‘I Was Scammed Out of £67,000 in a Year by My Online Lover’ | This Morning

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6 years ago, Ava from Essex thought she had met the man of her dreams when she sparked up a friendship with ‘David’, a stranger, online. But soon, David started asking for money and Ava’s dream turned into a nightmare, having transferred £67,000 before realising she was being scammed. The police found that David wasn’t who he said he was, but in fact a stranger from Nigeria. Ava is joining us to share her story and to warn others of the dangers of online love. She is joined alongside scam expert, Nick Stapleton, to share his expert advice.
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@laurieohleger7517 3 месяца назад

What the heck is an "online lover?" A delusion.

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Oxymoron.

@bobjames6622 2 месяца назад

It's a bloke/bird with a really, REALLY long...........

@CH-gc8hf 2 месяца назад

I was thinking the same thing! He was just someone who was either texting or whispering sweet nothings in her ear.

@1fan689 25 дней назад

A paid "boyfriend experience"

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 2 месяца назад

If someone ever asks you for money then RUN. RUN. RUN.

@1fan689 25 дней назад

You'd think that would be a simple enough rule to follow🤦‍♀️ Hopefully Alison's romance with her twenty-something year old boyfriend doesn't go down the same route

@user-xl4oe6ri4g 3 месяца назад

Never heard of scammers??! Where has she been hiding?

@karencramer6491 2 месяца назад

But she shrugged off her daughter who said he was a scammer. Why didn't she ask her daughter 'what's a scammer?' She was enjoying the attention and happy to pay for it.

@angelacarlisle1708 2 месяца назад

Exactly

@50angeleyes 3 месяца назад

Why do these women fall for this. They hand over thousands thinking these men are interested in them. When they start asking for money I would be “bye” no matter how lonely I felt

@jewelssunsun9450 3 месяца назад

Yes, I honestly can't understand it.

@lynneleverton8825 3 месяца назад

Me too! And it's not only online men that do this!

@laurakillah1 3 месяца назад

i was away to say the same

@50angeleyes 3 месяца назад

My money is more important to me than any fake man 🤣

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Middle aged, overweight.

@singingbeach 2 месяца назад

Instead of "I was scammed", how about "I let myself be scammed." Yes, you're a victim, but also responsible for your actions.

@brianal7143 2 месяца назад

Notice how they absolved her of any responsibility. They instead told us that we just haven't had a turn yet 🤦🏾‍♀️

@meredith2803 2 месяца назад

She should have listened to her daughter but no she knows best.

@stargazer1313 2 месяца назад

They willingly gave money!

@cultfiction3865 2 месяца назад

All she needed to do was tell him to take a long run off a short cliff. But instead she sent him all her grandchildren’s will money

@Do27gg 18 дней назад

Tbf it’s a completely different generation who are clueless with threats online

@ElToro2000UK 3 месяца назад

A fool and their money are easily parted.

@LittleJacob208 2 месяца назад

Thats quite a harsh thing to say especially when you consider that a lot of her generation are not internet savvy.

@polycarp9897 2 месяца назад

@@LittleJacob208It is not harsh. Lack of internet savvy is not an excuse. I could understand sending maybe £1,000 or £2,000. However, unless a person is extremely rich, by the time you are hitting a total of £5,000 - £10,000 the alarm bells should be going off. The only way this doesn't alarm anyone is if they don't keep a track of their expenses. In this scenario, the proverb is even more applicable.

@LittleJacob208 2 месяца назад

@@polycarp9897 You made some great points I am not saying your wrong. All I am saying is these scammers prey on people like her. I can only speculate here i'm gonna hazard a guess and say she has been single for a while. She is obviously a mature lady and lonely. That's a prime target for these scammers. I think naivety in my opinion is probably more accurate than referring to her as a fool.

@angelacarlisle1708 2 месяца назад

Oh come on she may not be savvy but shes on face book..she must watch tv and know about these scammers..she said the accent wasnt ok..its ridiculous

@LittleJacob208 2 месяца назад

@@angelacarlisle1708 So what would you prefer for me to be heartless and unsympathetic and say that she deserved to be scammed for being so gullible?

