Is my friend being scammed?

My friend has been talking to this man from Europe for a couple months via messenger/phone/e-mail. He has sent her flowers, gifts, and said he is coming to visit soon. Everything was going good, until he had a business trip to Africa and his laptop was stolen. He then asked if she would provide money and or a new laptop for a conference he was there attending. He told her he couldn%26#039;t find any %26quot;adequate%26quot; laptops to buy, but I find that hard to believe. My friend is still having trouble deciding how to approach it, because she%26#039;s fallen in love with him and thought his feelings were the same. Any suggestions to what she can say or do to prove he%26#039;s legit.

Is my friend being scammed?
I think she is being scammed. There are plenty of on line locations and outsourcing for computers. Tell her to be careful and that she would be happy to buy him a computer and even ship it to him if he were to provide the money. Once she gets the check, take it to a bank and either deposit it, or call the bank the check was written on and ask if funds are available. That seems to put the proof in the pudding. Why should she have to fork out money for something she will never use? Use caution and common sense.....if it is too good to be true, it isn%26#039;t.
Reply:if this SO CALLED MAN really and truly was in to your friend,HE would find a way to get HIS own laptop,do they not have libraries or computer cafes where he comes from, that he can comunicate with your friend-you know %26quot;his so called true love%26quot; sounds like a typical man with a scam to me,if he quit sending all these flowers and gifts(did they even cost much?)he might beable to save enough money to get his own laptop-if he had one to start with,maybe he was using someone elses laptop.im sure he could find an %26quot;adequate%26quot;laptop where he%26#039;s from,but to ask your friend to buy him one after such a very short time,and never meeting in person, and getting to know each other only makes him an %26quot;inadequate man%26quot;
Reply:She is being scammed, definatly. One, right when he was going to go meet her %26quot;he went on a business trip to Africa and his laptop got stolen.%26quot; In my opinion, that%26#039;s a bunch of crap. Two, he wants her to buy a laptop for him.
Reply:yes its a scam or scam him back, tell your friend that she doesnt have money for something and ask if this man can send her money!
Reply:Oh yea!!! She is definately being scammed. It sounds like one of those stories you see on MSNBC anout those scammers. He has probably been buttering her up all this time with his smooth talk. And you also have to ask yourself, %26quot;How many other women has he done this to?%26quot; If I were you, tell your friend to tell him that she can%26#039;t afford to send him money or a laptop. If he stops talking to her than it is a scam.
Reply:i would say yes
Reply:ummm if anything don%26#039;t give more than you received
Reply:Are you kidding me? OF COURSE SHE%26#039;S BEING SCAMMED!!!! She%26#039;s fallen in love with him? How can that be if she%26#039;s never met him and it%26#039;s only been a couple of months? She%26#039;s fallen in love with the idea of him because he was wooing her with flowers and gifts to get on her good side which he%26#039;s obviously done. It may hurt her now to walk away but she%26#039;ll be hurting a lot more when he screws her out of a bunch of money. Tell her to cut off all correspondence with this loser and move on!
Reply:if it were me and I truly loved him and know with out a any question he loved me . I might , MIGHT send him the money . But my advice is to have her tell him well if you are have so much trouble finding a laptop there why don%26#039;t you send me the money and I%26#039;ll buy you one and send it too you or if she is comfortable with spending her money for him a laptop than i would tell him how about i buy one here and mail it to you. that way she isn%26#039;t just giving him money to go use on something other than a laptop and chances are if he doesn%26#039;t like the idea about her buying and sending to him than more than like there is a not so good reason for that. and i wouldn%26#039;t send him any money i would just tell him thats a lot of money she doesn%26#039;t have and she really wishes she good help but she cant. or that its not that she doesn%26#039;t trust him she would just feel more comfortable sending him a laptop with his money or hers. i hope i helped tell your friend good luck



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