I was been scammed I came seeking for solutions on TH-cam so I saw a recommendation on how *ceaxahack* on ℹ️G helped someone I decided to give him a try and it was the best decision of my life. I thought I should recommend him to anyone seeking the same help too.
They kind of blew off her speech at the end. Her kids are not very supportive, based on how poorly they treated her when she admitted her mistake and asked for help. They literally told her she has a strong support from family 🙄 Shame on them! (the kids)
There's a discrepancy in this video. When u ask her when the first time she sent money was she said about the whole situation with on the ship and him supposedly getting arrested and accounts frozen paying a captain to smuggle him off the rig for 4K. Yet at around 9mins in, when she's going on about having checked with her son the procedures for prisoners being jailed, and his attorney putting pressure on for cash, the voice-over says "by this time she had sent so much money she felt trapped ". Which is it?
My husband was an actual oil rig worker for ten years. Oil rig workers live a very luxurious life while on the rig. Yes, they work very hard but they also have everything they need for relaxation including internet access (including access via online to banking services), all the food they can eat, game rooms, exercise rooms, etc.. Anybody who is underperforming or causing problems on the rig, regardless of status, is on the next helicoptor out at company expense.
Same with the military that is another one they come up with this nonsense! I don't know why some folks don't get that bank account and wipe it out to a second one and shut it down! If one ever got that far with me, I'd do that 😆
I was going to say im sure it depends where they are but growing up my friends father was a rig worker and he went ashore almost every single day at some point
My poor cousin REALLY is an oil rig worker, I hope his dating life isn't too hard! I feel for honest hard working guys that have that job, although I'm sure never asking for money is probably the deal breaker
Absolutely. I worked for oil companies in Alberta as a project control’s administrator and the workers at oil rigs are treated with utmost respect and have access to everything including company planes…this is all nonsense. This woman deserves to be scammed
A better approach with online dating is to only correspond with people who can offer the possibility of a date actually materialising in the near future. In my experience of online dating, if a date in the real world doesn’t happen soon after making contact, it probably never will.
A better approach with online dating is to only correspond with people who can offer the possibility of a date actually materialising in the near future. In my experience of online dating, if a date in the real world doesn’t happen soon after making contact, it probably never will.
Exactly, it cost my life pluse half million usd, those shameful asshole can exiting on the earth, if not me must someone else… & many more!! Too elaborate professional business-thief!
Dulza Mc Kinney. Few add ones before you block 1st pray requesting Jesus protection AND Intervention on your and our behalf (2) do a Screen Shot of every conversation and request and photo they ever sent you and (3)report them to multiple authorities (4) inform others (us) then and (5) only then block them And stay your Happy Confident Self that last bit will sure as the sunshine tick them off but who cares. God bless you and all the not scammers who are seeing my return comment
I liken their inability to really see themselves in a mirror to a tone deaf person’s inability to hear themselves howl like a banshee while singing to Simon Cowell.
04:00 ‘he doesn’t have access to WiFi to log into his online banking’ but he does have the mobile signal to be able to text you, which can also be used for accessing the internet and his online bank account. Just remember that flaw in this story as it’s a central part of this scam
One mugu scammer asked me for an iTunes card, so he could call his daughter. Humh, he contacted me by Internet but couldn't contact his daughter. Mugu, not my problem!
She really started throwing her kids under the bus and airing out all their dirty laundry at the end, just because she got scammed didn’t mean she had to blame her kids and make them seem like the awful ones.
Yeah, that was very weird blaming her children for their past indiscretions. Very immature, not accepting responsibility for her behavior typical narcissist
i know right. she really tried to equate kids crashing a car or ruining a computer to a full grown adult sending their life savings to a complete stranger
Not knowing how to listen is how people end up in messes like that too, try listening and understanding. She didn’t compare what they did to what she did, she compared how she treated her loved ones to how her loved ones treated her.
So only young people can be dumb and make mistakes? Old people can't do dumb things and make mistakes? Don't forget, she IS paying for her mistake. Her lesson is the loss of her money and perhapes the loss of her pride and respect, too. Her children can be mad at her. But they are wrong to abandon her.
If someone your dating online is asking you money. Think about why he doesn't ask friends or family. Why ask a stranger. ? 2. If you can't Skype or FaceTime or have really met. That's not a relationship. It's just chatting.
I used to work at a gas station as the overnight manager and one night, I went outside and saw a woman standing in the parking lot, crying. I asked her what was wrong and she tearfully explained that her son had had a terrible seizure and was in a coma, and she needed urgently to get down to the hospital to be by his side, but she didn’t have a car or money for a taxi. My heart was touched, especially because my mother died after having a particularly bad seizure in 1988, when I was only a baby. I started crying as well and hugged the woman, then reached into my pocket and handed her some cash to pay for a cab. She thanked me between sobs, “Oh thank you! God bless you!”. I told her what had happened to my mom and how I was so moved by her story. She thanked me again and then walked away. About a half hour later, I saw her go into the convenience store across the street and buy some beer. She walked out casually with her bag of booze and started strolling down the street, not a care in the world. It had all been a lie. I felt my face turning red with rage and a deep sense of betrayal; I’d been had. Conned. Duped. Swindled. Did I call the police? No, for what? She hadn’t robbed me, put a gun to my head. I willfully and deliberately opened my wallet and gave her money without taking 30 seconds to stop and think before doing so. Had I taken a moment to think instead of becoming emotional, I would have realized that her story didn’t make any sense. Why not get a ride from a family member or friend? Why not take the bus, which is only $1.50? Or walk? I’m a mother, if my child was in the hospital I’d walk or crawl to get there. I took the loss, shook my head and learned my lesson. What can the police do when a person voluntarily gives money to a stranger who spun a wild story? I get that it’s wrong to scam people and I feel terrible for this woman who lost so much money, but it’s not fair to make it seem like the police are “careless” or “bad” when their hands are tied. We also have a responsibility to investigate, do research, use our logic, and not take everyone at face value. I’m very sorry for this lady and hope she can recover, but we can’t just send somebody tens of thousands of dollars and then expect the police to recover it for us if we realize we were lied to.
