How do they get scammed?

I can honestly say that trying to date on a platform like this is a bad idea. I dated one guy I met here and although we had a year long relationship it went tits up because well I don't think he really wanted to be with me.

I had been offered by someone I considered to be a friend money to help me out in a difficult situation and I told them I didn't want to take it but they reassured me that I could pay it back over time.
Shortly after receiving the money the messages came in thick and fast, the dynamics of the friendship changed.
I suddenly became their pawn.
I complained to them and tried to get them to see what they were doing.
But he started trying to slander my name, that I used him.

I bet he didn't post that I paid him back in full!

These all happened some years ago like maybe 4/5 years back before lockdown.

Never again.

Lessons have been learned.

I'm a 55 year old gay man - and I've had to block a couple of guys that do the same thing in my "world," so... it's so terrible that it's women that get hit with this line of 💩, but it's not exclusive to you. We ALL need to be cautious.

I wouldn’t send anyone money. I don’t trust easy I guess. I always wonder how anyone can fall for that but so many do.
Good that you’re calling him out.

It really is horrible, I've been scammed before never thinking I'd be one of those people. When someone emotionally manipulates you in a vulnerable place it just takes the wrong combination of circumstances to happen 😔 I lost a lot of money (for me at the time).

We're only human and it's not our fault for trusting others, sometimes people do bad things.

Ouch!.

I am always on the lookout on social media on the fakers..

I have reported so many fake accounts on s.W.

I have not got one DM from one woman or him saying I'm wrong about this. So, there you go....

I blocked him a long time ago. I dont remember why but he made me uncomfortable.

I haven't seen him around lately but maybe I'm blocked 🤷🏼‍♂

Either way, I wish more would be called out for this BS

It's weird because he has a lot of posts, he doens't have a hunky picture of himself on his profile, he intereacts in a lot of discussions here, and none of his posts are romantic. Not your typical scammer.

These are so common sadly

It really pisses me off how in today’s world there are so many people taking advantage of other people’s feelings in the cruelest of ways.

I find that hard to believe. How did he try to scam you?

You're basing this on what exactly. If you are going to call out someone thats been around here for years back it up with something. I'm not buying it and tbh your profile looks much more like a fake than his does.

I was only aware of his radical left wing ideas!

Can't see his profile, is he gone?

There are some "females" tryna do the same thing .. people being all "peopley". Smh.

Not surprising tbh... damn.