I can’t send money 💵 because I’m broke 🤷🏽‍♀️

@cat Moore So Very Well Said Cat!!!

@@donnarupert4926 me too, but I NEVER would anyway!

@@normasouthwood3182 so you & I ARE immune to it, huh? Cuz I wouldn't either

Don't talk to strangers!

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One victim said her therapist suggested she seek out online dating.

It's so easy to fake profiles. I became a 35 year old man from Alberta Canada, and uploaded any photo of a Welsh child killer, all on Fakebook. I did this so I could send photos of him marrying a little boy, to everyone who knew my housemate paedophile, including his children. It worked and it proved Zuckerberg was a liar when he stated all his profiles are authentic.

​@@susand495😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Grief counseling…….people. Grief is horrendous! I lost my son and 1/4 of my immediate family in 7 month span. Grief counseling is imperative.

She rewarded scammers ith mulah, and promoted MUCH MORE SCAMMING. 5 YEAR AGO WERE NOT LIKE THIS... TODAY ITS NOW 80% ATTRACTIVE FRAUDULENT PROFILES. THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS. DONT BELIEVE THIS IF YOU WANT BUT ITS A SICK FANTASY. * all alleged

Makes sense why masks were mandated, despite them being studied for over a decade and show no ability to slow or stop viral spread. The fact people in charge can send someone they never met in person a million dollars helps understand masks....

@@mysurfing3550 TRUTH

No, she was not intelligent, because as soon as she learned he was in "Malaysia" or any similar far or third world countries aND black, , ALL her red warning lights should have gone on!!! these love scams to Western women from african countries have been going on FOR DECADES!

@@mysurfing3550 that is patently untrue. you can't stop viral spread, but you can slow it and they do that effectively when properly worn. where do you get your nonsense from?

Just another greedy woman who wants more money oh a international business man What wrong with Joe from the loading bay the forklift truck driver oh he has no money and no business forget about him

I HAD THE EXACT THOUGHT.

René van der Westhuizen so true, truly these people are but case but It’s their money not mind

Best comment and 100% fact!

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Or anyone else.

The catfish really struck gold with her. Who would even have that much $ to hand over?

Exactly how you can be so naive

wow 😲

Women are stupid.

It's absolutely beyond me! I'm 67, been divorced over 35 years. Sure, it's been hard at times, even lonely, but OMG, full-time teaching wages were ALL needed to raise my 2 baby daughters. Sorry, but I just DO NOT get it!!!

The pictures

Yes indeed, the photos...

probably she is a pervert

Apparently she IS stupid!!

We do need to keep in mind that this case happened back in 2012, when these scams weren't as prevalent or well-known. But still. 🤯

These scammers seem very successful when hitting someone at a very emotional time such as loss of a spouse. That is what happened to her. I know a man who was scammed within a few months of losing his wife. It's sad.

Exactly! I don’t think it helps to shame lonely people who are scammed. I don’t have millions of dollars to lose, but I would be sick and humiliated if I did. I admire her for speaking out to help others. I would be too embarrassed to tell people. Also, people are very critical. A woman I worked for was scammed, but not to this degree! I was afraid she might do something to herself because people were not empathetic. She was divorced and so lonely. A perfect victim. She also said she felt like a teenager again. Who wouldn’t want to feel that way and I’m married! Spreading information is good. Please be kind to these men and women.

I agree with you 💯

Amen!!!! I would hope to do the same ...

@LiveOkie Pets are loneliness busters,

Exactly. My husband died 4 & a years ago. I was surprised that men, a lot were Army, or some type of service. I left my profile as married, pictures show that I'm elderly & they start telling me how beautiful I am, (I know I'm not) what a beautiful smile I have..ect.. They tell me to send them friend request. ( i don't) Couple just flat out ask if I can still send them Google play cards or phone cards. (I CERTAINLY do not) At first I was upset & wondered how they can get on my Facebook page without my permission or sent request..but now I know they can manage that, I've been told/ explained to me but now I don't remember..( remember I'm old..lol.) I do have money in a savings account from selling my home when my husband died, & as I say often, nobody is going to get any of that money except myself, my 2 sons & 3 granddaughters. My sister (she 75 yrs old but don't act or look it ) & I like to shop sometimes once a week & eat lunch & just have fun acting like we have good sense.

