Here is an anonymously sent email. What do you know about the author(s)?
or...
Are you ready to ask Thomas for a photo and to send him money for a plane ticket to visit you?
We look for many things in an anonymous letter but 4 specific elements:
1. Background
2. Experiences
3. Priority
4. Personality traits
We also look at the use of "masking" his or her identity. This is the
"mask" itself, while we also look beneath the mask, at the author, himself.
Hello Dear,
My name is Thomas from USA and i'm a Geologist.
I understand this is not the appropriate way or platform for such form of introduction, but i am only taking the chance to see if i will be lucky to get a response from you.
I am looking for woman who is honest and sincere in wanting a serious relationship,someone kind and caring, with a good sense of humor,someone who knows how to treat a man and make him feel that he is important to her.Most importantly,someone who does not lie or play head games.
I am a widower,my wife died some years ago and I have been single and alone since then.It is time now to let go and move on.I have been blessed with a lovely daughter whom i cherish so much and she is 16years old.
I am a happy person, responsible,honest, considerate, caring,sincere,serious and have a good sense of humor.Please let me know if you are interested in having a serious relationship with me.Age or location is not a barrier.All i need is TRUE love.
Am sorry if i invaded your private space. Apologies. I would be glad to share more about myself with you and send you some of my pictures.
With Love,
Thomas
The address sent from was to undisclosed;
sgtdebra1414@163.com
From: "Thomas"<info@kleimsrhubli.org |
25 comments:
The doggie reminds me of Gandalf.
"Thomas from USA" - I don't think us American's refer to ourselves that way.
"someone who knows how to treat a man and make him feel that he is important to her."
Apparently the writer finds this important. This shows the contempt the writer has for women, particularly those that he is taking a chance to see if he/she will get lucky and get a response from.
Hello Dear,
My name is Thomas from USA and i'm a Geologist.
Hello Dear - condescending older male
It does not address by name. Generic email.
My name is Thomas. My and Thomas far apart. Distance. Fake name.
My name is Thomas from USA. Not from USA. Very far from USA. Avoids 'I'.
i'm a Geologist. Not true. A geologist knows not to capitalize geologist.
Female author. Uses sensory words.
Hello Dear - condescending older male.
Borrowed voice to sound male?
Middle Eastern men have addressed me as dear in writing. (Non-native speaker)
Email address: info@kleimsrhubli.org
The obvious is lack of personal email. A person is requesting a relationship but doesn't give their personal email. Red flag.
The word Hubli is at the end. Hubli is a city in India.
Here's a stretch:
Kleim ( sounds like crime & lie) srhu (sounds like shrew=assertive woman) rhu (close to ruse=ploy/scheme) hub (network) li (lie)
This anonymous author is an older female from India. She is a part of a large network of scammers. She is careful not to use British English. Her statement is possibly based on some truth.
lmao
Sounds like a typical catfish scam from Africa.
So far,
racist, sexist, and phobic comments.
The introduction hello dear seems like the words of either an old lady or homosexual. The authors priority in the first sentence seems to be to establish a mask of an American professional
In the next sentence the pronoun "I" is used three times. Need to persuade that it is only one person. I would say there is more than one author.
I agree, "dear" isnt that bad...it means you are "dear" to him. Think of it as an old-fashioned way.
As a side note, when you get an email that you think is dubious for whatever reason such as the above, right click on the email and select properties.
then details/message source which will open in a new window to show you the headers and, importantly the real address it was sent from. (return path)
This is very useful for phishing emails which is why banks and businesses as you to forward it to them so they know where it actually came from.
Now, me being me and depending on my mood and what the email was about, will use their real email address and sign them up to all sorts of spam, religious, products, porn, even each others email address.
I don't get many these days.
Back in high school, I fell madly silly in love with a guy who called me "darlin"...sounds old fashioned, but said by the right person it can really grab you around the heart. He was SO handsome he looked like a cowboy. Made out with him once in the back seat of a Nova, and that was it. I've seen him recently--bald with a pot belly. To be young again!
"It is time now to let go and move on." For who is it time now to let go and move on? Missing pronoun. A command almost to possible victim widows
It sounds really boring how he says "my dear" and he says he a geologist that sounds boring too. He sounds boring like he would be no fun and probably really uptight and OCD. I bet he's not even a fun bad guy. I wouldn't go for him. I picture him being no fun at all and like his idea of romance would be sharing a turkey sandwhich while he scowled at me and made me watch him repair old radios.
No I am not interested in having serious relationship with you Thomas you sound like my grandmother and so boring I bet you are not even a fun bad guy I bet you suck in bed too I bet you repair old radios for fun and eat weird food too. I bet you wear boring clothes like pinstriped shirts with tan pants and I bet you have a quick temper and I bet when you say my dear it makes my skin curdle.
What if a guy is saying "I want to grow old with you." Is that reliable? Seems apologetic but not truly remorseful. Cooks for me if I let him. Sex is bearable, but not great. Not truly in love. Should I rebuild and try to feel the spark again? Is that a reliable statement "I want to grow old with you." I get a dark confusing vibe.
Reading what I wrote, that probably describes most marriages out there , not that we are married. I would be so much happier if I just settled back into the routine. Instead of so much confusion and warding off the inevitable.
The letter was sent from here:
Address: BVB CAMPUS, VIDYANAGAR, HUBLI-580 031, DIST: DHARWAD STATE:KARNATAKA
Town / Village / City: HUBLI
District: DHARWAD
State: Karnataka
Pin code: 580031
CONTACT DETAILS:
Landline No.: 836 - 2377466
Website: www.klesimsrhubli.org
The return address (163.com) is a chinese internet provider:
Registrant Contact Information:
Name
Domain Admin
Organization
Guangzhou NetEase Computer System Co., Ltd
Address
No. 16, Keyun Road, Tianhe District,
City
Guangzhou
State / Province
Guangdong
Postal Code
510665
Country
CN
Phone
+86.2085106241
Fax
+86.2085106241
Email
This a standard issue lonely heart scam letter, probably from somewhere in West Africa, although the email source will be cloned and show another location. They are difficult to examine with statement analysis. For example, Nigerian source scam letters will be in their native official language - English - but, it's not the same "English" we're used to in the US, it has different terms and a different structure that tends to formality. The biggest difficulty is that the letters are basically form letters, constantly copied and repeated by the scam artists.
This is not statement analysis, but for whatever it's worth--people on dating sites (like Match etc) who say they are looking for someone "honest" and "not into playing games" are usually the most dishonest game players you will ever meet. Source---my ex's Match profile (lol)
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