Have you ever been Catfished or Romance Scammed?

I have to say it was bizarrely refreshing to see a 50-something man pursuing what he thought was a normal looking 50-something woman. Usually the men in these episodes are "falling" for 19-year-old Instagram models.

I love how the scammers pretend that they are wealthy and then two beats later ask to borrow money.

"I work with precise stones" Not suspicious at all 😂😂

Why on Earth would "she" send a stranger a copy of her ID and bank statement? Normal people would NEVER do this.

I notice a lot of the scam victims who are divorced or widowed start dating again VERY quickly, which makes them more vulnerable to scammers. Slow down and let yourself heal first, people!

Next time I’m at the DMV I’m going to turn, and look back over my shoulder, for my glam license pic. 😂

This is the only victim that I actually felt sad for. He seems genuine and he wasn’t going for someone half his age or way out of his league.

One of the very few male victims I genuinely feel bad for. He seems like a solid guy, had someone he loved who basically forgot who he was....went after a woman that could feasibly be with him, just all around a decent seeming dude. Sucks he got scammed but good on him for making things right with the people he borrowed money from. Wish him the best.

that driver’s license is hilarious lol

If she can not spell "precious", she is no business woman.

How on earth does someone miss that their spouse has third stage dementia. At that point, they’re practically hallucinating

I feel bad that he doesn't realise the chances are that his ex didnt fall out of love with him but was drastically changed by dementia. It would be good for his sake if a counselor or medical professional could explain this to him.

Thankfully, I couldn't afford to be catfished

How could a partner be so detached that they could not see the mental decline of their partner . Stage 3 dementia is so far advanced that it would be impossible to mask.

If his partner has dementia she is not responsible for what happened.

Nobody would believe that the drivers license was real. She stands on an angle from the waist up.

Okay, the first time she misspelled "precious" that should have been your first clue she does not deal with precious stones.

This dude is a straight fool. The perfect victim of a scammer.

Man it’s so hard having someone in your family with Alzheimer’s. I saw my grandmother from start to end and took care of her for about 5 years until she needed 24/7 care. Broke my heart seeing her as she got worse. We had a lot of good memories though and that’s what I cherish so so much.

NO. If they show you a bank account full of money, why the HELL do they need money from YOU? NO WEALTHY PERSON PERSON KEEPS ALL OF THEIR MONEY IN ONE BANK ACCOUNT. I’m just middle class, and even I have multiple accounts! And credit cards? She’s got hundreds of thousands of dollars, a world traveling business woman, but she doesn’t have a credit card? She can only get money from a total stranger she met online? THINK.

Did John say the scammer began asking for money after 7 days?! Sounds like a new record. Bad enough to give money away to someone you've never met, but after a week?

This Man had no common sense. He knew there was something that didn't sound right. Yet he still sent her money.

Her pose in the driver’s license 😂 i cant with these people man!

This guy really seems like a nice person. He’s not cringy like so many others. I pray that he finds true love.♥️

Why do people feel like they don't need to grieve a broken relationship and jump right into another one. Crazy stuff. No way they would let you pose like that for a drivers license

This is the first person you’ve covered who realistically looks like he could anticipate dating someone who looked like the catfish. Like they are in the same age range and she looks like she would actually talk to him in real life.

This guy keeps saying how big his heart is and how trustworthy he is, yet he ripped off his own family members for his own selfish purposes. 🙄

He should have done all that investigating BEFORE he sent any money. But, I'm sure he knows that now.

A $1,000 covid test?? WTF! 😂

The moment they call you " babe" it's a scam!!!!

Scary to think what these scammers will soon do using AI technology!

So I went down the rabbit hole 😂 I've been watching these videos all day, and I just can't wrap my head around this. How do these people get dooped out of THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS from these scammers? I guess love and lonliness can make you do crazy things, but I have a feeling we'll see fewer cases like this as time goes on. Most people my age or younger know better than to believe someone who can't video chat, or Skype, zoom, SOMETHING! At least I hope so.

I totally disagree that this has to do with age or online dating. I am 66, and I do online dating occasionally. At one point this guy that I was communicating with asked for 80.00 dollars after just two weeks of texting --- and my response was..."Do I have stupid written on my forehead? He immediately hung up the phone and never heard from him again, and of course he deleted his profile. So it has nothing to do with age or online dating...it is called being foolish. Ladies, if the guy it's too young and handsome...most likely it is a fake. Same thing applies for the Gentlemen. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true 98% of the time it is not. Everyone, stop giving your money away to scumbags...think about your future instead.

A big red flag for me was using the word "precise" rather than "precious" for describing gemstones.