@@shirleyharrison2580 Be careful with requests from men online, especially army types..many are fraudulent and sent by the fraudsters in Africa (or others places) looking for vulnerable (usually older) women to manipulate into sending money.

I was exactly in the same position.

Who better to pick on but the vulnerable. Some sociopath can just check obituaries, look up the survivors & play on them. Too much private info about each of us is made public with very little effort. WTF.

Seems like a very comprehensive list. I’ve been watching some of these on Catfished, and Trilogy Media - love those hilarious guys! The Jodi one is hard to believe (and frustrating to watch).

* He is widowed/single father * He is on a peacekeeping mission overseas * He is a doctor

*He’s in the military overseas. *He’s on an oil rig.

* This person who is so much "in love" with you immediately gets rude, nasty or even threatens you if you refuse any requests for money or gift cards.

He/She is part of a sophisticated international money laundering network

Common sense ain’t common

@@kidneycarecoaching3766 ~ My favourite saying and unfortunately so very true.....

@A H she was in a fantasy world and paying for it

Even more importantly, if someone you have never met claims they love you and wants to be your boyfriend.......run even faster.

RUN 🏃‍♀️

Shocking

Not very smart . And the topper is she wanted to get closure from a scammer. Like he cares 😂. But I thank her for bringing this scam to light.

That's true. Shielded from the "ugly" world

Honest is how you say stupid?

smart

.. Well the red flag is a proclamation of love after two weeks to someone you have never met.

That's how most people would react

I like a short story with a happy ending 🎉🎉

The story he fed you is typical. They seem to have a similar script/bio. They often say they were born in another country (usually Europe), and are engineers working on a project here in the USA. I’ve been contacted by so many of them…it’s downright funny.

Block them!!!!!

Smart Woman!

Yes! Someone with a brain...

I would use three words: NOT A CHANCE BABY

You cut them off physically or just cut their communication line. Just pulling your legs. Hahaha

Marian Hanson - - - - - - You comment in every video about catfishing... And ALWAYS blaming the victim... Unbelievable!

@@lux.mea23 but it IS her fault!

@@debbiegrimison6705 Truly! She knew she was wrong as soon as she began hiding her actions from her family. She earned the badge of VICTIM, but she will recover. Seeing the face of that young Black man blew the door to her delusion wide open! She will survive.

absolutely true Nola

@@connielanzaro2203 dork

she is is extremely foolish, i can't believe her!! i was trying to be understanding but it's too much!

His smile said it all … he had hit the jackpot, literally .. evil

@Nola Parker, an even bigger fool is the person who thinks they're above being scammed. Plus, if you're prone to shaming people who get caught in some kind of deception as you did here, you're also more likely to fall deeper because you'll hide and be embarassed.

Not very clever though.

Yes I agree, it is brave of her. I would feel too embarrassed to admit this sort of sheer foolishness and stupidity on national television.

Think maybe it's not true just entertainment value

@@jackwills7092 why would you think that? how ridiculous!

One of the reasons why these women get scammed is that they can't admit they are wrong when they family and friends tell them they are scammed. One woman who was scammed drove two hours to send money after bank refused to send money telling her she is getting scammed.

Not anyone, but at any age for sure.

I ask them how the weather is in Lagos 😂

I did it as fun as well. When he asked for money I told him I hope he had friends to help him. Lol He started getting a little agressive as I just laughed. Never heard from him again. Hahaha

@@NanaTop70 pd

Got them all the time, wanting cards, phones, laptops, help coming to America, help with school money. Military usually wanted money for cards for their phone😂 Such fun, blocked, was so smart, then got caught by someone who never asked for money! Said he was a contractor from England, waiting to get paid for work he did in Denver🤬 Think he might have been trying to apply for loans, credit cards in my name😡

Yeah bullshit.

they prey on vulnerable women who are single or divorced lure them to sending money because of love actually this women are ignorant about it and they give them willingly as a bitcoin and forex analyst I’ve discovered they convert it to crypto in other to avoid suspicion from their local bank now calculate how much is being circulated to this scammer because following “Thelma lee Gaddis strategies a verified broker and financial advisor on forex trading and binary option, just 500$ could give you 2500$ in 2 days guaranteed which is a very nice way to make good money because I know of it and it works, but she had to waste it on a stupid scammer she could’ve have just invested in her children future actually it’s a pity

