You called him good looking handsome guy? Do you need a reality check ✅?

Is there any updates on this story.

Hi, how's this case going? look, if you need help in Turkey, I have how to get this guy arrested there. How can I talk to you directly?

How you going to do that tiger Wolf it's over for all of them he's rubbing away into the sun set but God will hold him accountable but she had done crazy things also and I mean he's on the computer so he is rubbing away

@pookie453 because our company deals with scammers daily, we have contacts and friends everywhere. We call the secret service in Turkey-- they also work with CIA on a daily basis -- they find him and put him in jail. People like him also abduct women and sell then to ISIS. We have already helped and rescued many victims from terrorists. One telephone call and his next address will be the Turkish prison

Naive.

Is so sad....

Thought the same thing also….😢

She's evidently presented as dumb & stupid

There is a bitter irony in that.

To be fair, she is on catfish thinking this guy is genuinely interested in her, so in her world, that younger woman was a “friend”

@@Britty0189lmao 😂😂 you told no lies cuz I would NEEEVVVAAA YA HEAR ME

AMEN!!!!

*Honey Scammers spell it "hunny"

If he broke up with his wife and found that he loved her friend more, though it’s sad, I don’t think it’s wrong for her friend to do. People who love each other shouldn’t be held back just because of the awkwardness of it.

Dopamine, dopamine, DOPAMINE! _(8/24/2023)_

It's entertainment they are bored to death. They don't gave them love at all just the fake story kept them hooked. Like people and celebrities. Parasocial is sad

Yes! You are exactly right! An addiction like drugs & alcohol.

It definitely is! Compulsive behavior…

Dopamine addicts

@ozzie-303It tells us she’s done horrible things to her children.

@ozzie-303 My guess is that they did help their mother out, over and over again and she was scamming them for money, to send to the scammer. A lot of those 7000 she sent probably came from them. She probably emotionally blackmailed them and pretended she needed money for the rent, groceries, doctors appointment etc, but sent it all to the scammer. Until they all found out what she was doing, and said enough is enough, as long you're sending money to the scammer we're not giving you any more, but she refused to stop. You can't enable an addict over and over again, that's not helping.

Or some of the money she sent this scammer was money she asked for from them 🤔

@@ravengal53193 Excellent point!

​@ozzie-303Were you there? Did you see how she treated her children? No you didn't. Maybe they went through things you can't imagine.

She let herself flounder! When a parent has made a lifetime of poor choices and refuses to learn from mistakes, you can’t blame the floundering on her kids.

She did at one point say her children were not speaking to her "over this" presuming the stuff she's done with the scammer. But yes absolutely we seemed to only scratch the surface. If my mom were ever homeless she would have a home with me.

Given up on her long sgo

I'm sure it's like dealing with an addict, at some point there's nothing you can do but hope that they figure it out on their own. I feel bad for her kids :(

Do not blame the children. You do not know what their experience was with her as their mother.

Yeah, really surprised with the overall narrative here. She clearly has issues with her mental faculties and emotional development, and totally lacks the provisions and support required for someone who is so clearly starved for any form of affection or interaction. You can see the eyes of a neglected child in her face and I'm not excusing anything, but it takes a degree of callousness to leave someone to their inevitable demise if you have any kind of personal awareness of their predicament. Again, that doesn't oblige anyone, but there is a degree of inevitable liability insofar as those in her life have a choice to make, and I can only wonder for their sake how things got to this extent. Wish we could hear more from the kids/families in these scenarios

​@@someguyinthe540why you say "victims"? You don't think this lady is a victim?

There’s no way I would leave my mom to live in a shelter. And she has six kids that don’t speak to her? Wonder what she did to alienate them so thoroughly.

She has SIX children and ALL of them have stopped talking to her... I very much doubt this is the first time she does something really stupid. They're probably sick and tired. Who can blame them?

Right I had to rewind it because I need to understand why the hell she’s in the shelter? Six kids and 11 grandkids and she’s living in a shelter? It is so much more going on.

At least someone is trying to help her. It’s sad.

sounds as legit as "they wont let me fly unless i have more cash on me" man im startin to think these people like being scammed 😂

"Yes, King"

She's helping steal other people's money. She deserves prison.

I'm guessing this is not the first time she's fallen for this. I have to think her family has given her too many chances in the past.