@@rocioaguilera3555 It’s also called having common sense. Who in their right mind sends that much money to someone they have never met? Some responsibility has got to be taken by her and others who have done this . I had an experience like the commenter as well. I learned and make better judgement calls.
Very great story. I've been there too. I guess it's "street smarts". You don't become cold, you become wise. Find another way to donate or help people. Don't get scammed.
I had a woman in a parking lot give me a sad tale of just not having enough money to get where she needed to go. I handed her a $20 bill, she swore she'd pay me back, I waved it off and walked away. I don't even care what her story really was.
If you have one long happy marriage in your lifetime, count yourself lucky and don't expect lightning to strike twice. Some people never find that special someone.
Let’s not blame the police. You decided to send $27,000 to a total stranger. Let’s not blame the police, government, our kids or anyone else. It’s always someone else’s fault. She still believes William was actually nearby when he contacted her. She doesn’t get it’s all fictional. Take ownership.
Exactly. The police aren't going to launch an investigation when there's been no crime. Lying isn't a crime. Learn your lesson and try not to do it again.
The government, social media make it easy for people to be taken advantage of and not be able to recoup their loss. Don't blame the victim. These people are thieves.
I have MS and was addicted to prescription narcotics for a few years. My children and husband suffered because of it. I went cold turkey years ago and have apologized to every child and to my ex husband (they are grown now. I was addicted when they were small) I take 100 percent responsibility. The Dr who prescribed it isn't the one who shoved it down my throat. That is my fault. People need to take responsibility
She seems like a terrible mother.... she shouldn't make her kids feel bad. Her children likely tried to warn her many times, but their advice probably fell on deaf ears.
All of these scam victim women are lacking something, including being very stupid. The don't care about their kids or grandkids; they are basically dirty old ladies looking for young meat.
She did and they tried to help her and she "couldn't stop" because she developed none of herself after her husband passed. Unless she's the toughest 55 yr old, he's been gone a while. Hope she's stayed off dating sites and try to meet a nice gentleman at a local group meeting
I lost my sympathy for her when she started saying she forgave her kids for the dumb things they did when they were kids. They were kids. Just like she has emotions, they do too.
Trying to go all "what about what you did when you were a kid" is a total false equivalency. No lady, it's not the same, your grown azz is supposed to know better and your kids have every justification to be cheezed at you.
Guys, when it comes to technology, she is the kid! So she's right. secondly, its her money to lose. How are you mad at her for losing her own money? Thirdly, it's your mother. she's widowed and alone. if she doesn't deserve compassion who does?
Exactly! Prevention and education is the key here BEFORE the S hits the fan. My friend who’s worked in banking for years advices people on this subject matter and the customers not only NOT take her advice, but they actually become enraged. So there really isn’t anything the banking people can do when someone is determined to destroy their finances.
I had to laugh when she says all of that about her kids, and the founder turns around and responds to that by saying “well it sounds like you have a great support system in place...” 😂 Just, what? Haha. Also, this is random, but I just noticed in this video that the founder has one brown eye and one blue eye. I can’t stop staring at it now.
She has some major issues. Calling all of her adult kids over for her "emergency" and then expecting them to intervene on her behalf is selfish and shows her lack of insight. Comparing the normal dumb mistakes that teenagers make (wrecking a car, etc) to her own careless indiscretion is manipulative. I guess what I am saying is this lady needs to look at herself and accept some accountability.
I'm sure her husband is absolutely turning in his grave. Not only was he barely cold before she was on dating sites, but she's given all her money to some random who never did anything for her when her husband cared for her for decades.
She only knew one kind of man, the kind who would pay the bills and not ask her to think for herself. So she figured the very next one she met would be just like the first.
@@ArizonaJonsFromTucson Wow. Funny. Making Threats, eh? Grow up. When someone decides to start dating after a loved one is none of your business. Do people tell you how to date?
@@CMV314 hahaha do you even think before you write your nonsense or know what a threat is because from what I wrote i don't see any kind of threat eh¿ simpleton u grow up and learn how to read and while your at it learn that in America everyone has their own opinion if u don't like it well awww poor u throw your self a pity party
The real victims are her poor children. My mom tries to guilt me for things I did as a kid as well. It's toxic AF. Our brains weren't fully developed. Yours was. Big difference
I laughed so hard at the editing when the victim was complaining about how her sons were treating her badly and giving her the cold shoulder. then scamfish guy said "sounds like you have a great family and support system, bye"
Wow. This is why I'm a firm believer of NOT just going from your father's home right to another man's home. You need to learn who you are as an individual.
I am a firm believer of that too. You need to know that being alone is not the same as being lonely. Your happiness doesn't depend on having a significant other. Everyone should have the skill of happily living by themselves, at least for a while. That way people wouldn't be as desperate to meet someone and will be less vulnerable to scams, toxic relationships, etc.
@@af98 yes it's very possible with good parents to grow up, knowing yourself, loving yourself, being okay with being alone. The problem is not the fact that you go from one means home to another but going from a bad home situation straight into marriage
Problem is these days young women don’t listen to anyone, I show my step daughter these type of videos and ones where a young girl gets kidnapped or killed and she ignored it, she at age 15 went to meet a stranger at mall parking lot, the guy was 25 years old, I found out about it just in time, she could have been kidnapped or killed. Women don’t listen, they know it all.
@@cremebrulee4759 what an absurd statement to make about someone you don't know anything about. My life has been dedicated to making the world better for powerless people. I have extremely high empathy and compassion. Right now I'm feeling compassion for this woman's unfortunate kids whom she bosses around and orders to help her while ignoring their advice and trying to shame them for minor, perfectly understandable mistakes they made decades ago, after she just paid all their inheritance to a scammer because unlike them, he kissed her a$$. You are the one without empathy if you don't feel for her kids. It's tough to have a mother like her.
@@nineteenfortyeight6762 "Paid all their inheritance..." What? Until she is dead that money is hers and she can burn it in a furnace if she wants and they should feel THEY have suffered no loss.
The time to cuss out your scammer is before you cut them off forever, before you send them a single cent. Once you've sent them your life's savings, they're just laughing at you while you cuss them out and threaten to "whoop" them.
