Online dating fraud hits a record high in the UK

[@jasmine9538]

She's upset that her bank never questioned her yet SHE never questioned herself.People always want to place the blame on someone else

[@barbleigh5571]

Your as cold hearted as the person who scammed her. It's like blaming the rape victim. There needs to be more safe guards against this type of fraud.

[@hermanrogers1325]

Let her give it up after all it’s not sex it’s money

[@hermanrogers1325]

Yep you are right

[@dianachin4849]

These bastards are all over social media. Fuck these assholes! They scam because they don't want to work

[@itsjustnopinionok]

@@barbleigh5571 these are not rape victims. These are people who respond to messages and phone calls of people who almost always say they are living a thousand plus miles away. Rape victims are attacked in the flesh. We don't blame them. These people getting scammed are people who willing allow themselves get suckered out of there money. I'm only here because my 59 year old brother who is a grand father functioning durg addict who lives with his mother and has no job is giving a woman he's been talking to for 4 years he never met $350 a month of his unemployment check. And he don't give his (our) mother shit! She has to pull teeth to get him to help her. He's now giving $100 to her online buddies who show up and ask for money to pay medical bills ect. He gets angry at us for telling him it's just a scam. ITS JUST A SCAM NIGGA!

[@stelaflorea7478]

I've been on dating site myself. But once the guy I was talking to, didn't accept a videocall, I saw the first red flag, then I played his game for a little bit more and he started asking money. Oh well. .. when someone asks money from me, it asks the wrong person. I won't do that for the most beautiful words in the world. Not me, no sir !

[@susiesnarey8442]

Very smart

[@deeprollingriver5820]

I worked in the ER as an RN. It didn’t take long for me to realize that loneliness is a reason for a great number of ER visits.

[@threexladi]

I often go two weeks without seeing anyone.

[@nazuramohamad7097]

Maybe love is in the ER? Lol... heal my heart, NHS England.

[@darcylett486]

I believe you. U had never even thought about that but I'm sure you are correct

[@darcylett486]

@@threexladi I'm disabled. I have MS. I completely understand.

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

"Its the banks fault. Its the dating sites fault. Its everyone else's fault for not stopping me." I do feel bad for the victims- until they start blaming everyone else.

[@DG-nv3nn]

That was pathetic for her to say, after all she was warned and ignored it.

[@mpazinambao2938]

and you just know, had the bank reported it to the police, she would have been pissed.

[@sanjafilipovic8584]

It just shows their emotional state and how they got conned in the first place and they will be again because they want to be babysitted and take zero personal responsibility,some things happen for a reason,until they get better they shouldn't even have a partner.

[@sueknoll8567]

western union tries to warn people but it's hopeless, when they are determined to send money to help the one they love they won't listen, they think you are lying or jealous and trying to steal "their man".

[@dianajames4717]

yes B Reel i so agree. there is on one to blame but the idiots doling out the money ha ha ha ha ha ha stay single. enjoy your own company.

[@no1froggy]

This only goes to show, That being highly educated does not automatically qualify you to possess common sense.

[@Antigone10]

Education does not equal smart.

[@tevitakete6043]

So true

[@iheanyinwamma503]

You are right. Common sense is not all about getting a PhD

[@drjwilber]

paraphrased as bull-shit baffles brains . I got scammed - one of their techniques to keep taking over you - to wear you down - charging the Romania gov money - which the equipment they become obliged to install - I have the monopoly interest . Romanian gov should have prosecuted

[@yasminedey8612]

Well, I guess loneliness and desperation especially if older can blur common sense.

[@memyselfi1828]

A grown man who needs my assistance in providing for himself- no longer has my attention. That is not an attractive quality.

[@JosephKulik2016]

These "victims" are actually just victims of their own Stupidity. I don't sympathize with them one bit. The "experts" in this video who try to justify why these women get scammed are ridiculous. NOTHING on the Internet is Real until you confirm for yourself that it is Real. That goes for romance or anything else. Instead of sympathizing with these SUCKERS, this video would have done better by just telling the public to Smarten Up. "A fool and his money are soon parted." - Aesop. "There's a sucker born every minute." - PT Barnum. ... [e-mail]

[@lifecoach8955]

Sekina G Amen!!

[@connys.a.6252]

Hi, how can s.o. who is working in a decent job , dash out messages day and night ?? In fact, it is impossible for one person to do this ! Those are very dangerous networks who work globally ! Common sense is needed and some questions could have been easily answered ! Greetings Conny

[@sopheapchenofficial76]

zumzy u what is nationally he is? I would like him to help my friend too.

[@lucyterrier7905]

Very true. No self respecting man would ask a women for money. If he does, its bye, bye, honey.

[@padmasalam5267]

My first scammer suitor was discarded, the moment he asked for money. He told me, he was hit by a bus in London, and was discharged from hospital without medication.. I told him to go to the welfare office, and speak with a social worker. Let’s just say, people must be sensible. Oh dear! 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂. Cheers and beers mates mates!

[@hyacinththompson6089]

padma salam Genius!

[@dianachin4849]

So farfetched. I call bullshit on that story. That scammer thinks he's slick

[@wandakowalski7063]

When I was exploring online dating, I was getting messages from men who were instantly in love with me - flattering and utterly and completely besotted after only a few messages. Was I flattered? No, I was suspicious and broke off the contact. If someone, who I had never met, asked me for a bond of faith that required cash, I would have told them to sod off. It's not real when someone holds you financially hostage. And all those fantastic stories! OMG!

[@mauriziomoreni1434]

Dr phils best on this. One woman said this guy said were being attacked by pirates and flagged up a photo of a speed boat near a rig. Stupid cow

[@rocioaguilera3555]

I was contacted by a man from a Christian date site. I told him that I'm an atheist. He never tried to contact me and I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe properly.

