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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me!" .. Ouch what a scam I hope you reported them | |||
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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me!" bastards | |||
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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me! .. Ouch what a scam I hope you reported them" Yeah, reported and blocked. Really puts you off though. | |||
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"That's awful OP " I couldn’t believe it. I even had to pay £3 to get out of the car park! Haha | |||
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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me!" It's people like that who make it difficult to trust anyone | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" They probably hadn't arrived by car. And for £50 it's many a mickle... | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" They probably didn't get the train... | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50! They probably didn't get the train..." You’re probably right. They probably live in the city centre and will go back to the station to try it on with the next person. | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50! They probably didn't get the train..." Yes true, my naivety sorry! I wonder how many times they could get away with it in any given location before they ran out of victims? There's only so many people looking for meets & on sites in any town or city. | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" Odds are there was no train ride. | |||
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"You should name and shame them " And get banned..serves no one but them.not op. | |||
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"Did they send you pics? Hell of a risk to scam someone if you have a genuine profile with pics. Name and shame them its what they deserve." Totally agree! Just Horrible it takes guts to even drive to a meet nevermind having that experience. Fab needs to up their verification policy and just remove everyone without a Verification. Dare I say the only way you can join FAB is you MUST be invited by someone who can verify 'you' and both be fined if that individual is found to be a scammer & both banned for 5 years lol. Harsh but I am sure effective. | |||
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"Did they send you pics? Hell of a risk to scam someone if you have a genuine profile with pics. Name and shame them its what they deserve. Totally agree! Just Horrible it takes guts to even drive to a meet nevermind having that experience. Fab needs to up their verification policy and just remove everyone without a Verification. Dare I say the only way you can join FAB is you MUST be invited by someone who can verify 'you' and both be fined if that individual is found to be a scammer & both banned for 5 years lol. Harsh but I am sure effective. " A lot of these scammers have verified accounts with pics and lots of veries so i find it a huge risk and slap in the face to pull it off when you are genuine members. Mind bogling. | |||
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"Did they send you pics? Hell of a risk to scam someone if you have a genuine profile with pics. Name and shame them its what they deserve. Totally agree! Just Horrible it takes guts to even drive to a meet nevermind having that experience. Fab needs to up their verification policy and just remove everyone without a Verification. Dare I say the only way you can join FAB is you MUST be invited by someone who can verify 'you' and both be fined if that individual is found to be a scammer & both banned for 5 years lol. Harsh but I am sure effective. A lot of these scammers have verified accounts with pics and lots of veries so i find it a huge risk and slap in the face to pull it off when you are genuine members. Mind bogling." I could put a status up saying 'kupdreams scammed me' that is why it it's reported admin will remove the status and warm the profile holder. | |||
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"Did you check the cost of the hotel?? Maybe they’ve got a night away on you. absolutely disgusting what they’ve done to you OP" They said something about it being £150. It was a Hilton so I thought that could have been about right. So paying a third (£50) also seemed about right. | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50! Odds are there was no train ride. People name and shame in status all the time and dont get banned and rightly so. Even if status up for a few hours it warns others." "Kupdreams stole my last rolo on a meet and shat in my shoe. Avoid avoid". See the problem? You can put any old.crap in an update and it's very much a he said, she said situation. You can litterally say anything about anyone, true or not. Admin will deal.with people who name and shame rightly or wrongly. It's against site rules and honestly, whilst I truly feel for op and anyone who gets scammed on here, you should be very careful in believing everything you read online. | |||
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"I can recall reading about similar scam in Scotland before... Probably same people" Sounds like it could be. They really will think of anything! | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" Probably just walked down the road to train station, then when supposed to meet walked outside as if just arrived and got a ride down the road 50 quid richer! | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion " Yes I had a phone number. I spoke to both of them on the phone in advance. They’re clearly very good at what they do. Once I realised it was a scam I just wanted to get out of there and back home to somewhere where I felt more safe and relaxed. | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion " Hotel isn't just going to cough up the CCTV to anyone who asks for it. OP would need to report or to the police, and I'll be honest and state of it was me I'd be reluctant to make that kind of statement... Well, not for the sake of £50 anyways. I'd also have probably handed over what I'd believe was a 1/3 of the room price as doesn't sound that far fetched. I think it's a tough one really... Not everyone wants to hand out phone numbers either? | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion Hotel isn't just going to cough up the CCTV to anyone who asks for it. OP would need to report or to the police, and I'll be honest and state of it was me I'd be reluctant to make that kind of statement... Well, not for the sake of £50 anyways. I'd also have probably handed over what I'd believe was a 1/3 of the room price as doesn't sound that far fetched. I think it's a tough one really... Not everyone wants to hand out phone numbers either? " They were exactly my thoughts. The £50 seemed reasonable, albeit unexpected, but I’d never done a hotel meet before so put that down to me not knowing the etiquette. Not worth doing anything about it for £50. That’s probably why they go for £50. Less chance of them being caught. | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion Hotel isn't just going to cough up the CCTV to anyone who asks for it. OP would need to report or to the police, and I'll be honest and state of it was me I'd be reluctant to make that kind of statement... Well, not for the sake of £50 anyways. I'd also have probably handed over what I'd believe was a 1/3 of the room price as doesn't sound that far fetched. I think it's a tough one really... Not everyone wants to hand out phone numbers either? They were exactly my thoughts. The £50 seemed reasonable, albeit unexpected, but I’d never done a hotel meet before so put that down to me not knowing the etiquette. Not worth doing anything about it for £50. That’s probably why they go for £50. Less chance of them being caught. " I completely understand the reason for not reporting due to embarrassment. This is exactly what these scammers rely on. No-one reporting it. It allows their scam to continue. I'm of the opinion tho that yes I would feel the same. But if me reporting it stops even one person falling for the same scam then its worth it. Think how you feel now OP.. Do you want anyone else to feel the same when they fall for same scam? | |||
