And when did you / the person you know realize he was scammed?

What tips do you have for people who haven’t lived this, so they don’t fall for it?

How long till they start asking for money?

What sites do scammers use? Can it be a facebook group or is it only limited to dating sites?

  • Admiral Patrick
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    1510 months ago

    My aunt did.

    She got suspicious when her online companion kept asking her to buy stuff and ship it. She didn’t catch on immediately, and the family had to explain to her she was doing something illegal and that it was a scam (even though he was reimbursing her).

    (She later did remarry a non-scammer, so happy ending I guess).

      • DebatableRaccoon
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        1410 months ago

        A common tactic is to pay your victims back to build trust and later ask for larger sums because “well they paid me back last time”

      • Admiral Patrick
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        10 months ago

        I think it was to get around embargoes? This was probably late 90s, early 2000s so she was buying stuff at like Circuit City/Walmart/etc and shipping it off.