They probably do. After a death in my family we got flooded with advertising crap which we'd never gotten before, one high-priced coffin place actually had the insufferable nerve to say, _"This is a community outreach in your area, and if we have contacted you after the death of a loved one we apologize."_ 🙄🤦🏾♀️🤬
She was calling the scammer stupid right after sending them all her money 😂😂 even when she knew it was a scam she still said she cared for the scammers well being 😂😂 said she would beat him up when she doesn’t even know what the real scammer looks like !
1. Widowed 2. With child 3. Cannot make phone call or video chat 4. No friends or family 5. Fell in love with you the next day.. 6. Oil rig engineer / UN surgeon / Successful investor etc.. / ......
Answer: All the above. Ha ha! But,really it's not funny! These ppl are evil and need to be caught.There are so many it's impossible to even make a dent in the amount of scammers everyday 365 days a year. All ppl can do is warn other ppl to be careful of ppl they do not know.Someone they never met in person.Most of all never send money,gift cards,bitcoin.Do a background check,reverse image on the photos.If they make excuses they cannot video chat there 99.9 % a scammer.Block them asap! Get a pet! There much more reliable and loyal!
@@JaimeMesChiens Your right on the money! Anyone that has a job. making big bucks but,for some reason there funds are frozen? Run Run Run! There a phony profile with all the right answers.I need to watch the movie "Tinder Swindler'.Probably about a master person taking big money from several victims.Like so many you read about.It's women too! Not just the men scamming ppl out of funds.Does not have to be a dating site! Can be any sites like a garage sale or friend request!Block these ppl asap!😀
She wasn’t swindled out of any money -- she WILLINGLY gave it away. She’s only one to blame. IMO -- she saw dollar signs & thought she would get her share. No sympathy.
No, she was swindled out of it. They lied to her she didn’t give it willingly. I know it’s easier to blame the victim. And yes, it was stupid not to investigate what people come from my trusting place I don’t she’s to blame totally
@@marthaindiana it’s not a matter of blaming the victim- it’s horrendous that people get conned out of their money - but again - she saw dollar signs & was hoping for her share . My opinion; you have yours
@@robw2486 the bible says dont become a surety for others. Please hit me over the head with the cricket bat. I am extremely wise to know that. But these " professional " I've got a problem I trust only you Wendy to "help" me with ( " trust me Wendy" I am not after your money honey) but honey my bank account is frozen .( translated that means their bankrupt) they need surety cause their on their way to jail ( I gave up playing Monopoly) visiting ours are over
@Martika Bee The way she demands they be there that second is childish and entitled! I guess I just don't put my problems on my children. I have MS and rarely ask them for anything. Manipulation is what she was doing
Felt sorry for her until the end when she explained how she was gaslighting her children for making the choice to ignore her for a couple of days to process what their mother had done. As if it was their responsibility to deal with the fallout of her ignorance. The callousness with which she told the story leads me to believe that she speaks to her kids like this all the time. She probably does not understand things like: - she is the parent and supposed to be a role model for them not the other way around - they are not responsible for her and do not immediately need to drop everything because SHE needs them to. They have lives as well - it is somehow their fault that the only man she was ever with was their Dad and it means she cannot be held accountable for making naive choices? Surprised her kids want anything to do with her at all
She has been emotionally and financially abused. Do you think all forms of domestic violence results in black eyes? Violence takes many forms. She has been victimised and although she was foolish and naive, she was also in a very vulnerable state. Shame on the sons for shunning her like that!
@@darcylett486 In what way does your comment pertain to the discussion in question? How about you get back with some actual and RELEVANT arguments the next time?
@Heh Even women? As if I'm not myself a woman? I understand this must be super confusing to you but I'm actually NOT a dog. The profile picture is of my Eurasier. And yes, he is a good boy, but he does not - I repeat! - he does NOT have the ability to comment on TH-cam. We're still working on his Google searches. It's just all over the place!
I don't agree. I think what she's trying to say is...she was immature when it came to love and romantic relationships. She had only been with her husband and wasn't experienced enough to recognize the scam right away. Makes sense to me. Plus most of these women have just lost their husbands and are vulnerable because they miss the companionship.
She married at 17. She probably has never grown beyong that age, especially not on the dating front, and probably financially too. I see that in my own mother and it's the perfect combination for scammers. So in certain respects she still is a child.
So she demands that her kids "drop everything" and come help her out of her dumbassery. They come over, help to the best of their abilities, but then gets mad that they are mad/frustrated with said dumbassery??
The audacity of this woman to guilt trip her kids!!!! Nothing she mentioned remotely compares to what she has done to her family. They did those things when they were kids not grown ass men and women! Lady, you’re lucky your kids are even talking to you. They had the right to be angry and take time to process what happened. You sent money to a total stranger that could have been used to help take card of you in old age or to help take care of your grandkids. You have so many grown kids, if you met someone online you should have told them about what this person was asking if you. The nerve!!!!
There was only ONE woman that I felt sorry for,because she took personal responsibility,but this woman...she is disgusting,some scammed women really want love but most of them just look for the money,look and ego trip.
@@marciathehooligan3861 I don't sympathise too much with this lady but financial and emotional abuse is also abuse. Domestic violence is also not just physical but can be emotional, legal, financial, social, etc.
Emotional blackmail lady? Seriously? You are the mother. Why didn't you tell them the truth before? You got what you deserved and your children deserve better.
She STILL sent money KNOWING he wasn't really in jail?!?!!!! COME ON!!!! That's difficult to have sympathy for. Good people don't deserve to be scammed. It's terrible how they exploit these people.
She should not guilt trip her kids, they were doing what kids do. On the other hand, she is supposed to be an adult with wisdom. I think that's what upset the children.
I appreciate that she wore her finest neon green, 1991, tank top, on camera, to display what an intelligent and put-together person she is, so we wouldn't blame her for falling for this ridiculously obvious scam.
u do realize some people dance to their own beat. ur shallow as shit for thinking this// noticing a blouse w/tag 1991. get up to speed-we wear what we want. i just wore a 1970 tshirt.....SUE ME!
I don't get how there's women call it being stole from. No one stole anything from anyone. These women are giving it freely. I don't feel sorry for any of them.