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"You should name and shame them " You get a ban for naming and shaming. Not worth it. | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion Hotel isn't just going to cough up the CCTV to anyone who asks for it. OP would need to report or to the police, and I'll be honest and state of it was me I'd be reluctant to make that kind of statement... Well, not for the sake of £50 anyways. I'd also have probably handed over what I'd believe was a 1/3 of the room price as doesn't sound that far fetched. I think it's a tough one really... Not everyone wants to hand out phone numbers either? They were exactly my thoughts. The £50 seemed reasonable, albeit unexpected, but I’d never done a hotel meet before so put that down to me not knowing the etiquette. Not worth doing anything about it for £50. That’s probably why they go for £50. Less chance of them being caught. I completely understand the reason for not reporting due to embarrassment. This is exactly what these scammers rely on. No-one reporting it. It allows their scam to continue. I'm of the opinion tho that yes I would feel the same. But if me reporting it stops even one person falling for the same scam then its worth it. Think how you feel now OP.. Do you want anyone else to feel the same when they fall for same scam? " The thing is even if he did report it to the police and the police where able to track them down of minimal information it would be his word against there’s and extremely hard to prove you wold probably just get a crime number and a chat about being more careful who you hand money over to and that’s probably as far as it would go in my opinion. | |||
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"Feel for you being scammed OP. Genuinely do. But call me a pessimistic cu#t. But you picked them up at station. Yes? Surely you had their phone number? Were you parking in hotel car park or a public car park? Have you asked the hotel for CCTV footage or weither they were known to have a regular scam going? I'm struggling to believe after a year on here your that nieve. If it sounds to good to be true then it usually is. Sorry mate just my opinion Hotel isn't just going to cough up the CCTV to anyone who asks for it. OP would need to report or to the police, and I'll be honest and state of it was me I'd be reluctant to make that kind of statement... Well, not for the sake of £50 anyways. I'd also have probably handed over what I'd believe was a 1/3 of the room price as doesn't sound that far fetched. I think it's a tough one really... Not everyone wants to hand out phone numbers either? They were exactly my thoughts. The £50 seemed reasonable, albeit unexpected, but I’d never done a hotel meet before so put that down to me not knowing the etiquette. Not worth doing anything about it for £50. That’s probably why they go for £50. Less chance of them being caught. I completely understand the reason for not reporting due to embarrassment. This is exactly what these scammers rely on. No-one reporting it. It allows their scam to continue. I'm of the opinion tho that yes I would feel the same. But if me reporting it stops even one person falling for the same scam then its worth it. Think how you feel now OP.. Do you want anyone else to feel the same when they fall for same scam? The thing is even if he did report it to the police and the police where able to track them down of minimal information it would be his word against there’s and extremely hard to prove you wold probably just get a crime number and a chat about being more careful who you hand money over to and that’s probably as far as it would go in my opinion." Yeah your probably right here. But again if everyone had that option then we would never be aware of the small scams going about that so many people fall for. If we don't acknowledge them we are falling right into their hands surely?? Today is was £50 tomorrow it could be £100. Isn't it worth reporting before it gets too far? | |||
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"Technically its not a crime if you willingly hand over money. Not sure how it actually works by law." WTF. Really. Aren't all scammers reliant on you handing over money by consent?? | |||
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"Technically its not a crime if you willingly hand over money. Not sure how it actually works by law. WTF. Really. Aren't all scammers reliant on you handing over money by consent?? " Like i said i dont know how it works in law. I was just saying my opinion but yeah its all shitty how these scammers pull it off. | |||
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"Technically its not a crime if you willingly hand over money. Not sure how it actually works by law. WTF. Really. Aren't all scammers reliant on you handing over money by consent?? Like i said i dont know how it works in law. I was just saying my opinion but yeah its all shitty how these scammers pull it off." Ahh. Soo u are the infamous "kupdreams". Pleasure to meet you my friend x | |||
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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me!" When you do hotel meets you should come to an agreement before the hotel is booked as to split in the payments and I'd someone says they've booked the hotel I always ask for proof as I always send it if I book a the room. You should never feel pressured into doing something you're not comfortable with and for a room that cost £100 you should have asked for some sort of proof that they'd booked it. | |||
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"That's awful OP I couldn’t believe it. I even had to pay £3 to get out of the car park! Haha"  bless you. | |||
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"Looks like I got caught out by a couple of scammers on here tonight. Picked them up at the station and the plan was to go to a hotel they’d booked for a meet. They asked for money towards the room. I hadn’t considered that they might ask for this when I agreed to meet them and by this point they were in my car so I felt pressured to agree. I gave them £50 and dropped them off at the door of the hotel while I parked. They said they’d come meet me at the car park once they’ve checked in. They obviously left with my money and went home as I never saw or heard from them again. One to watch out for folks! Lesson learned for me!" £50 share of a hotel room is reasonable and after chats, phone conversation, site veri and pix it wouldn't be unreasonable. Don't feel bad, But.. I would be happy to share hotel costs, but not handing over cash while I park the car, although with a throbbing cock and anticipation things could be different There are lots of arseholes willing to Rob you, maybe feel grateful they didn't get you to the room and do worse. | |||
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? Maybe next time do a travel lodge or book it online in the car with all partys present. Bad luck op, I'm a gullible plonker too so I probably would of fell for it, 3quid on the car park too, thats a stinger!