Agreed.

That sounds right to me.

I wondered why her family won't talk to her. Can't be just for the recent prob only.

I’m guessing the children tried to help her and are burnt out and realize she’s never going to understand. She likely needs adult protective services and to be in assisted living.

It won't help. Ignorance of the law doesn't mean you escape the consequences of the law. Unfortunately

@@gbrown932and they are hard when it comes to this stuff. Hopefully they’ll have mercy on her due to her age. But a 22 yo college kid near me got a year in jail and became a felon this way. She though she was sending money to a pen pal. Her hopes of grad school/law school/medical school dissipated that second. I remember hearing a report about it, she really did seem blinded by love and hopelessly oblivious

@@gbrown932Intent generally does, plus jury nullification. They might feel bad if you’re dumb enough. How can you be charged with theft with no intent? The story makes no sense. You’re telling me if I steal 26k, give it to you and say it’s a prize for being the 100th customer at the gas station, you’ll go to jail for me?

@@Rspsand07my cousin got charged and arrested for receiving stolen property when she helping her friend move and she found out later the friend stole a water heater that my cousin helped move in her truck. The charges only got dropped because her friend wrote a letter to the prosecutor telling them it was all his idea and he never told her it was stolen. Clearly the scammer is not going to take the fall for the woman here so idk if she’ll get out if it plus 26000 is a lottt of money.

I wonder if this story is even real. Can't find a single thing about her "case," unless Janine is an alias. These sorts of cases should not be hard to track down online.

It's absolutely insane! More insane than grabbing a stranger in your hometown you knew nothing about and had them in your bed

Singing 🎶 ❤ Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree .... ' etc.

That always bothers me too.

Because there are still people out there who don't know about this stuff. I'm 66, and 20 yrs ago, I met all kinds of men online and in person (met me late husband online too). They were scamming even back then on the dating sites, although I didn't know that's what they were at the time. Anyway, even now, I know people who aren't into computers or online stuff amd know nothing about scammers.

@@annwithaplan9766it doesn’t matter what era it is - you don’t give money to people you’ve never met. People who grew up without the internet knew this before it came along so to pretend like it’s some new concept people don’t understand ‘cause internet’ is crazy

I agree. I'm 72 and get pretty lonely sometimes, but I would never give a romance scammer one damned dime. Better to be lonely than to be lonely AND taken for a fool.

That's because you never have someone call you their queen😂

I think they're lonely, and have poor self esteem.

If she does get probation, one of the conditions will be ZERO internet access. Bet on it.

I hope you're right.

I think the problem is that would require her to admit she was duped. She still thinks this guy is real. She can either go into court and admit "I got scammed!" or go in there and claim the guy is real. The second is going to likely end with the court giving her no sympathy.

She is being threatened with it- and honestly she should have some kind of consequence.

Rather than jail, she needs assisted living where someone monitors her so she stops hurting herself with these scams.

Yes…I wonder why she is in a shelter instead of with her brother? I hope they are all getting her legal help. Social Catfish should keep helping with finding an attorney. She just can’t afford one and I feel the scammers used her as a distributor. @Catfished help this woman more!

There's lots more to the story. Law enforcement agencies have been investigating her for a while, and that's how she got charged.

​@@Rosandloveshe can go through Legal Aid or the court will provide an attorney if she can't afford one

@@Rosandlove Maybe that's why she's in the shelter. She sold the house or broke the lease or was evicted. Maybe her lawyer told her not to move in with brother because he could become a suspect.

@@tinalettieri wow. I didn’t think of her losing her home the way. Yeah that’s what could’ve happened…

I am sure there are valid reasons - we are not hearing the full story on the homefront.

We’re not getting the whole story. It’s possible she did not tell anyone she was homeless until after the brother contacted cat fished. We don’t know if the brother reached out to her but if she is not excepting phone calls, how would they know that she needed help? A lot is going on with Janine that not even her family knows.

Maybe her children had enough of her! If she had been a good mother I'm pretty sure they would have taken her in.

Entitled much it’s not heartless to not take care of your parents…. That’s actually not why you should have kids

​@@Peekaboo-KittyEXACTLY

💯

why is her profile pic so diferent then her ...

