damage was done if not for member reporting.

This is why none of you members can relax on your due diligence to ensure every member you are dealing with is who she says she is, and also why it is crucial that you report members who are suspicious to you for whatever reason.

Please always keep that in mind and please, like the member who reported SongSong1976, always report members you believe may not be legitimate, and provide your reasons for suspecting them. We are trying to be the most Scammer free website in not only online Chinese dating, but in online dating generally, and we can't do it without our members' help.