Actually the grooming process is crazy. You would be surprised how convincing some of these guys are. A guy tried to scam me. I just have a "I don't give a man money under any circumstances" rule, even if I have met them but especially if I haven't met them. I find it very dishonorable to ask a woman for money but he was good, I mean real good, I probably would've judged these women too if I didn't experience how they operate first hand. So please be kind and have a little compassion for these women.
The delusion on her is atrocious. How dare she gaslight her children for having boundaries. She has made a complete mess of her life, gotten herself into a lot of debt and now wants everyone else to baby her and clean up the mess. I don't blame them for distancing themselves. She is 60+ and not protecting herself at all with common sense but yet expects sympathy when she gets taken advantage of. This is really ridiculous
It always amazes me that these women believe that the guy has lots of money, but he doesn't have a sibling, a parent, an adult child, a lawyer, an accountant, a banker, a business partner, or ANYBODY who can facilitate their business transactions except a complete stranger.
Actually I learnt a lot from social catfish. Nowadays I'm really careful online. A few months ago, I caught my husband (phew) giving away his bank account details to a scam ebay emai and stopped it just in timel. Scammers are getting very sophisticated but we are learning everyday. We are in our 60s.
@@oxalisacetosella4622 sorry you had a shitty life but a lot of people have inheritance coming to them not a shameful thing to own in life and it is pretty sad when that is taken away
Texts go through the cellular network. Try turning off your data services and WiFi and see if you can still send texts. You will be able to. You will not be able to access the Internet, including banking sites.
If she finds him he better be scared cause I'm a gonna whoop his arse, wow he must be terrified. Lady look in the mirror before you believe a stranger way younger than you loves you. I have no sympathy for any of these idiots, grow up and act like the old mature people you are.
Why is she threating with her sons when she legitimately made the choice to send $27k to a stranger? No offense but accountability is part of being an adult. Comparing her children doing things as they're growing up is kind of a sad thing to do when you're a 50+ year old woman.
I was actually on a language practicing site called tandem and I had a guy start contacting me overly interested. After watching these videos I did a reverse image search and sure enough it’s a stolen photo. So glad I blocked him so quickly
It's dam foolish . You said kids I need you now come over. Why didn't you say that to the scammer come over. Its plain stupidity. Feel sorry for the kids .
Bottom line, why send money to someone you do not know or have never seen. His problem is not YOUR problem. Once they start asking for money, that is a RED RED flag for you to drop this guy like a hot potato.
Excuse me Fely. My name is Drake London. I work on an oil rig in Alaska and I desperately need money. Could you please send me an Applebee's gift card? I will send you my address after you send me a direct message. Thank you for your kindness. You have a gentle heart.
@@drakelondon6849 you sound like the man I been searching for. Can you give Fely the elbow for me? I can furnished you with a $25 iTunes card immediately if so...and then afterwards please let's start planning a wedding ok? Don't keep me waiting!
@@CatfishedOnline If you can send a message, then you are connected to something. A 3G or 4G network, the one that also allows you to make telephone calls. And if you are connected to that network, you can use your browser in your phone or PC and connect to Internet and access wathever you want, like your email or bank accounts.
Excuse me Diana. My name is Drake London. I work on an oil rig in Alaska and I desperately need money. Could you please send me an Applebee's gift card? I will send you my address after you send me a direct message. Thank you for your kindness. You have a gentle heart.
I've been there, hooked up with someone online and I was dancing on cloud 9, reveling in the fact that someone who's decent looking would look my way. In my case I was lucky that this turn out to be a real person and we did meet and it didn't click and work out and so we parted ways. On some levels I understand how these people feel. Having validation from an attractive person is a powerful drug.
She compares her stupidity as an adult to her son's stupidity? The difference is they were just kids and kids will be kids. On the other hand, you are an adult who should have known better!
Okay I say this as a middle aged person. If you are not that good looking be skeptical when a very good looking person approaches you. Be realistic. They are probably not true.
I agree I wanted to say this but it sounds mean..but most of these pic's show a younger handsome man/woman. I you are older and not slim or fit why would these people throw them selves at you..it's hard but true.
@@paulinemakepeace4582 Agreed. Of all the people on the internet, he/she fell head over heels for you? Not saying you're unlovable, just that if Mr/Miss Hottie is madly attracted by a photo, look at your competition and think again.
listen anything is possible, sometimes younguns like a nice, uh, mature older person... but for cryin out loud meet IRL before you start falling in love and thinking about paying their bills
Uh discrimination against good looking people. We're not going about the world scamming people 🙄 and I don't know who you were referring to as good looking
@@FC-hj9ub You may be good looking (we’ll take your word for it) but your reading comprehension needs work. How can the comment be discriminatory against good looking people, when the people in the pictures aren’t the ones doing the scamming? We can’t see the scammers so nothing anyone says is even remotely related to the way they look. If you watch the other episodes there are numerous people in love with famous porn stars or models, that is who they are calling good looking.
The thing with me is when I have been in trouble in my life I never asked my friends or family for help so if some guy asks me for help I don't even understand...Why? You will survive..
well said, I never expect anyone to help me, but once in awhile, and i mean like, fifty bucks or something until my check comes in or something, groceries if i really need some badly but otherwise i owe no one on this earth one dime and NEVER would i give any money to anyone on line or otherwise except rent, bills etc
I have literally lived on tap water, eggs and Ramen noodles for almost a week because I didn't manage my finances better. I have 5 grown children who are all financially stable but certainly not rich. Not once did I ask them for money due to my poor choices. My failure to plan isn't an emergency. If I thought no fault of my own such as being ill or missing work I may borrow 10 or 20 dollars. That's it Iived. I'm still here
She refuses to take accountability, idk why she’s being hard on her kids for her own mistake. She needs to realise that this entire situation is her fault and her fault alone
@18:05 lol I can’t tell if this is just bad editing or if he really was that disconnected from what she was saying, cuz she was literally just lamenting how unsupportive her sons had been and he immediately follows that up with “well, looks like you have a good support system” 😂
I think there’s a reason why her kids wanted nothing to do with it. And the going on about support system is just a way to avoid getting the entire woe is me I was scammed lack of accountability speech.
As somebody who works for the bank, yes! If you have the account number used in a scam, please please please let us know. We may not be able to get your money back to you, but we can internally look into the account, and hopefully help protect others.
