JoeWras
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Having recently dipped my toe into Facebook Marketplace for the first time, I have lost all hope in the human condition.
I do "scambaiting" as a hobby. I am heartened by the number of attractive young women working on oil platforms these days. I met one a few months who needed a few things so I was going to buy them for her (no, not really!). She sent me links. I'm not sure why she needed a racing jacket and some of the other things on an oil platform off Norway but I played along. Her list totaled about $2500 worth of stuff. But these guys really aren't too bright. "She" wanted me to ship it to an address in Pennsylvania so her aunt could send it on to her on the oil platform. She could not explain why I couldn't just have the merchandise shipped to her and got very angry after that. We broke up soon after.
You clicked on links in an email from a scammer?
..... when it comes to matters of the heart, or my days as a radio and party DJ (where I saw many instances of "the vision from the voice does not match reality" ). .....
I’ve been getting more and more of similar schemes via text. Got a stock response. I’m unemployed and homeless. Can you help me with some cash. Instant disappearing act.
On his show, Dr. Phil would periodically feature men and women who had fallen for these sorts of "romance scams".....to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Usually sending almost all of their money over the course of time. Very sad.
I never understood why the targets never got a clue after several weeks of “dating,” why they are being asked for money. Not a responsible person I’d want to continue a relationship with.
Many of those pics are real people whose photos have been purloined for these scams. These people would probably be appalled that their likeness is being used in this manner.
Got 2 texts recently saying my Amazon account was locked. First one, no problem, reported as spam and blocked. Second one was at 3:40 AM! I keep my phone on my nightstand since I'm a first responder. Needless to say I was PO'ed and thought briefly to respond with some very choice words. But I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. Blocked it later that morning after coffee.
...Fortunately she did not just fall off the pumpkin truck last week. I sometimes wonder what percentages of hits these fraudsters actually get by doing this.