@@minoritymindset6464 Never mind her children, how is SHE going to be able to afford it if she needs to be put in a nursing home or needs assisted living when grows older??? Smh

The guy she was talking to was not getting the money himself. More likely than not he was working in a sweat shop internet café owned by someone who can afford a bunch of computers and internet access. The money these guys scam, goes to that boss, and he'll divide a percentage out for all his scammer/workers. It's literally a business in places like Nigeria and India.

Yeah, makes you want to slap that satisfied smirk right off of his face.

My husband got scammed who pretended to be a celeb romance n I do have a feeling that whom he talked to is from India coz the words that she used similar liked my indian friend😅

I 100% don’t get it either. The very _minute_ someone asks for money doesn’t that ring enormous alarm bells? If I find out one of my friends or relatives is embroiled in this I’ll do my damndest to get them out!! 🤬

@@neighbourhoodwitch18 yes, I understand that people can feel lonely and can maybe fall for words but I agree, the minute someone starts asking for money, that would be a red flag. The fact that the guy from the first story asked for $45?? Wouldn’t that indicate to her that he’s broke? but to give away $1,000,000? I can hardly believe it 😮

@@mariancounsellor - Agreed. If someone is so skint (especially an "international businessman") that they have to ask for $45.....

That was my first thought when I saw her. She is the younger version of Sally back when she was a show host. It freaks me out every time I look at this woman.

Also my first thought when I first saw this show.

She was a widow who apparently was in a good marriage . I think her experience with her good marriage clouded her judgement . Perhaps she thought most relationships are good ones , like she had with her late husband .

@@annfeeney1662 I agree, when woman fall love she hard to see around & get out!

dork simply a dork

I agree. The windows/widowers, who where in long marriages….need grief counseling and also someone to educate them about the tactics the scammers are going to use…BEFORE they ever decide to go on a dating site. They’re lonely and vulnerable! I’ve been twice. First time when I was young (19), second time married for 37 years. Maybe one reason I’m not buying into what scammers spew out is because I divorced both of those men. I’m not lonely or needing a man.

No excuse for such stupidity

Yes it is terrible to experience that. But at least your experience was real life. I don't understand how you can be in a relationship online with someone you have never met

RL?

@@almohvn33 real life

I was engagd supposedly 3 times irl. Tore my life up. Wish theyd leave us be.

Like seriously honey??

@@peterkherisson5186 Are you one of them why are you all over the comments defending scammers fck off

The women are the clowns

Don't give them money, period!

Well done. You are smart not to send money to anybody.

Or traveling to meet them. Let him travel to you.

Thank God you're black. If you were white that money would be flowing.

Carole Carole no Carole would want a broke ass man lol

Carole Hardy aahhh I see what you did there 🤣 good one Carole 👍🏾😆

Yep!

well said

WELL SAID.

MaraBlue Well said!

@@-Diana469 Thank you

COMMON SE SE

Your English is fine .

Yes!

Even with that,scammers still set bait at those placeses

Back to basics

I've been on FB for years, and never once been contacted by a stranger. Know why? Because I have a strictly private profile. Don't complain when you created the problem.

Don’t be rude beautiful

​@@sethdanse8581Facts aren't always pretty

Lazy men. Btdt unfortunately. Stay single and stay sane! 💖

Women have been doing it to men for years without it being called catfishing. Someone wanting your money should be a red flag for both men or women.

musima41 - It shouldn’t be a “man’s job” to provide and it’s a red flag if a woman expects that from a man simply because she’s a woman.

In the UK, it happened when social security payments ceased to be considered something that you only turn to in times when you have no other option, and became an acceptable way of life generally. I am fully in support of the welfare state, especially looking back on times when children would starve. But honestly? I've been fleeced by partners only too happy to be completely inactive. There's an old-fashioned joke about marriage, "making a decent woman of her" -- but if you really look at it, a "kept woman" had no choice ... they were either not allowed to work at all, or only in certain limited circumstances. Just watch out for parasites.