[@wandakowalski7063]

@@rocioaguilera3555 hahahah ... he was probably too busy praying for your soul!

[@fionagregory9147]

Yes some women are thick as two short ones.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@rocioaguilera3555 well done you!

[@corvettedm1]

I was a bank executive for 27 years. After 9/11 we received reports every day of transactions over $10,000. It was a requirement that employees look at every single one and report our findings by a certain time. Some clients felt that their privacy was violated, but we assured them that it was for their protection. Many times there was laundering involved.

[@charliemanner1914]

Don't these women think "Wow this businessman doesn't have access to funds? How were they surviving before they met me online?"

[@Mandology575]

Charlie Manner No they don’t. Most women are simply overgrown children.

[@fortuner123]

Once their pussy gets itchy they can't stop!

[@jerryswallow]

exactly, the most id send would be 5 buck..s

[@amiratarik-un7dq]

She was his bed luck lol

[@magdelinem6962]

Anti-theist 😎😂

[@TyanaAlexandra]

I can’t even get £5 petrol from people I know and these women send thousands to strangers yelp.

[@Art-talk]

You are not trustworthy he, he...

[@charismatta6686]

Stupidity is all I can say about these women....

[@Art-talk]

@@charismatta6686 I start to see the pattern, older women, not much in looks, believe that handsome and SUCCESSFUL guy just fall in love based on texting, some women need reality check.

[@isbsey]

Aw, Tyana, you need new friends! I'd give you £5 for petrol if you were stranded and I don't even know you.....

[@akuaasantewaa3752]

The men are mostly Africans who use BLACK MAGIC.

[@Joonflowers]

She was thrilled that an attractive man was interested in her and would have done anything to keep him. Unfortunately he didn't exist.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Ahead have the bar raised high for a real man. But a man on the internet she has never seen can say or do anything. She loves him.

[@imwatchingonyoutube5024]

Even ones that are real can scam.

[@juliewills3592]

Exactly, she was buying into a fantasy.

[@mumtazzafar1576]

Asking for money is a red flag simple

[@kimpshaytv2361]

Mumtaz Zafar go on google and search the name “ogun” ....even if you don’t want to send the money you will send it by force....that’s the spell

[@iidentifyasyourhighness9294]

Scammer: I need $20,000 for heart surgery. Me: no you send ME $20,000 😂 seriously, how do people fall for this shit?

[@dianachin4849]

Lol!! I'm near sighted and all I need is $1000.00 for lasik surgery. All I need to do is save my money lol!!

[@freyasdottirx5894]

Exactly. Someone send me money so I can buy a Maserati! Lmao

[@valerie3649]

Because they’re desperately stupid & looking for love

[@susiesnarey8442]

a surgery would cost ten times that much .

[@deeprollingriver5820]

The first clue that you’re dealing with a scammer is when he looks A LOT better than you.

[@100ksubscribersyetnovideon3]

Could u help me out pls...imma prince in Nigeria from the walola tribe I've saved my money in Dubai if u send me 75 thousand pounds to release my 100 million dollars we'll split that money I guarantee u cos imma very honourable person 😎

[@atlasstargazer]

Or that he makes a lot more money than you. Cuz men like that don't need to go on dating sites.

[@anonymousforever]

@zumzy u maybe you and the person you recommend are scammers too.

[@blondecat666]

@@atlasstargazer Why not?

[@elipotter369]

I agree Bella Bijou - how come these people who get sucked in not have any grasp of that? Every one of these I have seen there is a huge mismatch of looks....I guess people just want to believe in a fairy tale and have limited life experience.

[@mariancounsellor]

I would have more respect for Judith if she just said “ I made a mistake” or was “being stupid”. It’s not the bank’s fault, the online dating site’s fault or the police’s fault.

[@jupiter-8405]

Yes, whatever happened to personal responsibility? Of course I feel sorry for anyone that gets conned but she walked right into it herself.

[@marcbrady5898]

I agree with you. She and others like her should not part with their hard earned cash so easily. I do feel empathy for them but at the end of the day you have to be your own security. My fiance whom I've been with for 10 years can't get any money from me without signing an iou. It's my security

[@hellekimery9537]

Agree

[@loralieisa]

In the USA banks routinely warn persons that want to send large sums of money abroad about the possibility of a scam or that the intended recipient is a scam. It's not far fetched to expect a bank to forewarn their clients.

[@hollyr.1139]

@@loralieisa That's why the romance scammer here in the U.S. have you send the funds to an account at a U.S. bank.

[@stormyyxx]

Didn't the professor learn that you can't buy love with money? Scary how someone that naive can be a professor

[@rocioaguilera3555]

It has nothing to do with being educated and smart. The scammers focus on the emotional needs of their victims.

[@nazuramohamad7097]

Who said you can't buy love with money? She/ he might be on the street like that gal in Pretty Woman

[@marieince3239]

When they ask for money block them

[@lucylocket5262]

block them and report them.

[@MsUa125]

How can you send thousands to someone you never met? It just doesn't make any sense.

[@dessyrambaran7788]

Pray

[@soulmanonesexperiences7531]

Please read this article from Finish radio YLE. It is comments from their listeners regarding loneliness. That is pople without any relation or companionship. The scammers know that, and use it. I did not know that so many people feel so alone that they want to die. Use google translate to translate. svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/11/14/det-kanns-i-kroppen-i-brostet-i-huvudet-berattelser-om-ensamhet

[@MaynightMemory]

I actually sometimes think that these people fall for a pseudo logical conclusion in their head. If you asked someone "Should you trust a random stranger you never met and send them thousands of pounds?" everybody would say "Hello no.". But if you ask the same people "Should you trust the person you love?" they would say "Yes, of course.". Now unfortunately they fall in love way too quickly and they go: "I should trust the person I love and the person I love is this random stranger I've never met so... I guess I'm gonna go ahead and trust this random stranger I never met."

