Proxies
How to detect if a proxy server is being used
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Most victims receive their first emails from Sunnyville CA where Yahoo has their headquarters, thought to be proxies that Nigerians used to disguise their physical location. It is now thought that white Americans may be linked to the Nigerian scammers and play a role in the initial setting up of profiles and first contact. This possibility has come to pass as we receive information that a dating site profile photo of an American located in US, (removed from dating site after complaint of fake profile) has been photographed (same man) with the real scammers on the scammers Facebook outlook. Of pehaps they are just, coincidental friends! Does the american friend know his profile is being used in a scam? There is the possibility that Americans and other countries are working with Nigerians or being included involuntarily in to the scam. The scammers main interest after making money is in "making friends". Back Nigerian scammers scammed by Aussie scammer The proxy lookup detects whether a proxy server is being used and shows the proxy host/type information and the actual IP address ("forwarded for" IP), if available |
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