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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28835504
Women duped by fake profiles on a dating website were conned into handing over nearly a quarter of a million pounds, a court has heard. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That's the one that they're all up in court for isn't it? I'm too tight/skint to give huge sums of money to someone, no matter how convincing they are at professing love."
I love you
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Lend us a fiver please. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"That's the one that they're all up in court for isn't it? I'm too tight/skint to give huge sums of money to someone, no matter how convincing they are at professing love.
I love you
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Lend us a fiver please. "
Nope |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"That's the one that they're all up in court for isn't it? I'm too tight/skint to give huge sums of money to someone, no matter how convincing they are at professing love.
I love you
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Lend us a fiver please.
Nope "
I'll have to work on my technique. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28835504
Women duped by fake profiles on a dating website were conned into handing over nearly a quarter of a million pounds, a court has heard."
one woman gave £164,000
People need to have lessons in how to use the internet wisely |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"sorry but 'a fool and their money' and all that jazz!!
i'd have to think very seriously about lending my own family large sums of money, a complete stranger would have no fucking chance!!"
I'm of the same opinion. Maybe they'll think twice about handing out cash to people on the internet. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28835504
Women duped by fake profiles on a dating website were conned into handing over nearly a quarter of a million pounds, a court has heard.
one woman gave £164,000
People need to have lessons in how to use the internet wisely"
And their money. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I guess it's big news cause most women aren't that silly. What a joke some people will do anything to get money."
And some people will do anything to get love. |
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"I guess it's big news cause most women aren't that silly. What a joke some people will do anything to get money.
And some people will do anything to get love. "
Surely love doesn't ever come with a price tag though? It must have set off alarm bells. I can't believe that anyone is that naive |
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"I guess it's big news cause most women aren't that silly. What a joke some people will do anything to get money.
And some people will do anything to get love.
Surely love doesn't ever come with a price tag though? It must have set off alarm bells. I can't believe that anyone is that naive "
They clearly are though |
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I'm struggling to feel sympathy here...
I know some people get stupid when they become all "bright eyed and bushy tailed" but (and God help me for this comment) unless you have special needs, there's no excuse or help for that level of naivety.
As someone else said, a fool and their money and all.. |
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I have a rule when lending/giving money to people. If asked to borrow the person must be in a bad financial situation. I will only lend money if I can afford to not have back as I personally would never ask for it. If I can give now but need back at a certain time I will not lend as they may not yet be able to give it back and that will cause a rift I don't need. I have lent money on a number of occations and only once not got it back but I don't mind as I don't lend I give. |
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"I'm struggling to feel sympathy here...
I know some people get stupid when they become all "bright eyed and bushy tailed" but (and God help me for this comment) unless you have special needs, there's no excuse or help for that level of naivety.
As someone else said, a fool and their money and all.." |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"People need to have lessons in how to use the internet wisely"
Some people should not be allowed to talk to strangers.... breathing lessons may be needed |
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Not experienced it on here and i've never been on match so would'nt know about it there. However i do have a profile on another well known swingers site and have received random emails there from strangers asking to meet but they need me to send the plane fare as they live abroad and can't afford the flight to the uk.
Needless to say those messages just get deleted, but some poor bugger must fall for it occasionally otherwise these scammers would'nt keep trying it on sending out random emails to people? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"sorry but 'a fool and their money' and all that jazz!!
i'd have to think very seriously about lending my own family large sums of money, a complete stranger would have no fucking chance!!" |
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I think its easy to underestimate how powerful the need to be loved is and how soul destroying loneliness is. I know of a woman who has been bled dry over the course of about 12 years bya waiter from a foreign holiday resort. He's married but of course only staying with his wife until the children grow up. She has sold the house that she lived in with her late husband to finance him and lives in a tiny bungalow waiting fir the next time she.can get out to see him. When concerned people try and talk her out of it she just says "I love him.and you don't know what it's like to be.lonely".
There will always be.men and women.who prey on the weakness and vulnerability of others and its as well to realise that we all have.weaknesses that can be exploited it just takes someone to find them. |
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"I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again" where was he from? How come he didn't have his own place? Didn't alarm bells start ringing when he mentioned about moving in or staying over?
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"I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again where was he from? How come he didn't have his own place? Didn't alarm bells start ringing when he mentioned about moving in or staying over?"
I think the answer is in the first.sentence, she thought he was her friend. Good and trustworthy people will assume that other people are too. |
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"I think its easy to underestimate how powerful the need to be loved is and how soul destroying loneliness is. I know of a woman who has been bled dry over the course of about 12 years bya waiter from a foreign holiday resort. He's married but of course only staying with his wife until the children grow up. She has sold the house that she lived in with her late husband to finance him and lives in a tiny bungalow waiting fir the next time she.can get out to see him. When concerned people try and talk her out of it she just says "I love him.and you don't know what it's like to be.lonely".
There will always be.men and women.who prey on the weakness and vulnerability of others and its as well to realise that we all have.weaknesses that can be exploited it just takes someone to find them." it's so sad that people get treated this way and even more sad they allow them staves to be treated that way. How do you not feel used or lonely by doing what she is doing/done |
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"I think its easy to underestimate how powerful the need to be loved is and how soul destroying loneliness is. I know of a woman who has been bled dry over the course of about 12 years bya waiter from a foreign holiday resort. He's married but of course only staying with his wife until the children grow up. She has sold the house that she lived in with her late husband to finance him and lives in a tiny bungalow waiting fir the next time she.can get out to see him. When concerned people try and talk her out of it she just says "I love him.and you don't know what it's like to be.lonely".