Exactly. Hiding the indentity of a spy or something like that. :D

Indeed. She needs "alert and oriented psych eval" and to be doing Macarena line dancing and playing bingo somewhere where the doors lock from the inside.

no. elder care services wont do any good. ✨prison time✨ will do her well

Hahaha is that so? You are really something🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@xana5649 Very much so!! haha

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Hopefully her lawyer can get a mental health professional to assess her mental state and submit a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

She's so obviously a Vulnerable Person who needs someone to watch out for her

HER 'SAINT' OF A BROTHER IS ALLOWING HIS MENTALLY ILL SISTER TO LIVE IN A SHELTER WHEN HE APPEARS TO HAVE THE MATERIAL MEANS TO SUPPORT HER?? Some Saint!

Honestly this episode didn’t bother me at all

@@nikkicole3331 I’d bet there’s more to it than we are privy to. I’m sure he’s tried.

Agree , we do need to know what happens, this is so tragic.

Airplane parts?

​@@someguyinthe540That's a cruel thing to say. She doesn't have $26k, and the woman she "stole" from was money laundering too.

@@someguyinthe540Paying the women back her 26K??? Did you miss the part where she was an unknowing participant in money laundering? She literally passed the money on to the scammer. It’s not her job to pay the women back. The scammers need to pay the women back the 26K they knowingly pocketed of hers.

@@prof.cecilycogsworth3204 The woman in MD who sent the money was supposed to receive airplane parts that didn't show up, hence the THEFT charges.

For 12 years? Was she rich?

People on here blasting her children for not helping her and saying her brother should go get her and let him live with him. Or the one saying I don't care what my mother did I would never let her be homeless. They have no clue how months as and then years of this behavior wears on family members. What is the person is stealing from you or putting your children in danger. Should they still help them. I have compassion for you

@@FC-hj9ub nope. Not at all

😮😮

I'm so sorry, that is absolutely horrible.

Sad but true

A lawsuit against whom?

yeah, i want to hear more about her. airplane parts???

I really want to know how they convinced her to buy airplane parts 🤯

@@ellieb8482 Against your mom.

Unfortunately, I think some woman needing airplane parts in Maryland is going to be in charge of her funds for the foreseeable future

She isn't even close to being incompetent enough to be declared legally incompetent. Even adults with milder forms of diagnosed intellectual disabilities or early stages of dementia are legally protected from having their independence/autonomy taken from them by legitimately concerned, loving and responsible family members. There is this concept sometimes referred to an adult's "right to be foolish"...It's why the courts can't stop Grandpa from sending every penny he has to a 20-something Filipina hottie who says she is in love with him and wants to marry him, or Grannie from sending all of her $ to some religious fraud. Families watch their loved-ones impoverish themselves (and any inheritance drain away) . The court will step in, if they ever step in, when it's far too late.

Adult protective services will not force a senior to be responsable or remove them from preditors. It's up to the family if they care, to do something. She needs to be instutionaized.

@@lwscijunkieYour response is very informative. I wonder if the people who suggest the intervention of social services are from countries other than the US? Our Constitution protects us wonderfully from the state interfering in our lives (well, it is supposed to), but those protections come at the cost of situations you describe in which a citizen's rights cannot be infringed even if it would seem to be in her best interest to do so. I watch a YT creator (a civil rights lawyer) who has this tagline: "Freedom is scary. Deal with it." I think that succinctly summarizes this ethos, even if it is a bit in-your-face.

I've also heard the negative consequences of the right to keep and bear arms referred to as one of the "costs of freedom'. @@meloniedropik3539

This is not giving romance scam.

These bastards believe in Voodoo.

poor lady its hard to understand how a person could be such stupid and deluded but she has no self esteem or self respect its really sad. These scammers are scum.

She looks trans

This is way bigger than the scam. The episode was poorly done

i agree

Agreed

I’ll take it a step further… I’d say the internet absolutely has its positives… but it has definitely, overall made things worse, mostly thanks to social media.

Why you need man???..you were veryOld age already maam!!!

well said

Agreed

@@JaimeMesChiens I'd guess she's toxic as hell, and the family have had enough.

​@@JaimeMesChiensmy dad used to say there's something wrong with someone who can't get along with anyone! No matter nice a person may seem if they have personal or other problems with EVERYONE they know and who thay are related to then the best thing to do was stay away from th. They are the problem

Absolutely!