Romance Scammer Checklist: 1. He or she is out of your league 2. He or she started asking for money $$$ 3. He or she wants gift cards instead of real / actual gifts 4. He or she sends his or her Identification Cards (or other legal documents as proof of legitimacy without being asked) 5. He or she always has a back story with drama and need urgent financial assistance 6. He or she asks money for food 7. He or she asks if you’ve eaten 8. He or she calls you King/Queen, Dear, Hunny, and very poetic (not to mention confesses love early on) 9. He or she won't video chat often (mostly due to a bad internet connection) and will usually refuse to answer phone calls 10. He or she will delay your meet-up for months or worse, years Let me know if I missed other signs. Hope this helps!

That photo would never be accepted for a UK licence

There is nothing sophisticated about me NOT sending my money to a STRANGER!!!!

Oh for Pete's sake. Drivers license photos do not look like they were taken at a backyard bbq!

I don’t understand why people keep falling for the fake bank accounts, I don’t think there is a place in the world a person cannot access their money.

These people are not "BEING CATFISHED." They willingly take the bait, even f*ing over their your family to feed their own ego. THEY did this to themselves.

Why couldn't he do all this investigating before giving her money

What state or country allows you to pose like that on the (fake) driver’s license?! That in and of itself should have been a huge red flag!

He knew he was being scammed and still had hope.

No point researching AFTER you've given your money away! 🙄

What an idiot. It’s bad enough he fouled up, but he didn’t need to pull his family down with him. Shame on him.

" I work with precise stones". Red Flag #1.

I'm English; that is not a real British driving licence, she doesn't look like a serial killer for a start.

Can't get how people pay money to someone u never even met. Mind blowing

07:00 She has 345,000 USD in her account but needs to borrow 1,000 USD for a covid test. He was desperate to believe it’s true

By now I've watched at least 18 of these stories. What seems to be a common thing to me is that all these people have crazy eyes.

We found it refreshing to see a middle-aged man seeking middle-aged women and not women half his age. And we found it refreshing to see him do his own due diligence.

That passport photo is a joke 🤣

"Precise" stones? 🥴🤣 So he lied to get money, like the scammer lied to him to get money??? Interesting. 🤔 BRUHHH. That license is SO OBVIOUSLY FAKE!!! It's not even an ID pic, it's a personal pic. She's angled! LAUGHABLE!

They should make a dating site just for people who got scammed and broken hearted.

Oh John, I know you might never see this but I’m sorry this happened to you. You seem like such a nice guy and you’re good looking…I’m sure you’ll find someone who loves and appreciates you and doesn’t need money. I hope you find happiness! Thank you for not being a creep like some of these other men featured here.

Sometimes I think the chance to run into a scammer at a dating site is 90% when you are over a certain age. 🙄 It's already hard for us to meet new people and these stupid 💩 make it so much harder.

I can't think of anything worse than someone else's drama! These stories are so far fetched I'm amazed anyone falls for them!

Come on, that drivers license is the most obvious fake I've ever seen lol

This man was a scammer with his own family. He fell for a romance scammer and defrauded his own family while at the same time saying he felt nothing for them.

This is why you just can't loan money to family members.

A Driver's license would never have a photo of someone posing, that would have been rejected instantly. it's just as rigourous as a passport when it comes to a photo.

This is really sad for so many reasons. I can’t imagine borrowing money and getting into debt to send money to a stranger I’ve never met. He knew deep down that something wasn’t right with Ava but he just didn’t want to believe it. If she has a business and money in her bank account, why would she have needed to ask for money from him? It’s more like an addiction/ obsession rather than love. I do feel sorry for him though and wish him the best.

I swear if someone starts hitting you up for money. Just tell them you will connect them with your financial manager. And can request with proper documentation and vetting. They will ghost you faster than Casper in a haunted house.

Nobody lets you do a side view for a government issued identification.

She obviously did t feel safe enough to tell him it was over if she wanted a police escort.

11:06 WHEN THEY START LETTING PEOPLE POSE FOR YOUR DRIVER LICENSE? 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I die of laughters when I saw that driver license

Thank you for sharing this. This is definitely another example of a vulnerable person who easily fell for a romance scam. The victim is usually a middle-aged or older woman, but this was a good example that men are just as vulnerable as women. The best thing to do if one loses one’s partner through death or divorce/breakup (especially if one didn’t initiate it) is to get counseling to learn how to cope with the loss and how to be content in one’s own company.

Crazy most people wouldn’t give money 💴 or do business with complete strangers on the streets, yet they’d do that for a stranger online. If you’re willing to give money 💰 to stranger online, a person who you’ve never seen or even vetted there’s an issue.

I have a family member who just can't handle being alone. She's always dragging some lazy, goofy, POS home who takes advantage of her. They tell her a few nice words and she's off. I don't understand what it is about being alone that terrifies some people so badly that they become vulnerable to people who have no good intentions.

Sir you lying to your family makes you a scammer as well!

