Romance scammers

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I've found this YouTube channel about Romance Scammers. These guys gather information and track down the truth behind the fake accounts. It's really interesting and think it's important to share.

Great, more anxieties for us.

The clues are easy to spot once you know them.

From what I've gleaned from just a few videos a person who says they are in the army or working on an oil rig who will not video call you is a big red flag.

The images are very obviously photoshopped. It's a good idea to reverse image search any images they send you to make sure they haven't stolen photos and are pretending to be someone they are not.

As soon as they ask you for money block them. Do not send them money.

They will call you my Queen or King or tell you "I love you" way too soon. They will Google love poems and post them in your chat. Google any mushy prose to check if they are legit.

This one is a man who got scammed

Thanks for the tip, I guess.

I've never participated in online dating sites myself...

They're always usually very obvious and scammy but I think intentionally so. I think they follow the Nigerian prince scam made to seem so obviously dubious that 90% of the more switched on people will just laugh at them and move on immediately, leaving only very vulnerable people still in their net.

Obviously this saves a mounting of time and hassle for the scammer knowing full well that only the vulnerable remain.

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Neither have I Rootb33r, but I have had random guys try and add me on Facebook and Instagram. When you click on their profile they are army dudes and have red, white and blue all over the place. I just block them. But some women will be flattered and accept the request and start chatting to the guy.

Actually women will leave inviting comments on my public Instagram. Its just landscape photos, so it's not obvious I'm female. They're probably not even women, just some Nigerian dude. It's better not to engage with stock photo looking profiles.

I haven't been on Facebook since 2017, but I don't recall unexpected friend requests. Maybe I just looked poor in my profile (I was)...?

I knew a woman who was regularly falling for these scammers too. She never used to part with any money as in the end she would see sense but it got tiring how often she used to fall for these scammers.

She followed a familiar pattern. Go on dating sites and immediately start falling for hunky, muscular and successful men in their 20s and 30s despite the fact she was clearly not in there league being in her late 40s, very obese and unemployed.

She would then tell me she's been speaking to this "man" for a week or so and send me pictures of him, some including his enormous penis. It got to the point where it was begining to grate on me as I knew she was just gloating to me knowing these "men" were more masculine and successful than me.

Anyway, I used to tell her they're not real and literally had to reverse image their pictures they sent her from time to time. She would just keep doing this repetitively genuinely believing these men to be real and I cut contact with her eventually.

^ He must've, uh, been asking for money for more penis pills?

Yeah Nades I think you're right. They put in very obvious spelling mistakes on mockup official paperwork that they try and use to "prove" they're legit.

They Photoshop the headshot of their chosen profile onto stock images to make it look like their character is doing new things on different days. If you look closely it's so badly done.

Signs You're Talking To A Romance Scammer

- They refuse to video call, not even audio call. They're always giving excuses to why they can't call you.

- They ask for money

- They're way out of your league when it comes to looks. If you're talking to some hot 10/10 with a bangin body, meanwhile you look like reincarnation of Shrek and Jabba the Hutt combined, there's a higher chance you're talking to a scammer.

All of these.

It's pretty easy to find out if someone is real or not online, as much as people say otherwise. A legitimate date will give clear vibes they will want to meet you in person. A scammer never does (duhh).

They ask for money (again, duhh)

Way out your league is another big red flag as I mentioned about an old friend in an earlier post. People need to be realistic about the types of person who'll be interested in them. Say what you like about leagues of dating, they do exist for the most part. This is what wound me up with my old friend. She used to have very high standards and didn't hold back with the punches against men she deemed unworthy of her attention despite being a legit 2 out of 10 herself.

I don't like hypocrisy, especially when it's directed at me so we parted ways.

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I think people who fall for these things know in their heart that something is up, but they are so lonely that they are willing to pay for the little attention they get from the scammer. They like being told, "I love you" and being complimented. They want to feel special.

Scams like this are often mocked for how inept they appear but in reality they're very clever. The Nigerian prince scam is probably the first scam that was intentionally counterintuitive by dumbing down how the scam played out rather than increasing their level of sophistication.

It's a brilliant way to filter out who's highly switched on and who's vulnerable. Other scams follow the same principle because it just works so well including these scams. These scammers are already 90% of the way to someone's life savings the second people interact with them thinking they're real.

Why not? Just don't take it to seriously and start to approach random girls.
You can loose ore win but be aware that most woman there give a s**t on you there at all.