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" But.. I would be happy to share hotel costs, but not handing over cash while I park the car, although with a throbbing cock and anticipation things could be different " Hasn't your big head learned to overrule your little one yet? | |||
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"You should name and shame them You get a ban for naming and shaming. Not worth it. " Oh really I didn't know that. It's a shame because they'll no doubt do it to others. | |||
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"Technically its not a crime if you willingly hand over money. Not sure how it actually works by law. WTF. Really. Aren't all scammers reliant on you handing over money by consent?? Like i said i dont know how it works in law. I was just saying my opinion but yeah its all shitty how these scammers pull it off." Obtaining goods, services or money by deception with the intent to permanently deprive the rightful owner is most certainly a crime. It’s called theft. | |||
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"Don’t get me wrong is bad what happened, but it’s al lot of effort for £50 there is a lot of prep work that would go in to that " I was thinking the same initially, however let’s say they had four others lined up £200 isn’t bad if you have the time and bottle to do such a thing Mr | |||
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"Don’t get me wrong is bad what happened, but it’s al lot of effort for £50 there is a lot of prep work that would go in to that I was thinking the same initially, however let’s say they had four others lined up £200 isn’t bad if you have the time and bottle to do such a thing Mr" True but to line up four others in the same area on the same day is still a lot of effort and planning | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50! They probably didn't get the train..." Megabus. on the cheap? | |||
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"Don’t get me wrong is bad what happened, but it’s al lot of effort for £50 there is a lot of prep work that would go in to that I was thinking the same initially, however let’s say they had four others lined up £200 isn’t bad if you have the time and bottle to do such a thing Mr True but to line up four others in the same area on the same day is still a lot of effort and planning " It's clear they are lining up others though as people have said we have definitely seen this scenario posted before on Scottish forum. And that's only people who use the forum, could be plenty others who got duped and never use the forums. Sorry you got stung OP. | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" Where did the train come in ? And don't say Euston ? | |||
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"Name and shame them ?" That would be against rules. Best to report instead | |||
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" I could put a status up saying 'kupdreams scammed me' that is why it it's reported admin will remove the status and warm the profile holder. " That's a great service from Admin, especially this winter if people can't pay their heating bills | |||
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"Don’t get me wrong is bad what happened, but it’s al lot of effort for £50 there is a lot of prep work that would go in to that I was thinking the same initially, however let’s say they had four others lined up £200 isn’t bad if you have the time and bottle to do such a thing Mr True but to line up four others in the same area on the same day is still a lot of effort and planning " Certainly is, perhaps they do it often and the effort they put in is second nature to them, professional scammers can spot a target easily, definitely condoning such actions. | |||
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"Don’t get me wrong is bad what happened, but it’s al lot of effort for £50 there is a lot of prep work that would go in to that " Assuming it was just the one person they got the 50 from, could be a few people each night, or one a night | |||
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"A scam I couldn’t get caught out by as I never carry cash. " Nor me. I could have given them 27p or something
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"Or, maybe, you ruined their night by assuming it was a scam and leaving They probably sat in their hotel room thinking you didn’t like them that much you were prepared to give them £50 to do a runner You awful person " I waited an hour. Messaged and phoned them. Only reply was to say they were on their way down. 30 mins later still nothing. Then they stopped responding. Why am I the awful person?? | |||
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"Depending on the cost of the train tickets to get there, you'd begin to wonder why for just £50!" That’s what I thought- that’s a helluva lot of effort for just £50 lol. Still wrong though! | |||
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