[@cloudnine585]

MaynightMemory Your analogy of how this works, is spot on.

[@magdelinem6962]

Can you touch love? yes don't make sense.

[@noorinut3744]

Blaming Bank for her own idiotic action for sending money

[@DopamineDecor]

I'm so glad that I'm poor right now! No one can scam me!!

[@carpediem6431]

Don’t fool yourself, a lot of these idiots borrowed money from family, friends, remortgaged their homes etc. Then cried about how someone “made them do it.”

[@pmnoble4959]

@@carpediem6431 how sympathetic of you!

[@ickiedeer-lamb7282]

Poor or not we just need to use the brain God gave us.

[@quicklykay]

Do you own a house? Don’t be so sure. My friend is being “romanced” by a con online and she is mortgaged to the hilt and lives hand to mouth. Her scammer is offering to make her his beneficiary, blah, blah. I wonder what’s up his sleeve?

[@darcylett486]

Me too!

[@leece_6702]

this is sooooo easily avoided. There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to see the person face to face online, to see who you are communicating with

[@raclarke7379]

I think he these cases were before the cameras on pcs or phones or it happens all to older women who are not familiar with using video on their computers ?

[@Art-talk]

I think they wanted to believe, if was something else those women would acted more sensible, women usually more readily extract then give...

[@ronniemead805]

@Ann-Marie Paliukenas Exactly. What self respecting person would be asking a total stranger for large sums of money.

[@barbarachipley357]

why would anyone give someone they never met any money.?

[@romygime5822]

When some people fall really in love can do anything to get it. Is the feeling is the power of Love that make them do what they do. They do not know is a scam

[@Jjonathanhart]

You're damn right. I know I wouldn't. I would say to the person, I came on this site to meet you, not have me send you money. You must be out of your mind. Don't bother me a again you no good low life.

[@deebest4202]

Because they are lonely and desperate.

[@cooler1854]

@zumzy u What does he charge if any ? This girl claims to be in Miami Florida. Asked for id find out she showed me fake id. Asks for card pay her 200. Leading to an account with gold. So never gave her anything. Just want to know where she really located her real name pictures really her. Can Patrick help ?

[@marciathehooligan3861]

"Ignorant morons is one natural resource that this country will never run out of"--Ted Danson

[@annfeeney1662]

Not everyone was meant to “ be in love .” I don’t understand why average women need to be with a great looking man . An average man that treats you right is the best man , in my opinion.

[@isay207]

Egotistical narcissistic

[@darcylett486]

Or older. I'm 53 and met the man I'm dating on a dating site last year. He's 71. In excellent physical condition and a retired optometrist.

[@trommelbiel]

Whenever I receive a suspicious message the first thing I do is google and I will mostly land on KZbin. There is always somebody who has had this experience and reported it. I get amazed when I hear the large sums of money folks are prepared to give away looking for love.Insane.

[@samswoman2009]

I could usually tell right away. One claimed to be a German doctor (living in rural Vermont - yeah right!). Another sent me a very long, bizarre message about how his wife had died and his 5 year old daughter had decided to live with 'my li'l niece.' The same thing happens with job postings. I post looking for local caregiving jobs and get tons of emails offering me gobs of money for working a few hours a week. One claimed to have been awarded a government contract here in my town of 3000 people, but to be deaf and dumb so of course she (he?) couldn't talk on the phone about any job offer.

[@shirleyjones5614]

@@samswoman2009julian nk

[@davewest3560]

Love yourself and that should be enough.

[@fluffgirl1000]

Some women looks like they never looked after themselves..

[@GavTatu]

no, loving yourself is just the start.

[@susannesund3716]

Dave West the man with the simple solutions

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Yvonne Bales So true. They also probably never look at themselves in the mirror.

[@justinvardy2652]

Very true

[@dawna4185]

i have tried internet dating....ALL of the folk i met were somehow dysfunctional. if i ever meet another again, it will def be the old fashioned way....but for now i am enjoying my single life and stopped thinking a mate would somehow improve my life in any way......

[@Iam-me]

Dawna good. Just buy ur own flowers and jewellery. Enjoy. I dont meet guys on line. But they re same. Taking advantage on me. Now. Im Free n so incredible happy. No stress.

[@femkekuiling9972]

I have an online dating profile that says I'm an anti porn radical feminist, i'm middle aged and not especially good looking.....I very quickly got over 400 likes from men.... so.all those men, except 1 or 2 maybe have clearly not looked at my profile; they just 'like' all women on there and hope one will bite. They're pathetic. Some go a bit further and send me a message that says 'hey'. Those will get blocked immediately :) But ....I've made 1 good friend.

[@Jjonathanhart]

Old fashioned way as in meeting in person I would assume.

[@raclarke7379]

I met my husband after only 10 days on one of these sites. I was really lucky. They’re are not ALL dysfunctional you just have to learn to pick the right ones

[@Tina06019]

Femke Kuiling Haha...I like your self-description. Here’s mine: “middle-aged feminist, not fat or unfit, but not nearly as good-looking as I was 20 years ago.”

[@Lykaah1]

I am Nigerian and not all of us are scammers. Request for video calls. If he or she declines consistently, then that should be a major red flag. It isn't wise to just chat. You should do more of video calls that way, you would have an insight into their daily activities. It also proves the picture on the profile is the same as the person you are communicating with. Be reluctant parting with money. Take your time.

[@Debbie-19497]

God bless you and your family

[@dogie1070]

LOL. But, if you were, you wouldn't be truthful! We can't trust anyone!