@@JaimeMesChiensI’ve never heard that before but I love it

It is the thrill of the fantasy.. 😢

​@@NarnianLady This can't be the first time. She's probably been bringing shady men into her children's lives for years, and something really bad must have happened to make all of her children write her off. She probably chose a man over them. A man who did something to them.

RIGHT!!

Like many of the scam "victims" when it comes to describing their catfish, it's always about how good-looking they are and how they say the things they want to hear.@@OfficerSuperman_she-her

Yep. Like the scammer promised to take care of her.

I believe she borrowed money from her kids to send to him and that's why they aren't talking to her.

@@Plumeria1Agreed, I'm sure it was quite a bit of money too. That stuff is unforgivable, specially nowadays with this economy.

@@bratzboyz she probably really believed she'd get it back, this women is broken and has no real self love. The level of delusion is scary, I feel really bad for her and her family , what can you even do to help somebody like this? I dont think Id abandon my Mom if she borrowed money to give to scammers but I would cut her off. These delusional older people are easy prey for scammers and because of the judgement and irritation they get for being s delusional and stupid ,scammers can count on victims being blamed and judged as deserving of the scam.

Are people not allowed to have savings from earlier in life? Are people not allowed to have side hobbies and sell old belongings and downsize lifestyle? Your logic is basic, linear and narrow. Has no depth and no length to it. But soo many people in life make these basic assumptions and think it’s deep.

Oh for sure something is going on.......but what??🤔

It's strange that they aren't speaking to her if my mother had been scammed I certainly wouldn't stop speaking to her

I don’t want to be too quick to judge. One sad case I know of is a lady who had a ton of friends, only issue is they were all old and infirmed like her, so one who could support her. Had two successful kids who were just bad people with wonky morals. She had to leave because of elder financial abuse and ended up in a home. I knew a woman who had kids who were functioning but of diminished capacity, another elderly man’s kids were either gangbanging or hooked on drugs. Life is often grey and there are enough pointed fingers to go around

​​@@GuessMyName234sometimes you have to for your own mental wellbeing sadly. When you have done everything possible to snap a loved one back to reality and they still keep going into a tailspin, it's hard to continue feeling empathy for them, especially if they get to the point that they are trying to get money from you either through asking, theft, or pawning your property for money. I had an aunt fall into this and it nearly destroyed my mom trying to safe her from herself.

@@GuessMyName234 They probably warned her countless times.

Yeah a brother that allows her to live in a shelter at her lowest point of her life great brother

@@felixtv7344 She did it all herself, why should he take her in ? You do not know about him or her, so stop jugding

Their father died in 94. They’ve been dealing w her inability to deal , since then. Her being homeless is a cry for sympathy from her children and all those who have wronged her. It’s a martyr complex. Narcissistic personality disorder. Did you hear how once she didn’t get the news SHE WANTED she cut off the caller trying to save her life and potentially keep her outta jail ? Victim Default Mode Lack Of Self awareness Narcs are born this way. They never see themselves. Her children have been dealing w this for a very long time. IYKYK

@@felixtv7344 there must be more to this story for him to let her stay in a shelter. Sometimes family toxicity push you so far that you can’t help them anymore or bring them into your home 🤷🏽‍♀️

Almost certainly.

That’s right the end was very strange

Didn't want a long distance relationship with someone from Iraq😅

He’s threatening her for talking to them at this point.

Her brother is more concerned….. ya broken tail light because she has no money

Yea but for all 6 to be done it’s gotta be even worse then that

Exactly lol

I think she was in a halfway house and I think it's not the first time. I think that's not why he's not overly concerned when he can't get ahold of and hadn't heard from her in a week. Any normal person would have called 911 every day crying. I think this may be something she does when things go bad..im not blaming her. Maybe shes mentally ill. I have no idea. If the man didn't care about his sister he wouldn't have been in the first place. Yet when she calls after he hasn't heard from her ges not showing relief, happiness, anger or anything. Thats wjats bizzare. It doesn't even show suprise. My only conclusion is that this type of thing is something she is always nixed up in. It would explain why none of her children speak to her. Who knows. I know something isn't adding up. Im not saying she's lying im just saying she's not telling you everything

I also noticed that the picture she's using on her profile looks nothing like what she does now. So she was catfishing as well. Guess she was going to "surprise" him when he got off the plane. Oh that picture, well, that was 20 years ago, but hay, I'm still the same person.