2:27 Wanted to take the conversation off the site 🚩 3:44 Cheesy poems copypasted from a valentines day card site 🚩 4:00 They soon and suddenly have to travel abroad 🚩 4:06 Mentions early on that they have a job where they make a lot of money. 🚩 4:10 Bad spelling. 🚩 4:24 Repeating "Babe" instead of the name (easier so they don't happen to say one of the other victim's names) 🚩 4:50 Showing you a bank account. 🚩 4:59 Suddenly need a favor. 🚩 5:14 $1000 for a covid test... 🚩 5:38 Continues to need more and more money 🚩 10:09 "Video call" that last a few seconds= Them "dubbing" an old video. 🚩 11:10 Photoshopped driver's licence. 🚩

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In the text message, it was typed "precise stones," which he misread as precious stones. That would have been one of the first red flags. I feel bad for this guy because he suffered a huge loss. Give him a lot of credit he came to terms with the scam instead of staying in denial. Wish him the best.

If only this guy had followed his git feelings. He was asking the scammer the right questions but squashed down his doubts and went on paying her.......

I don't know about this whole story. Perhaps the wife did have dementia, and perhaps it did lead her to becoming confused or forgetting things to where she would call the cops for some reason. However, the way he states it, is that just after 22 years, my wife called the cops and had me escorted out. That sounds and seems fishy. I'm hoping I'm wrong, but there is probably a backdrop of mistreatment or abuse in the relationship from one or both sides. Edit: In regards to my first point, the fact that he hasn't been in contact with his family for 20 years is pretty telling. For that family to still lend him money, they must be very good family, and he probably did something to lose their favor. The people in these stories are probably not the best kind of people. That is so sad. Man, these people are definitely not the brightest either. There are so many red flags... Do they really have the self-confidence that these rich and good-looking people will actually love them and move that fast with them lol? Come on, we are not living in fairy tales. It's either great self-confidence, or complete unfounded vanity. Also, all the websites these scammers are sending are made with simple HTML, CSS, and possibly Javascript. They are very amateur websites at best, and any poking around on the site would reveal as much. STOP BEING SO DESPERATE PEOPLE!

I actually do feel bad for this man. He's learned a valuable lesson.

…He CANCELED his membership after only a few brief convos, when they hadn’t met in person, & really didn’t know anything about each other???

Lol I’d send her $15 Walgreens test for COVID express $35 usps priority express

Something doesn’t make sense. His previous partner called a police escort to leave. Later he admits he “ conned” is family to get money from them. Sounds like karma

DL photos are straight facing head shots. That photo would never be used for a driver's license. I love how the scammer always poses as someone financially stable but they immediately start asking for money. The reasons are always ridiculous. They need money for food, accomodations, clothes, plane tickets, phones. They 'can't access' their bank account for some reason. So why don't these people being scammed ask the scammers why their credit cards aren't working? I suppose they would say they were seized at the airport-which should never happen.

damn i was actually surprised that he said he wanted somebody his age, i feel like so many older men are predators looking for teenagers or 20 year olds way younger that it creates this like stereotype that i'm actually surprised by this and thats sad

I have encountered many people who look like scammers on line and can tell the difference. First a genuine person asks you about something in your profile and shares information about themselves because they are curious to know you and want you to know them. They don't start with lovey dovey lines or emojis or romantic lines from the start. Beware those who act romantic fast without knowing you beyond your profile at all. Second a genuine person will never, ever, ever ask you for money. Why would you want to date someone who wants money all the time anyway, especially large amounts of money? I'm desperate to find love myself, but until I find that someone, I'm happy with my own company because I will never betray myself.

He was clearly neglecting his wife for her to have stage 3 dementia and he didn't know. There is no way to hide that

He was actually looking for someone his age?! I'm so sorry this happened to him❤

The real victims are the family he took money from This was a typical man who couldn't be content with the life he had with his wife and hurt others in the process of this

Aww bless his heart. Thank goodness he didn’t lose his car. He’ll be able to recover.

She doesn’t look anywhere near 50 to me 🤦🏻‍♀️”precise stones” -arrgh This guy is the perfect victim…totally delusional.

I love how mad we get at the victims but never the scammers

She couldn’t even spell ‘precious stones’. She says she works with ‘precise stones’. Er…bit of a clue there John?

What’s wrong with the license ??? What’s right with it ?….nothing 😆

The fact she said “precise” stones instead of “precious” didn’t arouse any suspicion?

This channel is comedy gold. Thanks team!

THAT was the FAKEST driver license I have EVER seen......🙄

#1 rule. If I meet you online and you start to ask for favors and money, Bye Bye. You gotta have a J.O.B if you want to be with me. I support myself and you should too. Who financed your "Trips" before me or without me huh? I am suspicious of EVERYTHING!

Drivers license was misspelled. And who takes a pic like that? Thanks for sharing. Very sorry for the victims!! Makes me want to delete all social media or at least somehow safeguard my pics! ✌🏾💜

No dmv will let you take a photo like that. It's more like a mugshot🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

She works with "precise" stones.

Another thing. There is no way UK would let someone take a photo for a license like "she" sent him.