[@elray5639]

Lykaah1 exactly

[@sopheapchenofficial76]

Georgiana speaks Yes, of course. I met a scammer he did fake video calling me. Look so true. Many times of video of videos calling are faked.

[@judeskylabardooo8286]

Its probably karma...the west has collectively scammed Africans of her territories and resources for centuries

[@kateyhero2748]

Sorry but Nancy needs to take some responsibilty and stop blaming the bank

[@rosemarybleackley208]

I was targeted 2 or 3 times by men saying they were from the states, alarm bells started ringing when I realised how poor their English was. I played them at their own game and asked them for money, they soon stopped contact.

[@ai6379]

Smartasss

[@threexladi]

No one here in USA refers to our country as 'the States.' Many scammers describe themselves as living in 'the States.'

[@velvet2406]

I was groomed for 3 weeks....then he asked for money after a week long sob story...I felt so roped in but sent no money....I had to ween myself off of this fake personality....years after two more fakers approached me on relatable sites....I saw the signs and way before the punchline ...money please...I can’t stand stranger online dating....never ever send or give any money to someone you have not met. I asked one of the fakers to video chat with me...they were very disappointed awaiting for me to keep calling them back which I was fully aware of my loneliness and vulnerability the whole time...wanted to be honest with myself. It was all Bussiness to the scammers they work as a huge team often....must have gone onto the next person to trap......very cold and ruthless ...evil ....never answered me back unless I would send them money...no way....I am not an easily programmed type.......but as they become more expert at this more of us will be at risk and vulnerable to these scams...

[@auroraborealis2442]

They deliberately use poor English, as if people fall for it; those are the ones, that can be scammed. Learnt it from the DR. Phil show.

[@reginaking2150]

Scam the scammer😀😃😄

[@missroxanne8591]

Everyone craves love and deserves to be loved. Its really painful to be used like these people have.

[@Seriouslygorgeous]

I wonder how the verbiage was in connection with John and the professor 👩‍🏫? Often these scammers make lots of grammatical errors and show relativity poor knowledge of words. How was this well spoken intelligent academic professor not caught on to that? I am very interested how she didn’t see this?

[@carpediem6431]

Kat Kat You’re right, they have thick African accents, poor grammar, the same stories of dead partners, sick children.......... plus, how many f..... times can the authorities, business bureau, match making sites etc. say “don’t send money to someone you’ve never met.”

[@dotty1239]

ive been with my partner for years i still wont give him any money lol

[@Mandology575]

Dawn Drake Typical female. Selfish and never takes accountability.

[@sylviadran]

Me too

[@sylviadran]

No hunny. Its not selfishness. its just that we each have our own money and we dont interfere to each other economically. And we are happily married for 42 years

[@15908150503able]

You must had a miserable love life and I feel pity for you

[@sylviadran]

She is just having more brain that you

[@marciathehooligan3861]

Why did she say "You cant talk to anybody about it"? If you're so proud to be doling out money to a total stranger on the Internet, why do you have to keep it a secret? Because you KNOW it's reckless and you are just being used! It all comes down to self respect...or lack thereof

[@margyrowland]

Pathetic to blame banks. Just don’t give your money away because someone tells you you’re wonderful. It’s only words. Love from Australia 🇦🇺

[@sheilagreasley-rush4423]

You can be scammed oniine as well as by those who you see everyday in your life - scam is scam - it does not matter who does the scamming

[@secretsquirrel5439]

@zumzy u ooh the irony. A scammer posting in a thread warning against scammers.

[@heidismith6385]

Sheila Greasley-Rush you are so right

[@marciathehooligan3861]

@@secretsquirrel5439 my thoughts exactly

[@pmnoble4959]

So true. Some people on here don't understand that!

[@tonethetallbaldy5039]

But if you know the person in real life chances are you know how to find them.

[@venomshouse8570]

Once someone has emotionally invested you, that person then fails to look up and see the bigger picture, emotions take over.

[@isay207]

She wasn't given enough time she didn't take her time

[@hollyr.1139]

It's more than that. The scammer promises you that you'll get your money back when he gets home. You're roped in from the very beginning. Add to that that he contacts you morning, noon and night with frantic requests, and you're too exhausted to think straight. It's extortion -- if you don't send me more money, you'll never see any of your money again -- and as much as commenters here are laughing it off, extortion is a felony. So is fraud, misrepresenting oneself for monetary gain -- that one carries even higher criminal penalties.

[@maggiemay97]

I certainly can understand being lonely and wanting a life partner, but throwing tens or hundreds of thousands of euros at some alleged lover you've never met sounds like pathological desperation. I feel so sorry for these ladies who were scammed.

[@ageingfast]

There are so many warnings out about online dating scams that I can't feel any sympathy for anyone who gives large sums of money to an online stranger who spins a ludicrous story about needing money. Common sense should kick in and decline to give money away.

[@Quebecoisegal]

Caveat emptor. It applies to so-called online relationships as it does to anything material.

[@noorinut3744]

Money can’t buy love

[@stephenmclaughlin8045]

Yes it can darling.I was on my way to the airport to see you when I got mugged. Please send me 3600 dollar. Lol

[@Art-talk]

@Mia And woman are not pfff..

[@trinacampbell1394]

Thats just it period money cant buy love

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Well, we can find out. Cause the more you pay, the longer i stay.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

@Mia you need to chance the type of men your attracted to. Because thats not a true statement.

[@irmaarambula4089]

I met a man online in a Yahoo chat room, in 2001. Then, Internet scams were unknown. We met in person the next year. Thank God internet scams hadn't started! That man is my husband today. We live together and we're happy!

[@zzombieslayerz15]

Your so lucky

[@BorisTerekidi]

If you send 300k to a person you never met because of online dating - you deserve to have that money taken from you. This is seriously pathetic and desperate on a whole new level.

[@alexg3348]

LOL !! this is still happeneing 18 years into the 21st Century! WTF people!!!!

[@noneofurbizness5155]

That woman said 'the people falling for these scams aren't stupid'..... er no - these people are the definition of stupid

[@stunninglad1]

Correct.

[@katherinedorton4562]

I love it when Nigerian and Arabian men msg me , I'm smart enough to know they are fake.

[@kathyhenderson2114]

Me too...I play them all the time!!

[@ace50105010]

Am a Nigerian Prince, who is in exile, can u send me £10,000. Thanks ☺

[@fernlow1786]

@@ace50105010 I n your dream.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Single "White" male here. Born in Texas, USA but working out of the country in west africa. Help me, help you in helping me get your bank account # and routing #.

[@debbiesunlight7047]

Me too. I try and make them pay me. Lol 😂

[@trommelbiel]

A university professor should have done a bit of googling.

[@charliemanner1914]

k odu they don't believe in google remember. If its not in a textbook they don't accept it.

[@sissyrayself7508]

She can't be a professor.. Why?? Because she claimed that she was also a "Christian". Come on now, how dumb do.you think we are? I've BEEN to University and I know for a fact colleges don't like Christians AT ALL. and I've never met a truly Christian professor. That's how I Knew this story was made up when I heard that little detail. Because that didn't line up with the reality of the world we live in.

[@delailama736]

University professors don't get their information from Google.

[@delailama736]

@@sissyrayself7508 You've met all the professors in the world and not one of them was Christian? That's incredible. I'm sure Felicity Ray Self off KZbin is the expert on the religious affiliations of all university professors. How many universities did you go to? Or are you basing your statement about the industry as a whole purely on your one anecdotal experience?

[@MrRowley5]

So much for a professor ! My cat has more Brains .

[@jodybeskinirutherfordcoanimal]

I was just trying to figure how so many seemingly smart women fall for these scams! Wish someone would of sent this $ to me to rescue animals instead..

[@dawna4185]

if i were rich i would send you all you need for your cause!!

[@evajly]

Donna Perry. So would I

[@loralieisa]

I would send $$$ for animal rescue too!

[@justmissjamey]

Agreed!! Its super expensive to rescue and help animals these days.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Cm RA Many people are lonely and they also have common sense. Tons of common sense.

[@isbsey]

This scam is even worse when it is your husband abroad saying he is in trouble and needing large amounts of money to get him home, only to find he has set himself up nicely in Thailand and left you and his children with nothing. In the same way as these poor women, the Police can do nothing because they have no jurisdiction outside Europe and no extradition partnerships with far and middle East countries. I don't know who feels worse, the woman who trusted a stranger who groomed her or the wife who trusted her husband who told her he loved her for the last 20 years.

[@justmissjamey]

I wouldnt think after 20 years it would be a scam

[@DopamineDecor]

At least you're all still alive!

[@stonereaper1157]

He's a smart man ditched you before you could divorce rape him good man I'll buy him a drink if I run into him

[@ptsd73]

Unkown as well as known men try to scam, rape and gaslight you.

[@anonymousforever]

@@stonereaper1157 ok INCEL virgin

[@samdasilva1914]

She's angry at the bank??? Wtf? Lady take responsibility for your own actions. Apparently they did try, but she clearly ignored their advice.

[@darcylett486]

No personal accountability at all

[@madambutterfly7513]

IF I was on a dating site, I would never give out my phone number or email until I met them in person at a public place! I can't believe how gullible or desperate these women were, if it's too good to be true, it usually isn't true!

[@MsMakuda]

The majority of the targets are white women and the majority of these scanners are in West Africa. Even in the Caribbean, scammers target white women tourist because they are easily fooled into believing that these young men just must have them because they believe that they are the most desired of all women on the planet. I personally have watched these women get played when they go on vacation looking for that idea of "going Island". This has been going on for years, but now with the advent of social media the guys use them over the internet. In places like Kenya they are known as Muzugu. And the guys will go after them and will tell them anything they want to hear, and get them to give up all kinds of goodies

[@nazuramohamad7097]

Well, some white woman can be stupid, you see. Her lover waited for her in a bar using her stupid twitter, and she sent some librarian and a teenage girl to snap photos to see if the person was real. Daa? What was that?

[@hollyr.1139]

Meeting them in person at a public place is no guarantee that they won't defraud you.

[@valerie3649]

@@hollyr.1139 - I know, but at least you meet them face to face - if they’re a scammer, they’re not gonna want to meet anyway

[@valerie3649]

@@MsMakuda - I agree!! I can’t believe these gals believe these guys, talk about desperation thinking a young handsome stud would instantly fall in love with them, sight unseen in person then start sending them money!! I have to laugh in disgust at how some of these gals a normal guy wouldn’t even touch with a 10’ pole!! I don’t watch these anymore, it’s just too aggravating!!! Lol

[@sidharthchand8072]

I don’t like it when my wife pays for our meal together; how do these women give these strangers thousands of dollars

[@davewatson2923]

WTF 300K .POOR LADY,I AM SORRY BUT HOW CAN ANYONE SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE YOU HAVE NEVER MET.I AM ON DATING SITE SOME WOMAN ASK FOR MONEY I NEVER SEND THEM ANY I JUST DELETE THEM

[@dndbrbxd]

Can’t you give $3 million to help a Nigerian astronaut get home from his secret space mission?

[@steadyc9277]

No sh*t. And of course (with the exception of the first woman, whose "friend" was just a c*nt), NOTHING was any of the victim's FAULTS! It's all on the government and the banks that some people are as dumb as a box of hair, right??

[@emilymatias3812]

Gabe Vlogs I wouldn't do it! So the answer no!

[@aduunyogadoon2498]

Hahahahahahahah

[@mikeg3281]

Gabe Vlogs love it!!

[@buchinnadi3409]

Gabe Vlogs they just taking little change your great grand fathers stole from them

[@michaellondonxxx4860]

I think it’s often older people who fall for these scams because online dating didn’t exist at the time of their earlier relationships. Basic rules for online dating: Use it to break the ice by sharing basic details of each other and what you’re looking for. After the above has been done, propose meeting in person. If a meet doesn’t happen in a week or two, it probably never will.

[@sararomero7090]

I used to be a bank teller you wouldn't believe how often morons wanted me to do dumb transactions for them! I refused, and yes, the customer would get furious but I didn't care! A frequent one would be they would get a mysterious check in the mail with an accompanying letter from some stranger in another country, they were told to cash it and wire the money to a different country, and suddenly they would receive triple the check amount back within days in their account! Idiots!!! Why would a random stranger in Zimbabwe want to help you win money for no reason?!

[@jameskiffin502]

good job keep it up

[@christinehaigh9807]

The work of Financial Predators, they really know how to feed an empath a lot of crap.

[@lm5920]

This news special is just as pathetic as these women for not holding these women accountable for being so naive. It’s completely absurd to absolve the “victims” of their own personal responsibility to look out for their own well being first and foremost. For Christ sake, the lady in the film who is upset at the police for not flagging her account when she kept having so many financial transactions that she actually did herself sounded really pathetic! And how are you going call for a central authority to regulate online dating when the central authority should be innate common sense a person needs to use when a fool you’ve never met starts asking you for money. When you don’t take personal responsibility for your role in getting scammed, you’ll fail to learn the lesson because you think it’s every body else’s fault except yours for being so gullible, desperate and thirsty for attention and love. Learn to love yourself then you’ll never think you have to purchase someone else’s love to validate you. That’s exactly what these women were doing and that is trying to prove that they’re loveable and they were endeavoring to solidify their position with these creeps by giving them money. Just stop trying to be a paymaster to win a dudes affection and get some dignity about yourself this type of stuff won’t happen to you.

[@monad8880]

If you have to pay for a person to be in your company??? what does that make them?

[@thecook8964]

Actually if they had hired escorts (men, or women, as the case might be) they would have possibly had some tangible memories for their $....

[@monad8880]

@zumzy u I have so much compassion for those who are deceived in any way, i can not comprehend a scammers actions, I do believe in Dharma and karma and i trust your karma will be great in your future and your genuine love finds you. God bless

[@isay207]

Gigolo

[@kimgee437]

She cant blame the bank she give her own money away .

[@coiledsteel8344]

All you critics will never understand the "perfect storm" of events that causes such scams. Traumatic series of events brings people very low emotionally, making them vulnerable to sophisticated algorithms in computer generated "dream" men, (or women).

[@burly636]

I lost my husband 3 months ago and I can't imagine falling for this scam. I feel very low emotionally. My husband provided a little something for me and I wouldn't send any to any so-called Cassanova. But at the same time, we are learning to live in a tech world where all has changed, the dangers are being learned as we move on into this new dangerous virtual BIG world. So maybe without hearing of all of these victim's experiences, I could be taken in, but I doubt it. I supported my first husband, so I learned a hard lesson a long time ago.

[@DP-jy2ge]

Nonsense. The vast majority of us don't go down this stupid road, no matter how bad things get.

[@isay207]

But she was warned and wouldn't listen

[@clarissagafoor5222]

For goodness sakes!!!!! There are no words!!!! Women here in Hong Kong have lost millions of Hong Kong dollars. Each! And in one case the police were talking to this lady who refused to believe she was being conned.

[@TDS23654]

that's really sad. so this is happening everywhere!

[@christinehaigh9807]

It's such a very costly trap to fall into..They're always looking for suckers, and scammers know it.

[@peerdous6598]

The scammer create a sense of urgency

[@elizabethcameron7486]

In the end if people choose to believe a lie they will, nothing anyone can do to save them. Something simple as asking the person to take a photo of themselves that matches their profile pic with a paper in hand with your name and date would help so many. If They don't want to video chat in good lighting delete them! Don't date people who are not within reasonable driving distance!

[@Jjonathanhart]

Well here's the way it works in New York now. When women or men are scammed and asked to wire the person they've been corresponding with money by Western Union or MoneyGram, they contact THE F.B.I. and its traced to the criminals where they nail their asses. They can't get away with that shit anymore thanks to modern technology.

[@threexladi]

Not me, Elizabeth. Living alone, am afraid of people coming to my door. I only talk to overseas people.

[@wandakowalski7063]

Thing is, scammers wil go to great lengths: forging documents, bank statements etc, editing videos of "themselves" but aren't. Bottom line is, if someone has huge assets as shown in these so-called documents, their bank will give them what they need because of those assets. They wouldn't go to a complete stranger to save them. Bottom line is don''t hand over your retirement savings to someone you've never met. Flattering someone is cheap ... losing your life savings is not. You will never hear from then again if you refuse and consider yourself lucky.

[@Areyoukiddingme64]

Not too many real people out there these days. I have recently lost a lot of faith in humanity. I'm a pinch away from total disgust. 🤬🤬

[@mumtazzafar1576]

As soon as someone ask for money. You ask for money first making your own story and see what happens

[@okolopierre4514]

Bottom line : IF THEY ASK FOR MONEY, RUN ...... (DON'T WALK) THE OTHER WAY.........

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

Yeah, run like Ray Lewis on 4th and 29!

[@bezvezenetko]

before this video i've watched one where comments were disabled. I hate that

[@NiniHk27]

I don't get it..if they are uploading videos regarding scammers so that people can be aware of this shit's going.. There are people who have gone through this..would like to share their experiences and thoughts which will surely help us in many ways.. it's my earnest request to all those you tubers kindly don't disable comment section.. give us the platform to share.. thank you.. Stay safe..stay blessed..

[@elipotter369]

So the website has written information on their site telling people not to go offline, and banks tell people it looks like a scam and people still go ahead. But people think someone else should have warned them? People who are adults have control over their own money - and willingly send money to people they have never met - yet think some other professional group should be spending time warning them - yet ignore warnings they are given anyway.

[@jorossi927]

HOW SAD TO BE THAT LONELY

[@MarileneSawaf]

people must be so lonely

[@threexladi]

We are. Suddenly, everyone is dead or estranged. You can't find household help.

[@withgoddess8029]

Boredom too

[@PurpleQueenBatz]

No, not lonely just single. I was targeted on Facebook by one so it's not just about that. If they think you have money you'll become a target. Watch out, it could be you next.

[@marikafejszes5394]

No, Internet dating for me, I like to see the real person, in the flesh.

[@lynette599]

Marika So you think this will prevent you from crossing paths with scammers? In real life they just scam you using a different technique....considering ONE out of every 100 people are psychopaths.

[@judyglover408]

Marika Fejszes me too...why can't it be like it used to be...

[@lynette599]

Linda Mental Health Organisations have repeated this stat over and over - I have seen it repeated by more than one psychologist and in more than one documentary, otherwise I would not have repeated it myself. Also, FOUR out of every 100 CEO's of companies are psychopaths.

[@lynette599]

Yes, things are getting worse all over the world. Getting back to the psychopaths....one out of 100 sounds a high figure....but people confuse the terms psychopath with persons who MURDER (at the least) and move on to becoming MASS-MURDERERS, but this is incorrect. Most psychopaths do not become murderers, they just cause HAVOC in the lives of people around them and/or close to them - a psychopath cannot be changed - the only way to stay sane is to REMOVE yourself from the psychopath without ANY contact at all.

[@pettermillar4158]

Stupid women fall for good looking men profiles. Those men probably won't go on online dating sites because they can easy find woman not going to dating site. This woman despite of her high education acted as fool. I can't believe how somebody can easy give money away usualy large amount of money.

[@soniatita9856]

I called a guy from the IRS after a message he had left on my friend's phone, who thought was owing money to the IRS. He started to talk non stop and told me l should go to the store where he would tell me what to do. I was on my way when my friend had the idea of calling someone, who told me that there were some Indian guys scamming people who owned money to the IRS. I hanged up immediately!

[@SynthoidSounds]

I still don't get this . . . how could anyone be so desperate for "love" that they would fall for this? Almost every case I've seen so far has been a middle aged (or older) woman, usually overweight, unattractive, living alone, and suddenly they find "Mr Right" on the website . . . the handsome, charming successful guy. And they all believe, without exception, that no matter how overweight, unattractive, or old they might be, the mythical Mr Right has suddenly fallen madly in love with them. Sorry, I just can't wrap my mind around this . . . this delusional fantasy these women have convinced themselves to believe in defies any comprehension. Horrible as it is, anyone this delusional is going to be easy prey for whatever sort of scam finds them. My only surprise here is that despite their obviously diminished mental capacity, they've actually managed to have sizable amounts of money . . . at least until Mr Right comes along. One of the women commentators here blathers on and on about how these men are completely detached from any emotions, their only goal is to get money . . . as if this was some sort of unimaginably rare circumstance. Seriously??? Maybe this is the problem here . . . these women project upon the surrounding world that everyone is completely overtaken by their emotions, just like they are, that this is the norm for everybody. That's yet another extension of their delusional fantasy world. No, the world does not work that way, and no, not everyone is so blindly immersed in needy emotions.

[@starchild1102]

100%

[@sueknoll8567]

I love how they always want a real woman, honest, trustworthy and not into playing games. Translation, someone gullible that will believe their silly bs.

[@tevitakete6043]

I wonder if an orpharn had asked for money, would they have given it without any second thought?

[@sharonswift8668]

Tevita Kete . So true or a person on the street that hungry they would look at them as if they were trash and keep going

[@padmasalam5267]

Tevita Kete These folks who were scammed would not have given a dime to charity, or someone who is down and out. I believe it’s the promise of love that got the excited and mad. They wouldn’t make loans to their neighbors, so why someone online, who they hadn’t met a day in their lives. This is madness on and counts! Sad and disturbing really! 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂. Cheers and beers mates!

[@isay207]

Or family or friend but coughs up for potential lay

[@sissyrayself7508]

If you're over 40, female and have any type of money or a home... Just count your blessings and accept the natural scheme of things. and accept the FACT that no decent, normal, generous, ,kind, romantic, attractive, eligible guy is going to want you for anything besides your house, money or financial security. Thats ok. - It's not worth looking for " love" at this stage of your life. If you want "companionship" Ok.. fine, I get it but you don't want to become one of those neurotic smelly "dog mommies" or a crazy cat lady, then.. get a hobby.. travel, learn how to surf, kyak, ski, cook, sew, write a novel, take in a foster kid, home school your grandchildren, get involved in a food bank or volunteer at an animal shelter make a KZbin channel, get involved in community theater, or volunteer at an old folks home or go on a mission trip with your church, or volunteer work at the national Forrest or park system.... Pour your energy and funds into something worth while, useful and meaningful. If love comes, fine, great, whatever.. but don't go looking for anything like that. Find something more meaningful and it will all work out for you. There's nothing wrong with romance, but it's only when you're not looking for it that you'll ever find it. In the meantime.. Live... Be the woman you are mean to be.