​@@coleengoodell7523Oh, wow, I hadn't even noticed that. Her profile pic is a far cry from how she looks currently.

@@coleengoodell7523I’ve noticed that in alot of cases these women scammed are using pictures of themselves from 5 or 10 years ago.

Agreed, no way to help her, she does not want any help...she's in love with the scammer.

I stopped watching halfway through. Couldnt watch anymore. Just reading the comments told me the rest.

Victim blaming?

It might be the case of "fight or flight". Technologically isolating herself as a coping mechanism

She's in j a i l . They removed my comment when I said so before. Her brother asked if she's allowed to go outside. He knows.

@@nineteenfortyeight6762 she wouldn't be able to use her phone in jail. Shelters due have curfews.

She's like my sister. Violent, controlling and aggressive but everything is everyone else's fault and she needs instructions and be told what to do. Nothing is her fault bla bla bla

Plus she never saw him in person for 2 years, yet she believes he is going to take care of her.

Hard to break through to narcissistic selfish old women.

Ya'll so clueless and small minded

I know what you're getting at, but I think her defense is probably fine with it as the act of going on this show is a grand gesture of having some baseless hope. It also borrows the credibility of the team as this is their business

She has no intention of turning up to that trial, she's on the run!

If she’s a first time felon, and it’s a Class C felony as it appears to be, the maximum sentence is 10 years, but no judge gives out a max sentence on a first time felon unless there’s severe extenuating circumstances

I get what you are saying but I don't think you are aware of the vast number of life styles including people who are not aware of the evils of the world if she has lived a sheltered life that doesn't know about different scams. There is a huge number of people that fall for different types of scams and we can't put them in a box and say well you are stupid so you deserve the consequences. Have some compassion for those amongst us that are vulnerable.

I get your point but she has likely never even thought about what money laundering is and how it’s conducted, especially if she thinks this guy is real

Hi read the other day that stupid people are dangerous , and won’t listen to reason , and this is a case in point ,

I actually feel kinda bad for her. I hope her brother helps her stay with him cause being in a shelter & her health isn't good . But then again why she didn't notice something up with that man? Weird! 🤔

Clearly mentally deficient for some reason (age or whatever). This is exactly what scammers look for when seeking targets. Someone they can control either thru flattery or intimidation. It's sad that the vulnerable don't get it and thus don't seek help.

They seem to show really bad self awareness. Often they say things like, I’m not a stupid person, yet their actions prove to everyone else that they are yet they cannot recognise it in themselves.

The fact that she appreciates not being called dumb and stupid while (arguably) acting supremely dumb and stupid is quite ironic.

Good point, this one is very complicated with a real backstory. She seems to have a history of verbal or mental abuse, and that probably has left her more susceptible to someone who doesn't insult her.

@@davidfrench5407 it’s too easy to go down the path of assuming that they’ve been abused or that their ex was a terrible person. As with any relationship there are always two sides to the story, so we should consider the possibility that she is an infuriating obstinate and difficult individual who cannot accept that they are wrong. The fact that her kids aren’t talking to her could be telling, and her attitude in this video is certainly compatible with the idea that she is a difficult person to be around.

Speaking from experience, her ex could have called her that after he left her too. I was left for a younger woman n kept enduring probs even after the divorce. We shared a young child.

She's been alone since 1994 according to her narrative. I don't know if anyone was abusive to her, but that's a long time to work on yourself, learn from your past experiences, and seek therapeutic support. Everyone--even victims of verbal abuse--is ultimately responsible for their own behavior. The fact that neither her children nor her brother want to take her in suggests that she may have some abusive tendencies of her own.

It wouldn't be the first time someone went to prison in time name of "love" or "idolization"

She loves a scammer she has never met more than her children and grandchildren.

There’s definitely A LOT we don’t know about. I have so many questions.