Adopt a basic rule people , please ....if a stranger asks you for money. Say NO!!! At that point all you have invested in this relationship is emotions. In a heart beat they can turn your world upside down with no remorse and no backward glance. . If something looks too good to be true.....it usually is!! No truly decent person asks a stranger for money, not in this manner.
Crazy thing, I am quite sure this same man just friended me on Facebook from a mutual friend. He stated he rarely is on Facebook. Things seemed odd from his initial conversation and I deleted and blocked him. He is playing a role of being an oil executive in a foreign company. This was like 3 weeks ago.
These scammers use same pictures of handsome men and beautiful women over and over again... They are quite lazy... There is a lot of pages on the Internet that shares these pictures. So always make a reverse image search if you suspect that person you are talking to is a scammer!
@@bootieshaker2585 that's because they use scripts. and they keep extensive notes so that all the members of the team (you are probably chatting with more than one person - all pretending to be one). they sit in cyber cafes in africa, they teach kids with the scripts. their last name is usually also a first name. so many red flags.
I just blocked a man from Florida. He said if I luv him I will help him this last time. I told him if u luv me u wouldn't ask me to solve your problems.. I than he kept going on about it. So I said ok how much. He said 500$. I said all I have is150$ he ok . And got the phone. But don't u forget. I hang up and blocked him. I don't know why I trusted him. Thanks this video made me do the right thing..
I can tell when a scammer is about to start asking for funds and just before they do, I ask them for money. I told him I needed to pay off a loan to Guido or he will cut my pinky finger off. I build the story where he has a underground network and can find anyone.. even with a fake name on the internet. Then I say, Guido probably knows who you are because you are talking to me! 😁🤷♀️
I talked to one guy for 2-3 months who was supposed to come back to country soon. Again the same story, engineer, working in military, I kinda felt suspicious as he fell in love in 2 weeks. I started asking him random questions about city we were from, like which suburb is his favourite, which restaurant he likes most in his neighbourhood, some geographical questions which he should know if he is from the same city as me. He was taking time In responding these kind of questions, so I thought he must be googling it. Again the same story, he needed money as he felt sick on airport so he can get a treatment , I was like why don’t you call your mother if you need money ? That was my first (and last) experience with a scammer. This was very long ago, but after that I kinda get smell the scammer only in 1-2 chats lol. They all have same stories.
She’s a narcissistic self absorbed mother. That was just wrong guilt tripping her kids for her irresponsible and irrational behavior and poor dating choices. Sad she got scammed but blame your kids and not yourself?
There are a lot of lonely people both men and women because families have very little time for each other. The scammers act as your best friend and check on you more than family. That is why people help them when they have problems. And they find out it was a game of scamming. Sad! Human relations has not been resolved.
I find that by changing the terminology used, it helps in many ways. For instance, saying someone is a victim. A victim has no power over what is happening, no power to stop it. When a person is said to be a victim it absolves them of any responsibility for the part they played in being scammed. These people need to feel empowered to choose differently, to see for themselves just what they are dealing with before the scammer can extract anything from them. This includes personal information. Sure, there is lots of personal information about nearly everyone, online. Yet, for the volume of people that scammers cast their net of lies & deceit for, it's faster plus easier to simply have it handed to them. Scammers are scamming for resources of money and phone cards; they also compile lists of people along with their personal information to be sold. If the scammer can't extract cash from the person, the can make money by selling the persons information. Yeah, I have been helping people to see through the scams & scammers for over 10 years.
@@FreeSpirit47There are all types of scams. Romance scams standout more. I do not believe we would see so much of this if families spent more time with each other. These scamners play like they are the persons best friend and check on them more CD than family. Suddenly they have a crisis and they come to the rescue of the person who turns out to be a scammer. I have talked to men and women who have lost $400,000 and up on the east coast and west coast. They are very educated people but made a bad decision.
I’m sorry but I completely disagree. These people aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed. They get scammed and then look for some recourse/look to vent. That doesn’t take “guts”. Guts is having enough common sense to understand that sending money to random people is a bad idea and the courage to say no with the understanding that they’ll likely stop talking to you if you don’t give them what they want.
For more information on this story click this link : socialcatfish.com/blog/romance-scam-breakdown-how-an-oil-rig-scam-works/
I was been scammed I came seeking for solutions on TH-cam so I saw a recommendation on how *ceaxahack* on ℹ️G helped someone I decided to give him a try and it was the best decision of my life. I thought I should recommend him to anyone seeking the same help too.
They kind of blew off her speech at the end. Her kids are not very supportive, based on how poorly they treated her when she admitted her mistake and asked for help. They literally told her she has a strong support from family 🙄
Shame on them! (the kids)
Your link doesn't work.
😂😂
There's a discrepancy in this video. When u ask her when the first time she sent money was she said about the whole situation with on the ship and him supposedly getting arrested and accounts frozen paying a captain to smuggle him off the rig for 4K. Yet at around 9mins in, when she's going on about having checked with her son the procedures for prisoners being jailed, and his attorney putting pressure on for cash, the voice-over says "by this time she had sent so much money she felt trapped ".
Which is it?
Saying the Police didn't help is very unfair.
She gave money to someone she's never met on the basis of one of the silliest stories I've ever heard.
My husband was an actual oil rig worker for ten years. Oil rig workers live a very luxurious life while on the rig. Yes, they work very hard but they also have everything they need for relaxation including internet access (including access via online to banking services), all the food they can eat, game rooms, exercise rooms, etc.. Anybody who is underperforming or causing problems on the rig, regardless of status, is on the next helicoptor out at company expense.
Same with the military that is another one they come up with this nonsense! I don't know why some folks don't get that bank account and wipe it out to a second one and shut it down! If one ever got that far with me, I'd do that 😆
And that's on top of being well-paid. Those guys are living better than us, they don't need an old lady's money! LOL
I was going to say im sure it depends where they are but growing up my friends father was a rig worker and he went ashore almost every single day at some point
My poor cousin REALLY is an oil rig worker, I hope his dating life isn't too hard! I feel for honest hard working guys that have that job, although I'm sure never asking for money is probably the deal breaker
Absolutely. I worked for oil companies in Alberta as a project control’s administrator and the workers at oil rigs are treated with utmost respect and have access to everything including company planes…this is all nonsense. This woman deserves to be scammed
The minute they tell you they work on an oil rig, block them.