@tigrayplea5385 3 месяца назад

No excuse for this, how on earth could she give 67,000 for someone you don't know 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@Drehgab 2 месяца назад

She thought she did know him

@user-ew7xg5kp6i 28 дней назад

Not very well apparently.

@ARR1058 3 месяца назад

Just don’t send money to random people you have met on the internet. I understand being lonely and all that. I was widowed 5 years ago. But my hard earned money is for me to have some fun in the autumn of my life and leave what I can for the grandchildren. I have zero intentions of making a scammer and their family live well off my back thank you

@adhd875 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@JohnSmith-ie1tu 3 месяца назад

Almost a waste of time discussing it. The world is full of heartless scammers and also full of gullible naive people. This sort of thing will always happen one way or another.

@natalieturko4808 2 месяца назад

He's NOT your "lover". That word implies some degree of physical intimacy. She hadn't even met him!

@lizzieh5284 2 месяца назад

I completely agree. Also she is not 'in a relationship' with him.

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Never met? You've got to be kidding!

@MatthewSmith-wr2lr 11 дней назад

Yes however romance scammers use things such as love bombing, manipulating a person's emotions, sending poems and so on. If you can break the illusion in a person's mind then that's a first step. On Dr Phil they had showed the person had fake ID yet the victim still insisted the scammer was genuine.

@underworldmad1 2 месяца назад

Blows my mind people can be this naive 🤷🏼‍♀️

@tangaz5819 2 месяца назад

Maybe I'm too stingy to do any of this. I'm generous to people that I know and love plus causes I'm passionate about. Also when it comes to loans (As a rule, I never give away anything im unwilling to lose)

@ldn876 3 месяца назад

£67,000 is 126 million naira. Nigerian money . That man and his family, friends and village will never work again. Minimum wage in Nigeria is 65, 000 Naira per month. £33 pounds.

@iLilith11 3 месяца назад

Wow 😳

@sah10406 3 месяца назад

The person she has been speaking with will see a fraction of that money. They are the employee not the mastermind.

@tebogothomas3204 3 месяца назад

It does the same thing it would do there in UK. In my country which is in Southern Africa,£67 OOO would be 700.000 or quarter of a million and minimum wage is the equivalence of £250.

@OnilUribes 2 месяца назад

That man is not giving any of that to his village

@lindamckenna-qe3ts 3 месяца назад

Surely she must of heard of scammers if her daughter in law is a bank manager.

@distorbia20 3 месяца назад

She was hooked in and doesn’t care.

@angelacarlisle1708 2 месяца назад

Exactly..

@jaylondon283 Месяц назад

She spent most of the interview with her eyes shut. It’s no wonder

@rosanhawkins9213 3 месяца назад

As an older woman on facebook, some years ago, quickly noticed a pattern when strange gentlemen would compliment & friend request. They were always American or British working in a foreign country, widowed with a daughter or son, sometimes even working as a missionary. Yet always, quickly asked for financial help for their “child” or for personal airport mix ups. Since I had no money to waste, stopped & blocked any contact.

@Truthseeker6859 3 месяца назад

Smart lady.

@TheHilikus89 3 месяца назад

They'll ask to speak on hang outs too

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 2 месяца назад

Good on you.

@kerry2107 3 месяца назад

If it's too good to be true... It's too good to be true!

@viviennepastor3188 3 месяца назад

I’m sorry she thought the requests were amazing but she still gave him money? This is just stupidity.

@sharpedgeize 3 месяца назад

Scammers do not care what damage they have done to the victims. The only thing they care about is the money. no amount of tears or profanity would change the heart of a scammer.

@stephenmontgomery8530 3 месяца назад

Why should they care? They are laughing there heads off at the gullabllity of these people who hand over all their money to someone they have never met in person.

@user-ot7jd9dt7t 2 месяца назад

Tbf they come from nothing and are just trying to survive, natural selection runs throughout the economy too

@bearc5737 3 месяца назад

Iv got genuine friends in life and I think £100 would be pushing it 😂

@david-pb4bi 3 месяца назад

Exactly, couple of hundred and that’s it.

@missme3916 3 месяца назад

🤣🤣🤣

@lesyaa7428 3 месяца назад

But she wasn’t lending money to her friends. She was thinking that she was rescuing a man and his child from trouble.

