When all other email / internet scams quit working, go for dating gold and pull at those lonely heart strings. How is this for a internet dating personal…. no red flags raised here.

Yes ladies, help him out with a few thousand bucks because he is down on his luck with his wealth (pictured) being held in a trust until someone helps him get his dough. He will not only scam you, but send you flowers once done.

CNN has a public service announcement for all you single ladies looking for love online: Beware of romance fraud! Apparently, Nigerian banking schemes are for amateurs; super-skilled scam artists search out sad singles on dating Web sites and pull at their purse- and heartstrings. The scammers try to tap into what every woman wants, as told by the Lifetime channel: They pose as goodhearted businessmen (for example, one scammer claimed to be the owner of a diamond mine who built orphanages in his free time), and make reckless use of the future tense and the word “we.” Once the woman is emotionally hooked, they will commonly tell stories of theft or injury that require an immediate transfer of money that will be — of course! — quickly paid back.

If you think the above scenario raises a red flag the size of that scammer’s Nigerian estate, the Web site RomanceScams.org lists some even more unbelievable tactics: