Online dating worry

I was having trouble with our broadband - slow. We had a call from "BT". not Openreach saying they needed to have access to my computer and should press two keys. I told him I was not giving him access to my computer and he called me a F******g B******d.. Takes one to know one!!
I have never seen any contact on facebook from strangers as I only have about 37 friends My post don't go public, I hope

HE’S BLOCKED

CASE CLOSED, SORTED!

Please walk away however tempting he sounds! Sounds too good to be true! SORRY.x

Run! He’s a scammer. They’re always in the army or similar, often a medical job! They hook you in and I guarantee that his photo isn’t his.

Polly7

Ps
Love the reply to say you need some money - say you will pay it back 30% interest when your inheritance comes through!!🤣🤣😊😊😜

THE OP HAS BLOCKED HIM. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Pippa22

Are you serious Beau 1958 ? Do you really think that this is OK and he your age but still in the military ? In Poland ? Do the Americans have a presence there ?
Be really, really careful and end this “ friendship “ before you disclose anything or more about yourself.
It’s a scam and has all the signs - next he will have inherited some money but needs a sum to release it or one of his children needs surgery and his money is tied up.
Very unlikely to be American, much more likely that he is Nigerian. Run,run,run and block all contact .

Block all contact
THE OP TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT SHE HAD.

These sites should state no money requests!!! Or reported. But of course they care more about their turnover

Ps
Love the reply to say you need some money - say you will pay it back 30% interest when your inheritance comes through!!🤣🤣😊😊😜

Sorry. Hadn't read many later messages, Too many

I won't go in another site. Wishing you all the best.
It's nice to meet people at Activities with like-minded people!
A friend went to the same coffee shop regularly and met her much in there

Keep feet in ground!! Sadly it's flattery. Understandable

YES. I wrote to a 'captain' years ago. I sensed it was all too good to be true!! He sent a revolting email to me when he knew I wasn't falling for him / it

Worse, I was at a clients house some time later, TV was on and it was about a lady who had given her life savings to a captain!!! Same sad story with it, widowed lonely blah blah

I didn't go on another site for two years and guess what? I got a message from my profile and somehow my intuition bobbed in, this was the same man but dressed in Civic clothes with white shoes on.😊 Sat on a stool It was definitely him!! New guise!

If this person is genuine, he will never ask you for a penny and it will evolve healthily. Never meet him on your own or in a quiet place.

Read the previous posts folks
Good grief why doesn’t anyone read the blooming posts so up their own asses to give advice 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s been dealt with

Block him. He is certainly a scammer

Are you serious Beau 1958 ? Do you really think that this is OK and he your age but still in the military ? In Poland ? Do the Americans have a presence there ?
Be really, really careful and end this “ friendship “ before you disclose anything or more about yourself.
It’s a scam and has all the signs - next he will have inherited some money but needs a sum to release it or one of his children needs surgery and his money is tied up.
Very unlikely to be American, much more likely that he is Nigerian. Run,run,run and block all contact .

Funnily enough, I didn't. That's because it IS in the dictionary and means 'easily tricked'.
So obviously I am not. ( gullible )

SCAM!!!!! I get at least 6 of these friendship requests per week, always in the military (!?!) NOT!

This is now quite amusing.

People who are replying without reading that the OP has already updated that she has blocked and reported the scammer. End of story!!

Be very careful here.
I haven't had this experience with online dating, but on a penpal website where some men, and possibly some women too, post fake IDs.
Classically they are handsome, in uniform and have a very appealing profile. I was very clear in my profile that I was not looking for romance etc. This didn't seem to put them off.
There are a couple of things you could do to check this guy out.
You could put his name into Google images and compare information on there with what you are being told.
Secondly, and more effectively, you could ask this man to join you in a Zoom call or Facetime or equivalent.
If he's genuine, and as keen as you believe he is, there shouldn't be any issue with that.
If he avoids it for whatever reason, then maybe he's not who he says he is.
Most importantly, don't give him money or your bank details!
Good luck, I hope you won't be disappointed.

I get these on least a weekly if not twice-weekly basis. Usually a handsome silver fox type, often a US servicemen. Often standing by a private plane or smart car 😂. Plenty with pictures of dogs, kittens, flowers etc. So obviously a scam. I screenshot them and save them to a file marked ‘*ankers*. Never ever reply to them for goodness sake - they’re scammers who’ll ask for your money (having established a deep and meaningful relationship) just as they’re asking a hundred others for their money. Some unfortunate women have been scammed out of their entire savings and often refuse to listen to concerned friend or relatives, believing him to be ‘the one’.

I’m so pleased to read that you have blocked and reported this scammer Beau1958.

These scammers are evil, and prey on our vulnerabilities. If anyone is at a lowish point in their lives, someone coming along on line pretending to be what they are not can soon take advantage of that momentary lapse a person might have and con them out of all their savings, and wreck their confidence and self esteem.

Do not beat yourself up about it - these scum are exceedingly clever. You had the very good sense to come on here and get everyone’s thoughts about it, and most posters have been kind to you in their response but have all, without exception, agreed it’s a scam.

Take care, and I’m sure this experience will have made you super wary going forward.

I have had many of these scams over the years always handsome American Servicemen. On Face book also ,men wanting to be your friend. Delete immediately. SCAMS.

Dear Beau. 100% it is a scam. Much as I wish, for you, it wasnt.
Many many years ago I got chatting 'somehow' to a man who was extremely good looking, working overseas in charge of bridge building in some far flung place (can't remember where now), Anyway after many weeks of chatting and sending of pics and of course the usual how lovely I was, I was his ideal woman etc, I had a message to say that there had been a nasty accident and some of the workers had died and as he was responsible he needed to borrow money for their funerals. So long story short I decided to play along. I said I was a single mum with no money. He asked if I could send him my wages which were due at the end of the month. I said I had tried but the Bank had stopped my payment. I was then asked to max out my credit card to which I said it was already to its maximum and that I had no spare money. My house, I told him was owned by my ex husband. I asked for his address as my neighbour was travelling to where he was and I would arrange for him to meet up and give him some cash. Once he realised there was no money, our romance halted, and I was then subjected to some really nasty words. I told him he was a scammer and after more abuse never heard from him again.
Please be very very careful.

IT"S A SCAM
This person will be using someones else's picture to attract you. What he is telling you is all lies.
Next step is asking for money
Please watch Scam Interceptord on the TV and never ever start communicating with someone out of the blue like that.

Bluesmum

On a light note , I heard the other day of someone who got a similar romantic approach online, so she replied to the effect “ let’s cut the c*#p, - just tell me how much you need and your bank details” and he did!!!! Dont know how true it is, but I would love to be that quick witted!

Except they count a reaction as a ‘win’ and can come back as a new incarnation of themselves.