@bearc5737 3 месяца назад

@lesyaa7428 she was flattered by the attention from someone asking if they can be 'friends'. If I told my friends I'd broken my leg, or I'm stuck in Peru, no way would I get that amount of money. I dont know many that would get themselves in such trouble financially.

@sensimania 2 месяца назад

Ya know! I've had a couple of friends ask on separate occasions if they could borrow 2k (probably because they had a vague idea of what I earn and thought asking me to borrow that would be acceptable). I had to chuckle to myself and tell them "nah, the most I can lend you is £50-£100". Both of them accepted my response and didn't push the topic, but they didn't bother to take my counter offer 😅 Whatever happened to the phrase "never lend out what you can't afford or not willing to give away"? It's like people's IQ goes downhill when they think they've found a potential lover.

@susanstewart5194 3 месяца назад

Don't tell me his picture was of a very fit and handsome middle-aged man who looked like a model?

@Challenger2A7 2 месяца назад

If you send me £500,000 I'll send you his photo and phone number!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@trudylee7869 2 месяца назад

And A Solider stuck in Afghanistan

@BoitumeloDube 2 месяца назад

With a deep African accent 🤭 that was her cue to cut communication, a real pity she didn't.

@gillianredfearn8367 2 месяца назад

The one who contacted me on FB yesterday had photos of at least 3 different men on his page. He kept asking e to move over to Google Chat to Watts App. I can only assume that more than one of them can use the same WattsApp chat ? Wheres with FB it means constantly logging out and back in. After him asking about 5 times I blocked him. He called himself David William. They almost always use a Christian name for their surname.

@ILovePlayingZeldaGamesOnSwitch 2 месяца назад

If someone would message me with this picture i would assume they are nuts

@gracemorris263 2 месяца назад

If they are in such good job why are they asking for money?

@user-oi6ln4eq7b 3 месяца назад

And these gits are always "working on an oil rig".

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

And look like Brad Pitt...😮

@bengtina 2 месяца назад

Or orthopedic surgeon working for UN in Syria😅

@pamelawebb7268 2 месяца назад

Or in the military

@gracemorris263 2 месяца назад

There is no fool, like an old fool.I am 66yrs old I am lonely, but giving them my money noway

@llyngibson4160 3 месяца назад

I have had quite a few of those "I like your profile, you post such nice things, can you be my friend". I'm single but nothing will induce me to be their friend. I delete them & have changed my privacy to friends only.

@rogerbixley6911 2 месяца назад

I receive this sort of messages regularly...I just ignore them.

@TinaHemphill 2 месяца назад

My facebook profile no longer has a photo of me. I haven’t received any cat phishing requests ever since I changed it.

@elainemarock5840 2 месяца назад

Not scammed ; but willingly parted with their money .

@isay207 2 месяца назад

Never heard of scammers at her age never heard of bank robbers break ins shop lifting🤪

@Shell2014 2 месяца назад

Do you even know the definition of scammed?? 😂😂😂

@michelle.goodridge 2 месяца назад

I receive these messages all day long. I just delete them immediately. These scammers are a waste of time. Do not engage EVER. Just DELETE, BLOCK! Stay on your own.

@bluepeter128 3 месяца назад

How many alarm bells, did she want.... My god!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@user-vh6ts9uf6c 3 месяца назад

I'm sure you're sarcastic and patronising comment is really helpful to this woman

@david-pb4bi 3 месяца назад

@@user-vh6ts9uf6cNobody is being sarcastic but why didn’t she buy a mirror?

@user-vh6ts9uf6c 3 месяца назад

@@david-pb4bi Because people get lonely and vulnerable. Have some compassion for God's sake

@david-pb4bi 3 месяца назад

@@user-vh6ts9uf6c Are there no bingo halls or cinemas?

@david-pb4bi 3 месяца назад

@@user-vh6ts9uf6c .. Are there no bingo halls?

@tgrant6518 2 месяца назад

The one thing these “victims” all have in common is they go after looks and perceptions in stead of reality. There’s a reason she kept this silent from those around her.

@deborahharris8092 3 месяца назад

Why didn't she mention it to her son? Was she uncomfortable and embarrassed about this friendship on line? That was the first sign she should have listened to, her intuition is inbuilt for a reason.

@lizzieh5284 2 месяца назад

If I was messaged a few times a day by a stranger, I would run a mile not fall 'in love' with them. Its called harrassment.

@gillmiller3702 3 месяца назад

How many more times do these stories have to be told before women to realise they are talking to a scammer?

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 2 месяца назад

Unfortunately some women will never learn and will always be scammed

@lizzieh5284 2 месяца назад

And men.

@Challenger2A7 2 месяца назад

Having watched loads of these scammer stories I can only conclude that most of the "victims" are ego-centric, very vain, utterly deluded, and dense with it. A combination that leaves them wide open to flattery and being defrauded. It's also noticeable how often they keep their "relationship" (as if!!!) secret from family and friends.

@gillmiller3702 2 месяца назад

@@Challenger2A7 some of them also want to help people

@brianal7143 2 месяца назад

They know, they just like the attention. Same story every time

@ruthgraham1142 3 месяца назад

No sympathy. He didn’t sound like he should. Her daughter-in-law said it was a scam. He asked for money straight away.

@ileanamuntean7338 3 месяца назад

Why was she "vulnerable", ok, she was divorced but who isn't? She had a loving son and a smart daughter-in-law.

@zarakareem4716 3 месяца назад

Loneliness, and these guys know who to target and what to say

@isay207 2 месяца назад

She could have spent time with grandchildren neices nephews neighbors volunteer community classes senior groups gym traveling

@ileanamuntean7338 2 месяца назад

@@isay207 Exactly, some people chase a fantasy when contentment is well within their reach.

@zarakareem4716 2 месяца назад

maybe her grandkids were living far away. It can happen to anyone, I think we should learn from it, vs blaming her. Obviously she was taken advanage of. For her to come on tv and tell her story, she is very kind hearted and wants others to learn from her mistakes.@@isay207

@Chalky29 2 месяца назад

Easy to blame the victim here but need to have some empathy, not everyone is aware of scams

@enohp660 2 месяца назад

2:05 people need to start being realistic. I’m an average looking guy. If a woman who’s a 10 reaches out to me online, it’s 100% a scam. But an average looking woman wants to believe that it’s possible that a good looking, tall millionaire is interested in her.

@christinebeames712 3 месяца назад

I wonder how much she has given to the homeless around her town, how much she has given to her local hospice, or any more rescues how much she has given her grandchildren not this much I get to bet

@Svetlana-says-it-as-it-is. 2 месяца назад

Probably 0, we can think of better ways to give our money away and maybe see something positive out of it.

@Nina-ig2gv 2 месяца назад

When you're lonely and desperate, all common sense goes out the window.

@isay207 2 месяца назад

Stud muffin pay for lay comes first

@Tomas-major 3 месяца назад

It’s like pulling teeth.

@Sheenoshine 3 месяца назад

Lol

@jackierowe9195 2 месяца назад

Yesss

@mannie8735 2 месяца назад

People laying into this poor woman asking how can anyone be so naive. You are the ones who are insensitive, lack insight and are close minded. Clearly she’s a different generation and these scammers take advantage of vulnerable older people who are lonely.

@Challenger2A7 3 месяца назад

Stay in your league, I'll bet the scammer used a photo of a handsome man to get her. Mirrors are easily available, dear. And no, I couldn't be scammed, I'm sick of being told I could be. And there is no "relationship" if you've never met each other.

@lizzieh5284 2 месяца назад

Well said.

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Never get off the boat!

@carolynesimpson6070 3 месяца назад

SCAMMERS ARE EVERYWHERE. THEY ARE EVEN ON ANCESTRY. When it was my Birthday 3 different men ( probably same person). Came on my page, hi how are you!!!!! I told them they were Catfish, blocked them and reported them. They are on every media platform.

@Sheenoshine 3 месяца назад

She wasn’t scammed… she was a willing participant 😢

@NNickii 3 месяца назад

Exactly!

@judithkeane5551 3 месяца назад

Absolutely!

