Romance scams... they're not just for women.

Met a guy on a gay dating site last month. We shifted over to Telegram because he is "an American dentist on an international contract in Germany. He was robbed, so I sent him $500 for food. He decided to come home to the US, so I covered his $1650 in airfare. He video-chatted with me tonight - only, no video. Just sound. His thick German accent really came through as he kept saying he couldn't get home unless I sent him over $10,000. And, at that point, I cut him off. Now, I sit here about to cry because of how hurt and lost and ashamed I am.

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DogMan · 61-69, M

Don't feel too bad. I had a guy buy 50k worth of material from my company, the card was approved. A month later the
real owner of the card disputed the charge, so we had to give the money back.

jehova · 36-40, M

@DogMan damn that’s rough is there insurance for that

DogMan · 61-69, M

@jehova No, Not that I know of. We filed a police report, along with a couple other companies that got hit by the same
guy. No investigation was done.

We don't except CC over the phone anymore. It's almost as if this shit is legal, since nothing is ever done to the perps.