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      1 year ago

      I happened to have been a relay operator and had one of these romance scam calls drop on me back before they had any protections against that shit so I had to sit there and listen to a dude getting all sappy and sending money to someone typing anonymously and merely using me as a medium to talk. Saddest shit I’ve ever seen, and the only way I could even imagine the tactic working is on extremely lonely people. Because it was not subtle and most reasonable people could have seen right through it.

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        11 year ago

        The hope induced by the scammer to get the victim out of their loneliness is powerful enough to trounce any counter-logic the victim can muster

        Lives of victims and their families have been shattered by these scammers