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

One born every minute! 😮

@yvetanemec3193 3 месяца назад

Honestly it’s not luck that keeps me safe it’s clear from the second they try to make contact Stranger danger

@gracemorris263 2 месяца назад

Have any one notice that all those scamners are people with very hi profile job?then why are they asking for money

@jayfilm3023 3 месяца назад

Surely there’s been more than enough examples of this I’ve got not sympathy for this woman

@polycarp9897 2 месяца назад

To be fair, this story is from 6 years ago.

@tasha_thats_me 3 месяца назад

' hello i like the look of your profile can we be friends' would of given me the ick straight away im all for being friends before dating but if you start a message like that your not for me it usually screams he's in another country and english isnt his first language

@GenaF 3 месяца назад

Why do they give them money?

@xana5649 2 месяца назад

Loneliness

@josweetlove1537 2 месяца назад

These people never take responsibilty for anything. How can you send £67k to aomeone you have never met? Maybe a couple hundred and a thousand but that amount? No. Because they keep telling people it's not your fault they need to know it is and you are not too send funds to people u do not know.

@maryegan 3 месяца назад

why are people so nieve unbelievable u cant be that silly

@bevanbuckwheatshea5520 2 месяца назад

These scammers have the same old story. They have a child. Their wife has died. They work on an oil rig or they are a surgeon. They are due to get a huge inheritance. They call you My Queen. The child needs urgent medical care which they need money for and so on. You would think the scammers would have some new stories to tell their victims?

@polycarp9897 2 месяца назад

Ever heard of the old saying "If it aint broke don't fix it"? Those stories absolutely work. Why should they change them? Besides, they are only familiar to you because you've probably watched dozens of scam videos. The victims usually haven't come across the scammer stories and that is why they fall for them.

@susansaxon4780 3 месяца назад

Why do these women fall for such an obvious scams, the stories they tell are better than any fairy tail

@susanmanu6584 3 месяца назад

fairy tale - not tail

@user-vh6ts9uf6c 3 месяца назад

Such a patronising question.

@david-pb4bi 3 месяца назад

Why didn’t they just buy a mirror?

@andreajanewilliams 3 месяца назад

@david-pb4bi Did you check your mirror lately? Maybe they're fed up of rude people like you.

@juliet7703 3 месяца назад

Stuck on the oil rigs or in military in a different country or a new one I have heard is your celebrity crush reaching out to the victim requesting £££ to meet them. Johnny Depp is very popular apparently 😂

@user-zh4ig3os1r 3 месяца назад

I’m not sure how new this one is but sometime last year my friend Rosie contacted me asking for help, she said she needed money desperately and I love her sm I wanted to help but something was stopping me. 1) did I 🤬 have £250 and 2) my gut was telling me to give her a ring to make sure she was okay. Turns out someone had hacked into her account. This was a really convincing scam so if you get asked for money over text, always give them a ring

@Francis-xl2gu 3 месяца назад

One thing to say 'Meet the person first' no excuses

@_tarnished_ 3 месяца назад

Boomers: "Dont trust anyone on the internet!" Boomers:

@CatsJP 3 месяца назад

It’s not just boomers..gen z.y.and x get scammed..this is what hiding behind a screen does..

@user-qy9rt9cy2b 3 месяца назад

Ime a boomer don’t go on any social media these women won’t listen what ever you say too them

@user-qy9rt9cy2b 3 месяца назад

Men get scammed too

@_tarnished_ 3 месяца назад

@@user-qy9rt9cy2b I’ve been scammed as well it’s not just that generation, it can happen to anyone. it’s just funny to me that they always tell you to be careful but fall for the same things

@_tarnished_ 3 месяца назад

@@user-qy9rt9cy2b Boomer is a generational thing. Nothing to do with women. ANd yes anyone can get scammed, old are young! they are getting smarter. It's just funny to me that they always warned you about the dangers but then fall for them

@dalebenton3354 3 месяца назад

Also got to watch out for E mail scammers as well,I often get E mails saying Your TV Licence is out of date or your tax is unpaid other related E mail scammers,All about clicking on to the link and enter your Bank details to update or they take further action with the law over it,Not sure,Can contact the real companys to make sure,Still got to be sooooooooooo careful !!!!!!!!!