Men have been doing it for decades.. you never heard of a pimp?

Yeah this is craaaazy.

2nd woman kept making g excuses...1st woman is just plain stupid!!!!!

Agreed Gradkat. I really don't understand, how you can have a boyfriend and be in a relationship for two years, with someone you have never actually met, and have hardly talked to verbally. Makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever to me.

@@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat I was once in a 2 year long distance online relationship. We would video chat for hours, so I knew that he was the same person as his pictures... but I didn't really know who he was. I never gave him any money, but I did send a few care packages. I was shipping from the US to the UK so the postage was very expensive.

Mine either....

Congratulations!! I meet my current boyfriend through a dating app. 🙂 It has turned out better than I ever could have hoped for. 💖. We celebrated our first year anniversary last November and we are still going strong. 🙂

Did he fall in love with you right away?

I like to think he never asked for money

How can this not be against the law?!? Need to create that law!!! Damn.

All the women want is male attention and validation of their inherent feelings of superiority over other women. It's an ugly transaction but reciprocal.

Turkey?not sure honey. Its global job. You can fall in love and choose, but send money to someone you have never seen and person who are not real is something else. People lie in Usa also, scammers are everywhere

From what I have heard about the Turkish holidays, it seems that the young men give their ladies a good time. I suppose it’s a bit sordid, but at least there’s some kind of exchange.

@@sirennem.6890 Countries like Turkey - yes it's rife in many other countries where a Visa for the UK is the main goal.

I can still remember going to Cyprus as a 15 year old with mum. I was swimming with her and a waiter started smiling at me . I i was very shy and it felt embarassing but at the same time a little part of me was flattered. He came up to me and asked me if I wanted to go for a drink with him. My mum was furious ( she was late 40s at time ) and told him in no uncertain terms that young girls like me didnt go out with grown men . He turned round to mum and said Oh Im sorry you want to go out with me yes ? Put me off mediterranean waiters for life!!!

That's wonderful that you helped your mother avoid disaster, and that your husband helps elderly women ... even if they can't see what is really going on. Keep up the good work!!

I have seen so many shows where the old ladies ignore or get angry at all warnings amd cautions - and then complain that they weren't warned enough and the bank should have stopped them! So hypocritical. You can see why it is hard to prosecute when the person wants and insists on doing what they choose with their own money.

Yes, I used to work in customer service and I processed Western Union transactions. As my position required online training for Western Union transactions, I learned that as well, to prevent theft and money laundering. This one particular woman started coming in to send $200 to Nigeria, about twice a month, so I asked her what the purpose of the transaction was and she said: I can do what I want with my money and asked to speak to my manager who allowed it. So, moral of the story, you can’t help someone who doesn’t want help.

A man should never ask a man for money, he can ask his friends before he ask a woman, I really feel like people try to buy love, because it's no way they would give all this money to a person they see homeless in the street

And never ever send explicit photos. No way no how!!!

While l really feel sorry for these victims, l notice that the immediate reaction is to totally place blame on the scammer. ? Well, in my opinion BOTH of them are equally to blame. After all, one cannot operate without the other. Remember that old adage. "It takes two to tango".

Agreed. I wouldn't even give anyone I know money, let alone someone I have never met. I never lend money. Although being poor makes that stance easier to do.. ..

Hell, even if you know them “in-person,” don’t give any money!

Lil T but to close friends

AGREED!

A really sweet pit bull.

@@annbelmonti3737 Anything but an evil pit bull.

@@VeledaG she said sweet and, i'm sorry, but the nature of the dog comes down directly to the owner. No dog is born nasty.

One of the reasons I've stayed away from marriage. To be with someone for 20, 30, 40 years and then wake up one day and that person isn't there, that would be a very hollow feeling.

How are you beautiful

Don't even do it then. Just count that video call as ''info' that you can put into your "Data Collection" files. Now-a-days, the short video calls they do with you could be rehearsed and done by a friend rather than the person themselves b/c they both could be in on scamming you. Don't trust everything you hear nor see, trust what you KNOW and what you know is all in the "Data Collection" files. Once 6 months or a year is up and if you've collected nothing but 'suspicious data' and data about him asking for monetary favors, and being extra nice just before asking you for a favor, data of him NEVER sending you money nor taking you to dinner, and etc. then dump that loser.