A better approach with online dating is to only correspond with people who can offer the possibility of a date actually materialising in the near future. In my experience of online dating, if a date in the real world doesn’t happen soon after making contact, it probably never will.
A better approach with online dating is to only correspond with people who can offer the possibility of a date actually materialising in the near future. In my experience of online dating, if a date in the real world doesn’t happen soon after making contact, it probably never will.
Also, if they are an engineer, doctor, underwater welder or something very lucrative, it's a scam!!! I am online dating and see this constantly.
Yeap , oil rugs, engineers, army in Middle East or Turkey , and doctors. Just use common sense , especially when they look like a model .
Exactly, it cost my life pluse half million usd, those shameful asshole can exiting on the earth, if not me must someone else… & many more!! Too elaborate professional business-thief!
whenever a stranger asks you for money, block
The easiest thing I do.😊
Damm straight.
some people naïve , they do not block because they fall in love with fake photo and they are desperate !!
@@samysalman6374 Desparate; 👎!!
Dulza Mc Kinney. Few add ones before you block 1st pray requesting Jesus protection AND Intervention on your and our behalf
(2) do a Screen Shot of every conversation and request and photo they ever sent you and (3)report them to multiple authorities (4) inform others (us) then and (5) only then block them And stay your Happy Confident Self that last bit will sure as the sunshine tick them off but who cares. God bless you and all the not scammers who are seeing my return comment
Funny how they never fall for a Walmart employee 🤔
Or an average man
Yes, they are always engineers architects, in the military or a contracter on the rigs.
To much tv romance???? Not enough mirrors???? IDK
@@isay207 exactly!!
I liken their inability to really see themselves in a mirror to a tone deaf person’s inability to hear themselves howl like a banshee while singing to Simon Cowell.
04:00 ‘he doesn’t have access to WiFi to log into his online banking’ but he does have the mobile signal to be able to text you, which can also be used for accessing the internet and his online bank account.
Just remember that flaw in this story as it’s a central part of this scam
One mugu scammer asked me for an iTunes card, so he could call his daughter. Humh, he contacted me by Internet but couldn't contact his daughter. Mugu, not my problem!
I know! That was the first thing I thought??
I was thinking the same thing!
Yes. Make it make sense.
It is absolutely possible to have phone/text service but not Internet. The are separate things.
Gives money to a scammer willingly … Then tries to put the burden of dealing with it on her sons. Beautiful!
She really started throwing her kids under the bus and airing out all their dirty laundry at the end, just because she got scammed didn’t mean she had to blame her kids and make them seem like the awful ones.
Yeah, that was very weird blaming her children for their past indiscretions. Very immature, not accepting responsibility for her behavior typical narcissist
Yeah that was dirty of her for real. That’s why she got scammed, not a nice person. No compassion for her.
i know right. she really tried to equate kids crashing a car or ruining a computer to a full grown adult sending their life savings to a complete stranger
No wealthy person will let you know how much they are making immediately in a text.
or ever lol
I’m a 2x billionaire!
But hey, can I get a little loan because there’s no banks on the rig
Jk 😂
This is a missed red flag 🚩 I’d love to play around with these scammers and interrogate them until they go mad 😂
Lol never
Exactly, and a legitimate business person, with that much money, isn't going to trust their bank account to some person they just met online.
Omg.. she’s comparing something her kids did as kids to her being that old and giving money away to a stranger! Not the same thing at all.
Exactly!!!
It’s not the same but IT AINT THEIR MONEY
Omg they were kids. Kids whose brains were not developed. You gave money to an obvious person who was way out of your league. Come on now.
Not knowing how to listen is how people end up in messes like that too, try listening and understanding. She didn’t compare what they did to what she did, she compared how she treated her loved ones to how her loved ones treated her.
So only young people can be dumb and make mistakes? Old people can't do dumb things and make mistakes? Don't forget, she IS paying for her mistake. Her lesson is the loss of her money and perhapes the loss of her pride and respect, too. Her children can be mad at her. But they are wrong to abandon her.
If someone your dating online is asking you money. Think about why he doesn't ask friends or family. Why ask a stranger. ? 2. If you can't Skype or FaceTime or have really met. That's not a relationship. It's just chatting.
Great advice
Imagine asking someone who you’re trying to impress for money.
Just don't do it.
Think about how dating on line is not dating.
@@CatfishedOnline what do you do to send pictures of a person to find out if they are real person. Out money and have his phone number
They have not 1 family members or friends they are a orphanes .. they have nothing
I used to work at a gas station as the overnight manager and one night, I went outside and saw a woman standing in the parking lot, crying. I asked her what was wrong and she tearfully explained that her son had had a terrible seizure and was in a coma, and she needed urgently to get down to the hospital to be by his side, but she didn’t have a car or money for a taxi. My heart was touched, especially because my mother died after having a particularly bad seizure in 1988, when I was only a baby. I started crying as well and hugged the woman, then reached into my pocket and handed her some cash to pay for a cab. She thanked me between sobs, “Oh thank you! God bless you!”. I told her what had happened to my mom and how I was so moved by her story. She thanked me again and then walked away. About a half hour later, I saw her go into the convenience store across the street and buy some beer. She walked out casually with her bag of booze and started strolling down the street, not a care in the world. It had all been a lie. I felt my face turning red with rage and a deep sense of betrayal; I’d been had. Conned. Duped. Swindled. Did I call the police? No, for what? She hadn’t robbed me, put a gun to my head. I willfully and deliberately opened my wallet and gave her money without taking 30 seconds to stop and think before doing so. Had I taken a moment to think instead of becoming emotional, I would have realized that her story didn’t make any sense. Why not get a ride from a family member or friend? Why not take the bus, which is only $1.50? Or walk? I’m a mother, if my child was in the hospital I’d walk or crawl to get there. I took the loss, shook my head and learned my lesson. What can the police do when a person voluntarily gives money to a stranger who spun a wild story? I get that it’s wrong to scam people and I feel terrible for this woman who lost so much money, but it’s not fair to make it seem like the police are “careless” or “bad” when their hands are tied. We also have a responsibility to investigate, do research, use our logic, and not take everyone at face value. I’m very sorry for this lady and hope she can recover, but we can’t just send somebody tens of thousands of dollars and then expect the police to recover it for us if we realize we were lied to.