@princesssparkle5542 3 месяца назад

Not much sympathy TBF....

@lizzieh5284 2 месяца назад

How can you be an 'online lover'? It is a contradiction.

@danieldudley2558 3 месяца назад

why would you even send money to someone you don't know or have never met just mindless talk about gullible she actually believed this man liked her, he only liked you for your money love

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Never met? Oh,really... 😮

@danieldudley2558 2 месяца назад

@@marknewton6984 try watching the video she never met the guy

@jennifer5495 3 месяца назад

6 month . The scammer I had messaging me the another night wanted gift cards after hour . I Must of bored him 😆

@scouseaussie1638 2 месяца назад

More red flags than a Chinese military parade. 🚩

@sundayjames-kq4yu День назад

I LOVE the fact that the victims were able to leave that message to the assistance team. They were ables to tell that guy, they are no longer victims! you are such an awesome force *VortexTrace* be reckoned and that is why I watch you!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lmusima3275 2 месяца назад

These scammers all tell the same story. Oil rig businessmen. Widowed men, single fathers,too many unfortunate events and asking for money 💵 this so called oil rig guy, why can’t he afford medical care? Once you put them under pressure they will break

@chrispswann6825 2 месяца назад

These guys are meeting women online and convincing them to send them all their money. Meanwhile I can't even convince a woman to return a text

@GAMEZZ3322 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂 right

@bobjames6622 2 месяца назад

Tell 'em you're rich. They'll soon be flocking around you

@Klair777 3 месяца назад

Why are these women desperate for love SMH as soon as the word ‘money’ is said alarm bells should ring

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Can't Buy Me Love -- old Beatles song.

@nadiabrstak5646 3 месяца назад

Shes been around long enough to know better....

@MsNZgal 2 месяца назад

I know a couple of women who had online male friends. It's funny but they were both engineers working on an oil rig, and both had wives that had died leaving these poor heart broken men with a teenage girl. I did warn them and they both responded by cutting them off once they asked for money. One of my friends was heart broken but knew she did the right thing. She told me that she had never felt so loved.

@kimberlylee5815 3 месяца назад

My heart go out for her😢, that's so wrong. When that man asked for money I would shut him down. Boy bye.👋🏾

@chockycake1 3 месяца назад

Same here .. mind you I wouldn’t have any money to give 😂

@inker486 3 месяца назад

FOREIGNERS CONSTANLY PRAY ON THE ENGLISH...SHE SEEMS VULNERABLE

@NieceyWeesey 3 месяца назад

She fell for it

@thescrutineer7022 3 месяца назад

@@NieceyWeesey Oh well that’s ok then.

@bethr8756 2 месяца назад

Oil rig is another red flag

@shannonw5218 2 месяца назад

100 percent and military

@francinejones2524 2 месяца назад

You know it would be really nice if the tv presenters had to use proper sentences and grammar when they speak. In school, they would not have learnt to say a sentence such as: “Was you feeling quite lonely? Where was you at?” I know this is a casual way to speak in certain areas of England, but it’s not correct as a professional tv presenter surely!

@henryjohnfacey8213 2 месяца назад

Giving money to someone who they've never met. God bless this woman for highlighting this. The money is used to fund other criminal activities like money laundering, people, drugs, and arms trafficking, terrorist groups, child prostitution and slavery. 31.5 million pounds last year.

@mrsminnatk3992 3 месяца назад

Please please use your common sense. Never ever send monet to anyone! If you have older relatives/parents etc warn them!! And do not use internet without proper skills.

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Common sense? Not them! 😅

@Sophia-js5mr 3 месяца назад

So sorry for you.

@djthomas2293 2 месяца назад

I don't even give money to people who I see often talk more of some stranger on the internet. It takes a level of delusion to fall for just pictures and chats.

@pup1008 2 месяца назад

Unfortunately some people are in love with the idea of being in love & will pay money for that delusion!

@agnieszkas2364 19 часов назад

I'm afraid I can't agree with the expert. I haven't been scammed yet because I'm LUCKY but because I don't respond to friend requests from strangers and I don't give them money. Simple.

@traymcgregormurphy4695 2 месяца назад

Hello This morning. People need good news... You are driving in to deep here The people need good news

@kandykaneeee6765 2 месяца назад

That blue looks AMAZING on Amanda!