Don’t fall in love with a long distance relationship period. They rarely work out. Money should not be in play either

And still beware!

people seek for love, thats naturally but its meeting site not dating site,, you need to meet men, girl and if you want build a health fundation.and relatinship. All these conversations are not real, scamms, lies, whatever if someone is scammer from other continent or want money or if someone is pedophile or sicck, or married. Go on.face time, skype etc and meet person fast. This is like prince charming imagination, not romantic, thats bot healthy

No...meet in person...they might have unbearable breath.

they prey on vulnerable women who are single or divorced lure them to sending money because of love actually this women are ignorant about it and they give them willingly as a bitcoin and forex analyst I’ve discovered they convert it to crypto in other to avoid suspicion from their local bank now calculate how much is being circulated to this scammer because following “Thelma lee Gaddis strategies a verified broker and financial advisor on forex trading and binary option, just 500$ could give you 2500$ in 2 days guaranteed which is a very nice way to make good money because I know of it and it works, but she had to waste it on a stupid scammer she could’ve have just invested in her children future actually it’s a pity

Same here! Together 11 years, but he never asked for money!

Me too! Together 20 years, two kids.

How are you and that was a wise judgement, I will only scam you to love me and and not to hurt you

and to check their profiles to see if they have family listed and look for interactions with them.

Exactly especially when sending nudes!

These days, the tecnology allow fake video chats too. So be careful.

Apparently they have technology that can put the persons face on and it will move as well

@@yungaterror so they have become sophisticated this much, ahh I never new

@A. A. but the feelings of heart overwhelms even our experience and knowledge

Yeah someone tried that with me and I laughed and said I'm not that dumb if i can't see you personally not happening and if you are always asking for money big red flag and I didn't work where this women worked

@@abdurrahmanwakeel3923 Nah; not me! It takes more than video chatting for me to fall in love. I am a skeptic. Words are just words. Actions are what I am interested in.

And if they are from Nigeria they usually write "Am" rather than "I Am", that's just what they do.. maybe the smart catfish avoid it though, no idea... But anyway, always easy to tell by reading their terrible english, yeah.

But in my case the Nigerian was exceptionally good in English and knowledge of geography of Afghanistan, well aware of the latest happenings. I think he underwent scamming course for years

Real ones are honestly not the sharpest ones too 😂

@@daisigner most scammers are well learnet, coz for someone to brainwashed his fellow Human with just convincing words, isn't common dear.That person most be a genius

I don't know why you think an American army General might be good in grammar and spelling- most armed forces personnel are very poorly educated, even at the highest levels.

One thousand percent agree with you.

Yes but probably wasn't after all. Most steal names and identities

Well, seeing the face of a young Black man woke her up out of her delusion pretty quickly!🤣😂🤣

there are 10s of thousands of people with his name in Nigeria and they all look the same. Wake up America.

I know, right?

But a lady with pic of her husband on Facebook catfished one of my friend for a thousand bucks

Lol. The “military” must be loaded with “widowed” officers!

@@abdurrahmanwakeel3923 Like Abraham Lincoln once said, "You can't believe everything you read online." Stay safe!

@@layasaul28 hahaha, there was nothing like online in the days of Lincoln. Everything was offline

@@abdurrahmanwakeel3923 Exactly!!! :-D

Well said.

who was smart? they are gullible. they already believe all kinds of nonsense.

Theyre not smart

Not smart at all..really stupid woman

I've watched about a dozen of these and all the "victims " think they are so highly intelligent people. So from now on I will stop watching.

100%

Paradoxically women seem incapable of being both and that's nothing to brag about. Perhaps the proceeding female generations need to elevate their daughters, instead of subjugating them.

You ' re right! I m a psychologist and,there are nine types of " intelligence". She has just one. This means she is pretty low,regarding the scale of intelligence. You must have more than four,five types,to be considered really intelligent.🤣🤣🤣

Mirela Irina Petre 😂

We need to be Street Smart these days. I ain't very Book smart, though have become much more Street Smart as the years go by and better off for it Ama!

obviously.

Smart. Get a dog. Great company

it doesnt