It's called breach of confidence. It's an offense.
@@rocioaguilera3555 It’s also called having common sense. Who in their right mind sends that much money to someone they have never met? Some responsibility has got to be taken by her and others who have done this . I had an experience like the commenter as well. I learned and make better judgement calls.
@@staceysharee9387 ok but people who've been scammed can still attempt to find justice, it's their right.
Very great story. I've been there too. I guess it's "street smarts". You don't become cold, you become wise. Find another way to donate or help people. Don't get scammed.
I had a woman in a parking lot give me a sad tale of just not having enough money to get where she needed to go. I handed her a $20 bill, she swore she'd pay me back, I waved it off and walked away. I don't even care what her story really was.
If you have one long happy marriage in your lifetime, count yourself lucky and don't expect lightning to strike twice. Some people never find that special someone.
Exactly at 62 I KNOW its not going to happen
@@isay207 Me too, and it’s a relief! 😅
My mom and grandma's never looked for anyone else after their husband's passed away. They did what interested them. They were happy.
@@isay207 hello beautiful, I would like to get to know you. 🥰
@@knowthycell Same here Babe, can you send me $3500
Let’s not blame the police. You decided to send $27,000 to a total stranger. Let’s not blame the police, government, our kids or anyone else. It’s always someone else’s fault. She still believes William was actually nearby when he contacted her. She doesn’t get it’s all fictional. Take ownership.
That's true!
Exactly. The police aren't going to launch an investigation when there's been no crime. Lying isn't a crime. Learn your lesson and try not to do it again.
Some people, especially of a certain age, believe EVERYTHING They are told.
The government, social media make it easy for people to be taken advantage of and not be able to recoup their loss. Don't blame the victim. These people are thieves.
I have MS and was addicted to prescription narcotics for a few years. My children and husband suffered because of it. I went cold turkey years ago and have apologized to every child and to my ex husband (they are grown now. I was addicted when they were small) I take 100 percent responsibility. The Dr who prescribed it isn't the one who shoved it down my throat. That is my fault. People need to take responsibility
Imagine thinking anyone owes you anything after you send $27,000 to someone you've only ever talked with through emails/texts.
The fact that she kept saying g the money was taken or stolen. No it was not. She gave it away 🧐.
Imagine being an oil rig worker trying to date online lol
And you dropped your bank card in the sea, you'd have no chance
@@clarea1801 LOL
It sounds expensive! 🤣
They're screwed
The WiFI doesn’t work on the oil rig for banking but works for dating sites odd
She seems like a terrible mother.... she shouldn't make her kids feel bad. Her children likely tried to warn her many times, but their advice probably fell on deaf ears.
I agree she's comparing apples to oranges.
Exactly. Absolutely ludicrous
She called her son (who’s a police officer) for advice and she still sent money. This lady, I swear. 🙄
All of these scam victim women are lacking something, including being very stupid. The don't care about their kids or grandkids; they are basically dirty old ladies looking for young meat.
She did and they tried to help her and she "couldn't stop" because she developed none of herself after her husband passed. Unless she's the toughest 55 yr old, he's been gone a while. Hope she's stayed off dating sites and try to meet a nice gentleman at a local group meeting
"Drop everything you're doing and help me". The audacity.
shut-up
@@skibeesmith5952 lol no
Why is it sexy when a man treats you like this? Nothing!
She was in a state of panic. She needed help ASAP. She would have done the same for her kids.
Probably not the first time they had to clean up a mess their high-strung Southern mother made.
I lost my sympathy for her when she started saying she forgave her kids for the dumb things they did when they were kids. They were kids. Just like she has emotions, they do too.
You ever heard of the second childhood?
@@revekat2053 second childhood doesn’t entail sending someone 27k.
Trying to go all "what about what you did when you were a kid" is a total false equivalency. No lady, it's not the same, your grown azz is supposed to know better and your kids have every justification to be cheezed at you.
Guys, when it comes to technology, she is the kid! So she's right. secondly, its her money to lose. How are you mad at her for losing her own money? Thirdly, it's your mother. she's widowed and alone. if she doesn't deserve compassion who does?
@@TyGosketchit's not her money anymore she is broke now
They might be giving her the cold shoulder because they kept warning her over and over again and she did not listen.
Exactly! Prevention and education is the key here BEFORE the S hits the fan. My friend who’s worked in banking for years advices people on this subject matter and the customers not only NOT take her advice, but they actually become enraged. So there really isn’t anything the banking people can do when someone is determined to destroy their finances.
I had to laugh when she says all of that about her kids, and the founder turns around and responds to that by saying “well it sounds like you have a great support system in place...” 😂 Just, what? Haha.
Also, this is random, but I just noticed in this video that the founder has one brown eye and one blue eye. I can’t stop staring at it now.
It must be extremely frustrating to be the family of these people, pleading with them to not waste $$ and them being so pig headed and stubborn
"Oil rig blew up! 12 men killed! I need to buy a new oil rig. Can you help?"
Hahaha
She has some major issues. Calling all of her adult kids over for her "emergency" and then expecting them to intervene on her behalf is selfish and shows her lack of insight. Comparing the normal dumb mistakes that teenagers make (wrecking a car, etc) to her own careless indiscretion is manipulative. I guess what I am saying is this lady needs to look at herself and accept some accountability.
Narcissist
Almost all these victims are manipulative and narcisstic. That's how they get scammed. Fall for flattery
She was the adult their whole lives. And I can bet this isn't the first time she's called them in a tizzy
If she looked at herself..?😂
I'm sure her husband is absolutely turning in his grave. Not only was he barely cold before she was on dating sites, but she's given all her money to some random who never did anything for her when her husband cared for her for decades.
She only knew one kind of man, the kind who would pay the bills and not ask her to think for herself. So she figured the very next one she met would be just like the first.
The time she decided to wait to date after her husband passed is her decision alone. Not yours.
I Really hope CM V's partner starts dating or looking for someone right after his funeral
@@ArizonaJonsFromTucson Wow. Funny. Making Threats, eh? Grow up.