@sweetneet100 3 дня назад

I know some people are vulnerable but there were so many red flags i feel for her and wanted to shake some sense into her at the same time

@freshfalcon3996 Месяц назад

The scammers are heartless. The victims are brainless. Perfect match.

@cattygirl218 2 месяца назад

Paying for a fantasy. Paying for company. She got what she paid for. It's not a scam or fraud.

@roverdover4449 2 месяца назад

Thank you for telling your story.

@beckyshell4649 2 месяца назад

I don’t know how women can fall for these scams. No offense to these woman but why would these men who look like models be looking for old ladies for romantic relationships. The scammer is always a well to do man with a good job but is in a crisis situation and needs help with money.

@zxresa 2 месяца назад

I have no sympathy for these people, we have been warned for years about these scammers, why do women especially, fall for this over and over again 🙄

@purplesunflower8242 2 месяца назад

Yep happens all the time..Reverse the question, Asked them to give you money. Then they disappear.

@tashamorriss8997 2 месяца назад

Accepted a friend request from a complete stranger? Why?? People who supposedly work on oil rigs are not poor!

@user-tw3fo4lo1w 3 месяца назад

What's with all these weird comments...yes there were loads of red flags and an obvious lack in critical thinking, but some ppl can be lonely and desperate, and when being in that state, are vulnerable. I think pulling these types of scams are the lowliest of human behaviour.

@Lisa-vr9hm 3 месяца назад

She was a willing participant. No one forced her to do anything.

@tracywood9301 2 месяца назад

You think that ones gullible, a middle class lady ( article in the daily mail a few months back ) handed over £100,000 after loans & remortgaging house, after reality had sunk in weeks later, decided it was her banks fault for not stopping her 🙄, she got every penny back off the bank. This was an educated woman. Beggers believe.

@B.H.56 2 месяца назад

People have lost their minds with social media.

@marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

Social media is creepy.

@user-tp7rn3bb8v Месяц назад

Don’t give personal details on social media, don’t publish photos of yourself, never go on date sites, no Tic Tok, and never ever send money to sone9ne you have never met!!!

@danniellis7327 3 месяца назад

This is known as the romance scam my bank was telling me about this scam

@shademanirvanipour6870 3 месяца назад

Terrible so terrible that is a lot of money to loose

@brianswathey 3 месяца назад

*lose

@gillianredfearn8367 2 месяца назад

Of course it was her fault. And of course she feels upset. All that money thrown away.

@KINAQUDAM 3 месяца назад

Why would u tell them or let them know u have money? Not good.

@user-oi6ln4eq7b 3 месяца назад

There's a lot of desperate older women out there.......

@nikstar1313 2 месяца назад

I bet this lady wasn’t “scammed”.. she chose to GIVE it away for the fix of being needed and wanted even if not true along with a concocted fantasy in her mind just like gambling. It’s a choice.

@hmk.. 2 месяца назад

the sad thing is that if you ask the victim which is more important , getting the money back or finding true love, they will often choose the latter.

@KT-no8ll 2 месяца назад

“It definitely wasn’t your fault” Erm, pretty sure it was - You sent a load of money to someone you didn’t know, regardless of whether they were a scammer

@danjones3746 3 месяца назад

🙄🙄🙄🙄 silly woman

@krispowell3233 3 месяца назад

Don't call her that , because thats not nice.😡

@Sheenoshine 3 месяца назад

@@krispowell3233… of course she’s silly …. Why why why would she send money to such an obvious fake person !!?

@FunnyCoastline-wx7rr 2 месяца назад

Rule no 1 you don't meet ppl online and give money to someone u never met

@bethr8756 2 месяца назад

Can we be friends is always a red flag

@TheLydiaR 2 месяца назад

A real friend or honourable man wouldnt ask a girlfriend for money.

@karencramer6491 2 месяца назад

She wasn't scammed. She willingly paid him so he would continue speaking to her. The fact that a complete stranger wants to be her friend was not a red flag. If a stranger on the street suddenly spoke to you and wanted to be your friend you would run to the other side but it's ok for a pretty face online.