When will these people ever learn?

The issue I have with all these things is that I can't help but feel that deep down they 100% know they are being scammed.

Its quite literally this:


"Yes I know I am a boring, unattractive, middle aged, overweight white woman but I really do believe the Sebastian truly loves me. Yes he may be a millionaire playboy with model good looks in his mid thirties but we have finally found true love. He just needs me to spot him a few thousand because his accounts have been frozen and he can't access his untold wealth right now. No Sharon, I don't think hes lying, I just think you're jealous!!"
 
I also thought as she or who ever hasn't asked for money yet as far as i know maybe he'll unknowingly be bringing something back in the country with him . I believe they are big on smack and crack in some parts of the country

I think maybe your right but he's smitten as they say
 
Absolute desperation (and sometimes greed)

Whether it be for money or love/sex.

That's why people continue to fall for these things
 
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If you're an unhappy middle aged dude that wants a pretty wife then just go work in SE Asia. Knew loads of dumpy old guys with young pretty Phillipino or Indonesian wives when I lived there....95% of them were miserable and openly loathed each other but a handful were very happy, maybe you'll get lucky.
 
Dave 2323 said:
the fella a couple of doors down from me lost his wife a few years ago, was a really hard time for him and was heart breaking to see him in so much pain and not be able to help. Sooooo a couple months ago i bump into him he tells me he's been chatting to someone on line . 2weeks after that he tells me he's got a girl friend..... the other day he asks if i can look after his house in a months time as his booked his ticket to go to Uganda to meet said girl friend...... oh i say. are you going to meet her family? He tells me no she's from America... shes training to be a surgeon in Uganda... then she'll be going back to America and hopefully I'll eventually move to America with her.???? Right so this guy is 55 years old, over weight , scruffy he drinks more than he should probably and doesn't really look after himself very well and generally people round here worry about him as he comes across as child like. Maybe its guenue but sounds suspicious to me. That said this is probably the most anybody has seen him smile in 6 or 7 years any thoughts?
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plot twist: I'm the fella from two doors down.

plot twist #2: my name is Dave 2323

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SexyGreyFox said:
I can't believe that after all these years the same scam is still happening.
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Likewise!

Back in the day (2005), it was called the travel and visa scam. Someone reportedly from either Russian or Ukraine (nothing to do with the war - remember it's 2005!) would contact you on a site such as Faceparty and start an online relationship. I fell for the first 2 email exchanges, then on the 3rd exchange, I saw that "she" was online on Faceparty all day. I got suspicious, thinking that she was emailing other potential dates too, so I looked up some of the phrases that she used in her emails to me. Bingo. They were canned responses using an email client called "The Bat!" which is apparently popular with scammers. So I quickly backed down and reported her to Russian Detective (similar site to 419-Eater).

Had I tagged on for much longer, "she" would have entered into a romantic relationship (still online), they'll pretend that their child is ill and requires money for medical treatment. They'll always ask the victim to use Western Union as the payment method. The story changes / develops and they ask for more and more money. Then eventually, they'll offer to come to the UK where the lovers finally get to meet for the first time in real life. The victim turns up at the airport to meet their "lover" (scammer), but the lover never turns up.

Nowadays, it's the same thing as a travel and visa scam but it tends to be called a romance scam.
 
potatolord said:
Talk to me about Olbers' Paradox, you saucy tart.
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You're supposed to say "Then I'm dancing" because that is how sequential humour works. You fool, you utter mad man, we will never recover from this.

I think our friend Heinrich was up to no good though but annoyingly I'm not bright enough (waits for applause - thank you) to know why. Google seems to suggest the paradox is resolved by the fact that the universe is expanding, which means that distant light has not yet reached us which is both underwhelming.

e: can't even spell 'humuor' correctly which is - waits for audience to catch up and ready for punchline - humourus.
 
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[FnG]magnolia said:
You're supposed to say "Then I'm dancing" because that is how sequential humuor works. You fool, you utter mad man, we will never recover from this.

I think our friend Heinrich was up to no good though but annoyingly I'm not bright enough (waits for applause - thank you) to know why. Google sedems to suggest the paradox is resolved by the fact that the universe is expanding, which means that distant light has not yet reached us which is both underwhelming.
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Sorry, that's how I always hit on bints.

You're obviously frigid. No offense.
 
Meanwhile, us middle aged folks look on genZ who avidly follow the likes of Andrew Tate(or influencers),
- that's another kind of romance fraud, he makes money out of them for spinning stories, meeting their psychological needs.
 
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