Cris Maxson; internet scam victim
One of our ninjas sends us a story about this lady, Cris Maxson, who met the love of her life on Facebook. Well, by “met” I mean messaged with him, not actually ever saw the guy. He claimed to be a Marine stationed in Nigeria. He asked her to marry him and she agreed then he asked her to cash some money orders and mail him the money, in Nigeria. Nigeria. Nigeria. She deposited $900 worth of money orders into her checking acount and sent him the money. now Cris is sitting in jail for defrauding her bank;
A warrant was issued for Maxson out of California. She was arrested on Dec. 17. She is waiting for California to extradite her to stand trial.
Maxson said she is heartbroken that it was all a scam.
“When my sister told me, I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “It made me feel stupid, foolish.”
When we Googled Maxson’s alleged suitor, we found that a person using his same name had been involved in other scams.
Ladies. Stop. For crying out loud. Stop. Just. Stop.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
“…He claimed to be a Marine stationed in Nigeria…”
Yes, I’m sure Nigeria’s full of deployed U.S. troops all itching and waiting to mail people they never met real money orders and checks…
Well, if it’s on the Internet, it’s gotta be true? Right? RIGHT????
Finally, someone other than George Bush gets the blame. I am looking at you, Al Gore.
I used to be a French Supermodel…
Bonjour
I’ve never been scammed by any Nigerian soldiers, but I am on the short list to receive 8.5 million British Pounds from a nun in Europe who is too old to do good works with it anymore. (Besides my bank information, she also wanted to know what line of work I am in to see if it matched up with God’s plan.)
I have an uncle I never knew about until he died and his solicitor was told to seek me out and give me the $10.4 millions of pounds that he left to his only living relative – ME. I really had to wonder, if I’m his only living relative, why didn’t he know about my 4 sisters and 6 brothers, all from different mothers?
We have Marines stationed in Nigeria????????
*headdesk so hard, there’s a dent in the wood*
If we don’t, we should. There appears to be a serious problem with lawlessness over there, something the Marines could fix if we’d let them.
Give a few dozen Marines enough ammo, a couple pounds of explosives and they’ll clear up everything !!!
Show offs, the lot of them…
Hmmm, she’s sitting in the Tarrant County, Texas jail awaiting extradition to California.
Sounds like she should seek the legal advice of Michael Killam. That’s what he does for the Tarrant County VSO. He hands out legal advice on military related affairs.
As back-up, he could always bring SGM Gainey, the Straw Grasper, as back-up when he pays her a visit at the hoosegow.
Well, well, well,
Lookee here…
Our favorite SEAC, SGM (Retired) Straw Grasper, was also a victim of Romance Scams:
http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50814
How ironic…Tarrant County, TX. And wow, a newspaper reporter that one can contact to share an interesting story about a former 3 day-4 month Vietnam “POW” that now lives in her AOR.
There is a God.
…and He works in mysterious ways!
“Cash some money orders.” Right there, brick wall. She’s the victim of a scam? I think she was either part of the scam, or she’s too stupid to breathe. Either way — no sympathy.
What he said.
Um, Nicki . . . I’m pretty sure PN is chromosomally XX vice XY. (smile)
Nice, the bank pursues grand theft charges over $900.
Where do we get to pursue grand theft against the banks for fucking all those poor bastards who are under water on their mortgages thanks to shit head bankers and their cocksucker attorneys?
$900? It ain’t nothing, but it’s awfully fucking close to nothing.
Yeah, she got off easy when it comes to the Nigerian scammers. She could have been this Naval officer: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20070705/news_1m5theft.html
And they commissioned this idiot.
Ouch, that elevates fucking stupid to a new level doesn’t it.
Stupid and greedy — bad combination. Ugh.
I wonder if will even be extradited. California will probably ask Texas to send her, and Texas will probably tell California to come get her. If California cannot get her (or anyone else) to pay for her trip, she most likely will be released. But, yeah…900?
I just put the kibosh on an act of stupid my wife was doing. She signed up to be a “Secret Shopper” Monday she was waving a check she got for $1900 all she had to do was spend $50 at Walmart and wire $1500 to an address in the Phillipines. That set off the alarm bells in my head.
I’m not trying to poke a sore spot, but I’m curious: what did your wife think she was doing?
Problem was she didn’t think. Hopefully she doesn’t vote for Sanders( Oh boy Free Stuff!!)
Cat ladies need some lovin also.
That’s what the cats are for.
I have received these friend requests and never accept. I do though look at their pages and see when they opened the account. These accounts Piss me off because they still pictures from actual service men. I will start a conversation with them asking them different things because you can tell the way they type is the way they speak, broken up English. I report every single one of them to Facebook and most are then closed. I cannot understand how a woman can become so desperate and fall for these scams. This is another reason why I am so fearful of the dating sites. What can we do to stop these idiots.
This is an example as to why it may not be a good idea to put one’s photo (especially in uniform) on Social Media/Internet. So beware, HONDO…those Nigerians are out looking for you so they can collect a cool $50G from the DRG via their unsuspecting victims (Good Luck, Nigerians).
I wonder if they will swipe Havk Stone’s FaceBook photo. If you haven’t seen it, stroll on over to my page and check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/Stop-Fake-Military-Romance-Scammers-272987476199270/?fref=ts Lots of awareness sites willing to help out.
Sad, but she IS criminally stupid. Unfortunately, there are many like her, and not just romance either.
I work for a company that provides systems to newspapers for online classified ads. One of my daily tasks is to review and kill scam ads, mostly for dogs.
Just like a fiance, you should never purchase a dog sight unseen on the Internet. If the price is too good to be true, it’s a scam. You can’t get a $2500 pure-bred English Bulldog (or Yorkie) for $350. Don’t have your dog shipped from Africa or from across the country.
It’s seemingly common sense, but fall for this crap all the time.
I use Facebook for family and a few close friends. Other than that, it’s locked down and I don’t accept friend requests if I don’t already know someone.
Common Sense isn’t so common. That’s why Snopes does such a good business.
May I suggest…cucumbers.
They are a lot cheaper and, when you’re done, you can peel, slice, and eat them. Cucumbers will never lie to you, cheat on you, or steal from you.
And, cucumbers don’t require batteries.
Neither do zucchinis.
….and EAT them afterwards?!
Mist allchucking frighty
Years back I was engaged to a cucumber, and having an affair on the side with a zucchini. They both found out at the same time and had an awful cat fight. Out of nowhere a carrot jumped in. In this case the cucumber DID lie to me. Told me it had a few pickles from a previous marriage, but didn’t tell me they were all green. Damned half-breed pickles…..that’s all I need in life. Mrs Cuke also forgot to tell me she does NOT receive pickle support from her Ex.
Jarhead: LETTUCE come to an agreement: You and Mrs. Cuke determined it was best to SQUASH the relationship because her Ex might have BEET the system in providing support for those MIXED Vegetables (I picked a bad time to become a Vegetarian).