Published on 12, July, 2020
So, this woman, from the West Midlands, claims she is facing bankruptcy after losing £113,000 to a scammer she met on a dating site. The man, who claimed he lived nearby, told her he had gone abroad for an engineering contract in Ukraine and then convinced her he needed money.
Rule 1 of the internet:
Do NOT give money to someone you do not know
I find it staggering that so many people join these dating sites and then claim to fall in love with 'pictures' of people and then send money to them...
They're primed to see it as "romantic" - some people will convince themselves that it's real because... Disney... something... something. It's a psychology thing from what I can work out. Like they convince themselves that their real lives are like a story so they're easy to take in by someone who pretends it is a story and... happily ever after... presumably...
I'll send you everything straight away!
they are very good at what they do ---- u have to be ruthless or very far away which helps
Yes I can - just give me all your bank details, NI number, home address and your mother's maiden name and I'll look down the back of my sofa.....
Plastic, I'm a Prince, and I have a £2,000,000 fortune... however, I just need £500 British pounds to unlock this.... can you help?
Nezumi said:some people will convince themselves that it's real because... Disney... something... something.
I love this!
I've worked in financial services, it goes way further than that. They can trick you into thinking they know your details by giving you eg. your sort code - easy to guess if they know who you bank with.
Even really smart people can fall for this stuff and it is heartbreaking when it happens to vulnerable people.
Yeah - scammers use a lot of psychology - and even the "Nigerian" scam still works - people believe what they want to believe..