I once read an article about imprisoned women and the interviewer/writer said that almost every one of the female prisoners had been romantically involved with and influenced to commit or collaborate with crimes by some kind of (usually abusive) boyfriend or husband. Not that women aren't capable of breaking the law w/o some attachment to a male criminal, but it does seem to be incredibly common.@@smoocher

She has a serious addiction to this guys attention. Addicted people don't care about jail time. She would go to jail for her addiction.

I think you're a troll. You are scamming us. Prove what you are saying is true.

This is my hope. The events, any evidence she (and social catfish have) should assist her. Amazing how she was quick to find and prosecute but scammers continue to make billions, put people in danger, and slip through the cracks. I have a relative going through this now. The only saving grace is that doctors have restricted international travel. As people age and get lonely, there are TONS of activities to do, groups to join, and hobbies pursue. The most important thing they should understand is that you can't possibly care or profess love for someone when you don't have survival skills. And...if they need to have someone take over when they don't have the faculties to do so. This woman is now homeless with a court date. Whilst the scammer has moved on to the next victim.

I think that would require her to believe and admit she was scammed. I am pretty sure she still thinks this guy is real, that he (not some woman in Maryland) sent her the money. I fear she will go into court, swear that this guy is real, and that he sent the money, and the court will put her down as a liar.

No! If the gouverment (the FBI) already warned her not to send the scammer someone elses money or as in this case some woman sued her for thefth it's eqstenuating circoumstances and she can get a big sentence.

The DA doesn’t care about justice they are trying to score points

@@ivanaandric5703 Yes. We need to remember that someone else was scammed out of the $26K, and this woman helped scammers steal that money and legitimize it so they could access and spend it. A good follow-up to this video would be to have on the woman from MD who was scammed out of the $26K., although she may have fallen for a scam other than a romance scam.

Maybe her kids just don’t want to take care of her? Plenty of people feel they don’t owe their parents anything. No need to have money stolen or anything like that. That being said, if it is the case that she had wronged them, her ex husband didn’t sound like the best person, maybe he was abusive to her and her kids and her kids resent her for not leaving him or maybe since the divorce they sided with him emotionally. I know sometimes people pick sides with that stuff.

She could also be self isolating because the scammer is pressuring her.

Yeah, she probably did steal. She’s on SSI, and that is like $800 a month at most. So how did she send over $7,000 in less than 2 years? Just sending ~$290 per month ? I don’t think so.

I think her stealing or borrowing money from them is the most likely explanation. We've seen other victims beg family members and friends for money before to send to their 'lovers.'

@@CylindricalWhistle , I remember one lady saying “ex-best friend” But this one here fucked up hugely

With 26K in their pockets

hear them all the time calling other people scammers!

If the US law is involved - They are also going after the Scammers in Africa.

She should have kept the money, rented an apartment, and sent him a thank you note for paying her some $ back!

She is living in a shelter, what is he doing to help her but wish her good luck.

A rock?? For letting her live in a shelter and talking to her like she's a stranger? No, that's awful.

@@maximilian9295 He doesn't live near her and by the time he found out she was in a shelter it was a done deal. He didn't "let" her do anything.

@happyhermit3141 the very second I find out my brother was in a shelter I'd be making plans to go there, I don't care if it was in Romania. No excuse

@@maximilian9295 She didn't answer her calls, he had no idea she was in a shelter.

Exactly! I think she scammed the kids, emotionally blackmailed them, constantly asking them for money for this and that... and then sent their money to the scammer. She is on social security, so she probably didn't have that $7000 on her own to send the scammer, so perhaps, until she had done it several times over a long period of time and they figured out what she was doing and draw a line in the sand.

@@Asa...S I agree! imagine you’re financially and emotionally struggling and the one person you should always count on, is borrowing money from you to send to a scammer she refuse to open her eyes and see.

There's no mens rea here. The charges are BS. She needs an attorney.

I believe it!!

Yeah I was thinking that there was another reason her kids don't talk to her. I'm sure they tried to warn her of this and she refused to listen.

She needs her computer taken away.

Feels like we were sort of left hanging. I hope there’s a part two of this where she gets help.

​@@KNByam tbh she needs more than that. Seems she needs to go to assisted living or something with a lot of supervision and help.

@@JaimeMesChiensI agree. What I understood is that she did commit a felony and needs legal counsel right now.

Very true. Finally someone else who sees it. There's only so much family can do for her. If she doesn't want to hear it, she's on her own.