Specialist Sean S. : Good evening
Specialist Sean S. : My name is Sean and I look forward to helping you today
Specialist Sean S. : The current time where I am is 10:15 a.m.
Specialist Sean S. : One moment while I check on the information you requested
Customer: My computer skills are not good
Specialist Sean S. : No worries...I'll make sure any answers I post are very straight forward and basic...and I'll be happy to answer any questions you have afterwards too. One moment. I'm almost done checking
Specialist Sean S. : To answer the first question, it's not possible to tell which country someone is in on yahoo messenger. The reason is because they could be connected to internet service that is hosted in another country or territory. Therefore, if you were to use some kind of software to ping the IP address (which is similar tracking down the exact physical location), the answer that it gives might not be accurate as to where the person really is
Specialist Sean S. : Does this make sense? It might be a little difficult to understand, but just know that everything is electronic and therefore can be changed by the company hosting the person's internet connection
Customer: So you can't give me an answer to this question, what about next question
Specialist Sean S. : I have answers to your other 2 questions as well, but want to make sure you understand this one first
Specialist Sean S. : The answer was no...it's not possible
Customer: ok
Specialist Sean S. : For the 2nd question about someone being invisible...
Customer: yes
Specialist Sean S. : If you go to that one and type in the persons username
Specialist Sean S. : it will tell if you if they are invisible or not
Specialist Sean S. : and whether they are offline
Customer: does it cost money to do this
Specialist Sean S. : No, it's free
Specialist Sean S. : I tested it out. Once you type the name in the open box, click the magnifying glass and it will let you know if they're online, offline, invisible, etc...
Customer: do you think I will understand what to do once I'm on this site
Specialist Sean S. : Sure. If you'd like, I'm happy to offer a remote connection service to connect to your machine and show you how to so you can see
Customer: all I have is their name is ***** ***** user name
Specialist Sean S. : Whatever their Yahoo ID is on messenger is what you enter
Customer: thankyou for your help, I should be ok, how much will this cost now
Specialist Sean S. : I'm not sure because of the exchange rate, but It's $43 roughly USD
Specialist Sean S. : I'm happy to help you if you have any other questions come up at a later date as well regarding this
Specialist Sean S. : Please remember to rate my service below before you leave as well
Customer: how long have I got left before 43.00 runs out
Specialist Sean S. : I paused the timer, but the question will remain open for 30 days
Specialist Sean S. : Just come back to this page if any other questions regarding this comes up
Specialist Sean S. : (regarding the yahoo messenger stuff)
Specialist Sean S. : and I'll receive an e-mail whenever you reply on here letting me know to come back and respond. I may be away from my computer and there's a 14 time difference as well
Customer: so no one can help me find out which country this person is from I'm chatting to, are you able to go on this site if I give you the persons name and email me back with results, and does this person have to be online to get results
Specialist Sean S. : If you give me the username, I can tell you what comes up
Specialist Sean S. : but it's not possible to find the country the person is from
Specialist Sean S. : The software wasn't designed to give that information away
Specialist Sean S. : It is possible to find out additional information if I have the username, but no promises on what results come back
Customer: there is one person, Kelvin Morgan and colkelvinmorgan he may have 2 user names the first name is what comes up on my screen
Specialist Sean S. : Let me check. One moment
Customer: ok
Specialist Sean S. : picture in military fatigues?
Customer: yes
Specialist Sean S. : Okay, here's what I found, and I don't know how accurate it is, but it's based on other users input
Specialist Sean S. : Has this person asked for money or responded to any kind of online ads (like craiglist, etc.)?
Specialist Sean S. : or responded to an open room ad?
Customer: yes he's asked for money, I'm suspicious
Specialist Sean S. : Okay, it's a good thing you contacted me about this
Specialist Sean S. : It's a scam apparently
Specialist Sean S. : and here's a link with other people who have dealt with this person
Specialist Sean S. : They're likely in Africa
Specialist Sean S. : Nigeria is a hot spot for these types of scams
Specialist Sean S. : Here's another one
Specialist Sean S. : He poses as a British military officer
Customer: thankyou do you have any other information about him, his picture he is a white man
Specialist Sean S. : This is likely someone else's picture that he found online
Specialist Sean S. : and used it to pose as that person
Specialist Sean S. : It's likely (99%), someone in Africa who does this for a living and can only succeed if they trick people into sending money. It would be advisable to be careful from anyone online that you do not directly know who asks for money (even if they promise to send money back to you, it's fake).
Customer: when I go on these sites links it will give me more information about this person
Customer: i just type this link you gave me
Specialist Sean S. : Yes, it will give you more information about others who have experienced the scamming experiences with this person
Specialist Sean S. : The 2 links I posted above should be clickable
Specialist Sean S. : if you do a google search of Kelvin Morgan
Specialist Sean S. : (type that name into google and click search)
Specialist Sean S. : It will give you more information
Customer: oh I just click on the site and it will come up right
Specialist Sean S. : Correct
Specialist Sean S. : I hope I explained everything without getting too technical for you
Customer: thankyou for your help, I had a feeling I he was trying to scam me, what about the photo of an innocent man should I report this
Specialist Sean S. : You can. It wouldn't hurt and might help others before they are scammed as well
Customer: who do I report this to
Specialist Sean S. : One moment
Customer: im from australia
Specialist Sean S. : There should be a "Report As Spam" link somewhere on Yahoo Messenger
Specialist Sean S. : How to report abuse using the "Report as Spam" link:
- At the head of the IM window conversation area, click Report as Spam.
- This automatically adds the sender's ID to your Ignore List.
- You won't receive any additional IMs from that ID.
Customer: ok will do a great rating for you
Specialist Sean S. : Thank you. I appreciate it. Let me know if I can help you again
Customer: thanks
Specialist Sean S. : in the future. Have a great day!
Customer: yes I will do this bye
Specialist Sean S. : Thank you again. Bye!
Specialist Sean S. : The rating system will be below when you are ready and finished for now.