[@anonymousforever]

@Sissy Ray Self appalling advice from a stupid, shallow American! Maybe your advice works in the United States of Shitland. But don't try to give advice to the rest of us. No woman over 40 can find a relationship? What world do you live in?!

[@isay207]

Well said

[@gena3782]

Judith is a grown woman! Get yourself straight!! Who the hell sends money to someone you don’t know?????

[@nikopalmer6471]

gena maher some people are really THAT gullible.

[@charlisays]

Nancy needs to take some responsibility. To send hundreds and thousands to someone you never met and don't know is not responsible behaviour.

[@violenceisfun991]

I have a penpal who lives abroad and we also text each other with apps. whenever either of us have money problems we joke about these scams. but it is really sad to think that people actually fall for this, it must be a horrible feeling to think you are speaking to someone when in reality you are being deceived like that

[@divinafevillanueva1288]

If this person started to ask for money, it's a RED FLAG...

[@traceythomas3576]

Omg when someone asks for money cut them off

[@karyannfontaine8757]

I led a scammer on for 6 months. He claimed to be an orthopedic surgeon working in a war zone. His profile picture showed a cardiac operating theatre and his picture was of a urologist

[@randomstuff6553]

How pleople can be so naive????? Wow

[@MJfanforlife-777]

Too much titanic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@camman6912]

Please God send me some of these scammers so I can bury them 6 feet under

[@DG-nv3nn]

I knew I came across a scammer before he even had a chance to ask me for money, after 3 conversations he addressed my as his queen, his everything, I told him that is ridiculous and over the top for someone you don't know especially so soon. It was obvious to me he was looking for someone lonely and desperate that needed to hear these things, I blocked and reported him that very day.

[@melodyburt7068]

I'm talking with a woman that claims she's a engineer that's on a contract in Italy. She claims she's in love with me. She also deals with Bitcoin. She disappeared for two weeks. She came back apologizing. She is still sweet but doesn't say the extreme love bombing she was doing. She is surprised I still tell her I love her. Honestly I am enjoying our conversations. I'm wondering when and how she is going to try to scam me if she is a scammer. I want to see how it plays out. I just hope she doesn't turn mean& I regret continuing to talk with her. My plan is to gracefully disappear if it goes in a wrong direction. I just hope she doesn't out smart me. But one thing I know,I won't give her any money

[@Traceishere]

more money than bloody sense,,,,,,

[@isay207]

Must be easy come I worked too hard for mine to give it away

[@LLittleLessons]

I just do not get how anyone can even be conned like that. why would you want to date a man who needs your money?

[@RaffyCrespo]

These is so sad and heartbreaking. Maybe I'm an old fashion guy, but I rather meet the person and now it before everything. So many criminals out there...

[@RaffyCrespo]

@zumzy u It really breaks my heart. Some people are mean, and have little or no conscious regarding feelings. Very sorry for you and hope you can move forward on these.

[@PerrySkyePhoenix]

I had an online relationship that lasted over 2 years. He lived in the UK. We never met, and I never sent him any money... I did send a few "care packages " I believed that I was in love with him at the time. When I look back on it now, it all seems crazy.

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

J. Skye Phoenix Sounds more like great friends. What am I missing? Did he misrepresent himself, or try & manipulate you?

[@barbarachipley357]

I believe your intellect and emotions are separate .

[@palsos123]

Very true!!!!!

[@yellowbird5411]

These stories all have a common theme in that the men (mostly) were perfect, said all the right things, and told stories to them all about their lives, their past and their families. It's almost like hypnosis. Like they get sucked into a fictional book or something, and they're in the middle of a story they can't seem to wake up from. Like Alice Through the Looking Glass or the Wizard of Oz. They get mesmerized and feel controlled. Weird.

[@isay207]

Exactly they won't accept someone average like themselves no thats not good enough they must believe they're perfect

[@fakeprofiles5003]

I believe the man in the stolen dating site photo is a news reporter from the United States

[@ruthiemonroig1614]

After romancing you 🤔suddenly their in the hospital having heart surgery or something or rather 🤔you know their a scammer because they have tons of problems that require you to empty out your bank account 😕

[@haicao9099]

How can you be so dumb enough to fall for these kind of things when they ask for money don't you realize that is wearing signs signs of a red flag that it a fraud scam that there running is fake common people. Wake up from your reality what is wrong with all of you.

[@joanna4289]

It isn't the job of any bank to take responsibility for their customers nor should it be!!! The women need to grow up!!!

[@Lee-wg7en]

just think of all the genuine 'regular' guys these women ignored messages from, thinking this 'perfect' guy was actually at her station and was the one she chose to respond to

[@isay207]

Right they all want over the top handsome glamorous worldly not like themselves

[@Lee-wg7en]

​@@isay207 yeah, I mean, sure, match up to somebody better than you, it's normal to attempt that, like applying for jobs with more money, but this is way higher than her and she was deluded to believe she had a chance. happens to thousands of men every day in this world so I don't see how she is an exception!

[@paulette87]

They cannot be that intelligent to give away money to someone that they have never even met

[@fionagregory9147]

They'd never get a penny out of me.

[@adailylifeofaweirdo3516]

How to scammed Don’t go online dating sites GO OUTSIDE AND FIND SOMEONE

[@lynette599]

You can STILL easily be scammed by a real person....

[@adailylifeofaweirdo3516]

Thats true two

[@adailylifeofaweirdo3516]

Mia Jolie welp. Called police and sue them

[@adailylifeofaweirdo3516]

Mia Jolie sue them

[@casse1458]

Mia yes

[@allisongriffith6417]

These women must take responsibility for their decisions. Question the possibility that these men would really be attracted to them in real life. Examine their own fragile egos.