There will always be.men and women.who prey on the weakness and vulnerability of others and its as well to realise that we all have.weaknesses that can be exploited it just takes someone to find them. it's so sad that people get treated this way and even more sad they allow them staves to be treated that way. How do you not feel used or lonely by doing what she is doing/done "
I think he drip feeds her crumbs, phone calls, letters things like that. I think his wife is in on it and prepared for him to do this for the benefits it brings. She's even bought him expensive farm equipment and of course there was the one about I won't be in contact for a while I have to go away to work to earn money for medical treatment. |
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"I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again where was he from? How come he didn't have his own place? Didn't alarm bells start ringing when he mentioned about moving in or staying over?
I think the answer is in the first.sentence, she thought he was her friend. Good and trustworthy people will assume that other people are too."
exactly as said above I thought he was a nice bloke. He showed his true colours eventually but now I am very cautious as to who I let get close |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think its easy to underestimate how powerful the need to be loved is and how soul destroying loneliness is. I know of a woman who has been bled dry over the course of about 12 years bya waiter from a foreign holiday resort. He's married but of course only staying with his wife until the children grow up. She has sold the house that she lived in with her late husband to finance him and lives in a tiny bungalow waiting fir the next time she.can get out to see him. When concerned people try and talk her out of it she just says "I love him.and you don't know what it's like to be.lonely".
There will always be.men and women.who prey on the weakness and vulnerability of others and its as well to realise that we all have.weaknesses that can be exploited it just takes someone to find them. it's so sad that people get treated this way and even more sad they allow them staves to be treated that way. How do you not feel used or lonely by doing what she is doing/done
I think he drip feeds her crumbs, phone calls, letters things like that. I think his wife is in on it and prepared for him to do this for the benefits it brings. She's even bought him expensive farm equipment and of course there was the one about I won't be in contact for a while I have to go away to work to earn money for medical treatment." I'd rather be single and lonely |
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"I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again where was he from? How come he didn't have his own place? Didn't alarm bells start ringing when he mentioned about moving in or staying over?
I think the answer is in the first.sentence, she thought he was her friend. Good and trustworthy people will assume that other people are too.
exactly as said above I thought he was a nice bloke. He showed his true colours eventually but now I am very cautious as to who I let get close " good girl! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'm a naturally generous person, if someone I know is in hardship or just needs a hand then I won't stop to think about helping them if I can.
I'm also a very trusting person, and as someone above stated that as a trustworthy person you assume others are too.
I've never been conned or scammed, i'm quite street wise and fairly intuitive but I can see that if you have that trusting personality, mixed with generosity plus naivety it can be a dangerous combo.
It is maybe a good job I'm skint, anyone trying to scam me would be fighting a losing battle coz I couldn’t give them any sizeable funds even if I wanted to! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a naturally generous person, if someone I know is in hardship or just needs a hand then I won't stop to think about helping them if I can.
I'm also a very trusting person, and as someone above stated that as a trustworthy person you assume others are too.
I've never been conned or scammed, i'm quite street wise and fairly intuitive but I can see that if you have that trusting personality, mixed with generosity plus naivety it can be a dangerous combo.
It is maybe a good job I'm skint, anyone trying to scam me would be fighting a losing battle coz I couldn’t give them any sizeable funds even if I wanted to!" I feel I am a generous person but, with kindness, love and the little things that count.... Not giving them money |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a naturally generous person, if someone I know is in hardship or just needs a hand then I won't stop to think about helping them if I can.
I'm also a very trusting person, and as someone above stated that as a trustworthy person you assume others are too.
I've never been conned or scammed, i'm quite street wise and fairly intuitive but I can see that if you have that trusting personality, mixed with generosity plus naivety it can be a dangerous combo.
It is maybe a good job I'm skint, anyone trying to scam me would be fighting a losing battle coz I couldn’t give them any sizeable funds even if I wanted to! I feel I am a generous person but, with kindness, love and the little things that count.... Not giving them money"
I think generosity comes in all forms and is about giving the person you care about the thing that they really need, provided it's feasible to do so. Obviously love, kindness and those little things are without doubt the most important though and should go without saying in my book.
However if someone I knew was at risk of losing their house as they are behind on their rent, I'd help financially as much as I could but I'd also try and help the situation from recurring in the future by giving advice etc. |
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By *qua vitaeWoman
over a year ago
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As my mother used to say: 'Never be a borrower or lender be'.
Don't be suckered in with phone calls and emails asking for creditcard details for random phone deals or to launder money in Africa - if it's too good to be true, then it usually is.
Watched a programme a few months ago about women being scammed by foreigners they've met on holiday...a fool and money are soon parted comes to mind... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There was something on one of the morning programs the other month. Two women had been dating the same man. Obviously they didn't know about each other at the time. But he had gotten huge amounts of money out of both ladies. They trusted him at the time. As they both thought the relationship was moving forward. Love or the need to be loved can make you blind. A sad fact of life today. People will have the shirt off your back. If you make it easy for them.... |
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Just buy a fuck machine and become a carer. Get paid to have company via work and get fucked, and not scammed to oblivion. Its such a sad thing that these people have lost so much, and my quarter million is now out of reach. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"I had someone I thought was my friend just use me as a break from life. I met him through here, lost my best friend because he used me for my flat, electricity, water and food etc. So technically got money out of me in a way. Never again"
I had one of those. They're called 'cock-lodgers'. |
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