Online dating worry

My handsome 22 year old grandson was supposed to be meeting a young girl today. I think he met her online. Is this a new trend? I worry about him. Could he not have found someone locally? And I have heard such horror stories!! I hope he is back after his ‘date’. Haven’t heard from him. But then, we’re not a daily-contact family …

Back away. Common scam!!

SCAM. Don't believe a word, they come on 'Words with Friends' always ex military, widowed, eventually theywant money or Amazon vouchers. Report to
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crazyH

My handsome 22 year old grandson was supposed to be meeting a young girl today. I think he met her online. Is this a new trend? I worry about him. Could he not have found someone locally? And I have heard such horror stories!! I hope he is back after his ‘date’. Haven’t heard from him. But then, we’re not a daily-contact family …

Tell your grandson this is what my daughter did and they're now into a serious relationship. First get to know each other via video calls, then you can see and assess the person over a period of time. Then meet up for daytime coffee in a public place, do not go anywhere alone. Take it slowly. You don't know this person. (This does not apply to scammers targeting desperate women, but for people doing online dating.)

If you are not sure about a romance military officer just block him.

Yes my friend, mid 50s, scammed for £8000. Said he lived in Brazil but was working in Sweden, he needed money for his flight to the uk- so like a fool she gave it to him- told her he will be in a hot country, sat in a shed with head phones on 🙄
The mention of money, run for your life!

avitorl

I quite fancy a charming Medic serving with the RAF. Is anyone out there?

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Just DON'T, send any money whatever you do. If he keeps asking and you keep refusing, you will know he is a scammer, and he will lose interest. DON'T SEND HIM MONEY!!

Especially if he calls you 'babe', yuk. He will be from Africa.

There is a contingent of American soldiers deployed in Poland and the retirement age is 64 .
However this guy is very unlikely to be genuine .
It sounds like a scam.
Someone tried it on me .
They are always handsome and in the military and have some sort of tragic history .
They often claim to be religious .
After declaring love ,devotion and surrender to you -they go off line .
Then return with a story about illness or an accident and need money from you .
Sometimes it's for a family member .
Or it will be some lost treasure and they need funding to get it .
I suggest that you block him .

Be careful, there is now a new scam where they give you access to ‘their bank account’ where you can see they’re rich. Then they ‘get mugged’ and lose their cards so ask you to pay for stuff and they’ll pay you back. You think they’re good for it as you’ve seen their ‘bank account’ and of course they make you feel amazing for helping them. It’s all fake and horribly cruel. Find an episode of Women's Hour on BBC from week commencing 19/08/24 explaining this complex scam. One woman lost £80k 😢

I've had a few 'supposed' American servicemen try to add me as a friend on facebook. I'd say American serviceman working abroad is a red flag immediately! I always delete. I'm not looking for a relationship so it always takes me by surprise.

I suppose it is a waste of time to post, as others have, that the OP has now BLOCKED the scammer!
Well done OP for reporting him.

Why do so few people take the time to actually read the whole thread, check to see if the situation has been resolved, before posting?

God only knows, Marydoll and he’s not letting on (as we say around here)!

On another thread, I’d asked/wondered if GNHQ could formally close a thread that’s old, so it couldn’t be resurrected and added to. This happened over the weekend with a thread from 2020.
Now I’m wondering the same about a thread like this, where the issue had been commented on numerous times and the OP has even returned to confirm her decision, but still comments are being posted.

Is it possible that GNHQ could say ‘no further comments will be accepted on this topic* and actually not allow subsequent posts to be added?

Over the years I have had numerous friend requests or personal messages from very good looking, high ranking American military men. I have always immediately blocked them. It's a scam.

As in real life there are people who never listen, only like to talk and hear the sound of their own voice.

On here, and other forums the same type of people exist unfortunately. Not interested in anyone else’s opinion and can’t be bothered to read anything on the threads.

It only takes a few seconds to check the date of the original poster , and to flick through for updates.

Agreed, NotAGran.

It's a scam.

If he starts asking for money delete!!

Shirlb

If he starts asking for money delete!!

She has BLOCKED him and TIK TOK has blocked him from sending messages.

Definately a romance scam, sever all contact. He is not who he says he is and more than likely a Nigerian. If you have a photo, do a reverse image search on Google.

NotAGran Georgesgran Marydoll it is all a waste of time telling people it seems

This 'advice' could rumble on for aaaaaages!

This enforces my belief that many posters don't read the thread and just keep adding when the situation was resolved way back.

AGAA4

This enforces my belief that many posters don't read the thread and just keep adding when the situation was resolved way back.

WHY????

I am losing the will to live. I think it is quite rude, not to bother reading the responses, before replying.

This is why I would like GN to allow the OP to have the ability to close the thread when they feel it has been resolved.

Still, I suppose it keeps some people entertained thinking their advice is useful. 😂😂