When someone decides to start dating after a loved one is none of your business. Do people tell you how to date?
@@CMV314 hahaha do you even think before you write your nonsense or know what a threat is because from what I wrote i don't see any kind of threat eh¿ simpleton u grow up and learn how to read and while your at it learn that in America everyone has their own opinion if u don't like it well awww poor u throw your self a pity party
The real victims are her poor children. My mom tries to guilt me for things I did as a kid as well. It's toxic AF. Our brains weren't fully developed. Yours was. Big difference
I laughed so hard at the editing when the victim was complaining about how her sons were treating her badly and giving her the cold shoulder. then scamfish guy said "sounds like you have a great family and support system, bye"
hahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahaahhaha
Was he not listening at all...😂 Fake compassion
Yeah that was super weird!!! She trashed her family and he acted like he didn’t even hear what she was saying! Hahaha crazy.
@@aliciakillen1940Maybe he meant they will come around
Yeah…no. Lol@@VB-lc4xz
Wow. This is why I'm a firm believer of NOT just going from your father's home right to another man's home. You need to learn who you are as an individual.
I am a firm believer of that too. You need to know that being alone is not the same as being lonely. Your happiness doesn't depend on having a significant other. Everyone should have the skill of happily living by themselves, at least for a while. That way people wouldn't be as desperate to meet someone and will be less vulnerable to scams, toxic relationships, etc.
You can still do that while living in your parents home. But it sounds as if she never really had to lift a finger
@@af98 yes it's very possible with good parents to grow up, knowing yourself, loving yourself, being okay with being alone. The problem is not the fact that you go from one means home to another but going from a bad home situation straight into marriage
Problem is these days young women don’t listen to anyone, I show my step daughter these type of videos and ones where a young girl gets kidnapped or killed and she ignored it, she at age 15 went to meet a stranger at mall parking lot, the guy was 25 years old, I found out about it just in time, she could have been kidnapped or killed. Women don’t listen, they know it all.
You can only be an individual and know yourself if you are alone? Lol, ok
How is a kid putting a magnet on a computer like a grown woman trading away everything for flattery? What a narcissist.
She was lonely and wanted someone to love her the way her husband had loved her. You have no empathy or compassion.
@@cremebrulee4759 does that mean to throw away her brain and become stupid?
@@cremebrulee4759 I can understand falling in love however sending all your life savings is where my sympathy ends
@@cremebrulee4759 what an absurd statement to make about someone you don't know anything about. My life has been dedicated to making the world better for powerless people. I have extremely high empathy and compassion. Right now I'm feeling compassion for this woman's unfortunate kids whom she bosses around and orders to help her while ignoring their advice and trying to shame them for minor, perfectly understandable mistakes they made decades ago, after she just paid all their inheritance to a scammer because unlike them, he kissed her a$$. You are the one without empathy if you don't feel for her kids. It's tough to have a mother like her.
@@nineteenfortyeight6762 "Paid all their inheritance..." What? Until she is dead that money is hers and she can burn it in a furnace if she wants and they should feel THEY have suffered no loss.
The time to cuss out your scammer is before you cut them off forever, before you send them a single cent. Once you've sent them your life's savings, they're just laughing at you while you cuss them out and threaten to "whoop" them.
$27,000.00 to a stranger. OMG. She willingly gave the scammer the money. Its not stolen.
She is the victim of fraud which is a crime. Yes, she was foolish but scammers are criminals.
Stolen through Stupidity.😮
I'm convinced these scammers read the death notices and then find these widows on social media and pursue them.
Sounds realistic, that way they know who's fragile and desperate
They are vultures.😅
I’ve gotten contacted by dozens since my husband died last year. I laugh at them and delete after calling them scammers
They probably do. After a death in my family we got flooded with advertising crap which we'd never gotten before, one high-priced coffin place actually had the insufferable nerve to say, _"This is a community outreach in your area, and if we have contacted you after the death of a loved one we apologize."_ 🙄🤦🏾♀️🤬
No one STOLE anything from this woman. She gave it voluntary..🙄
It was stolen with lies. She wouldn’t have willingly given up this money otherwise so it is a lie and a roost.
I would say it's defrauded out of her. Taken under false pretenses.
Stupid. 😮
Big, bad Terri threatening to beat the guy up.
Where was this fierceness when you were sending a year’s salary to a person you had never met?
She thought she was gonna get rich 🤑
Ikr?..I was like Mme have several seats..
Dare you to say that to her face 🤣😂. My money is on Big Bad Terri.
🤣🤣🤣 a dog that barks, doesn't bite 😉😉🤣
She was calling the scammer stupid right after sending them all her money 😂😂 even when she knew it was a scam she still said she cared for the scammers well being 😂😂 said she would beat him up when she doesn’t even know what the real scammer looks like !
1. Widowed 2. With child 3. Cannot make phone call or video chat 4. No friends or family 5. Fell in love with you the next day.. 6. Oil rig engineer / UN surgeon / Successful investor etc.. / ......
Answer: All the above. Ha ha! But,really it's not funny! These ppl are evil and need to be caught.There are so many it's impossible to even make a dent in the amount of scammers everyday 365 days a year. All ppl can do is warn other ppl to be careful of ppl they do not know.Someone they never met in person.Most of all never send money,gift cards,bitcoin.Do a background check,reverse image on the photos.If they make excuses they cannot video chat there 99.9 % a scammer.Block them asap! Get a pet! There much more reliable and loyal!
@@JaimeMesChiens Your right on the money! Anyone that has a job. making big bucks but,for some reason there funds are frozen? Run Run Run! There a phony profile with all the right answers.I need to watch the movie "Tinder Swindler'.Probably about a master person taking big money from several victims.Like so many you read about.It's women too! Not just the men scamming ppl out of funds.Does not have to be a dating site! Can be any sites like a garage sale or friend request!Block these ppl asap!😀
Calls woman queen, my love, and baby
Gold and the UAE or Turkey. Don't forget the gold.
Bingo!
Her kid's doing stupid things at young age is one thing, Being scammed by a teenage Nigerian at her age is another.
"Ah care about mah money."
Then why did you give it away ?
"If he ever comes back to Charlotte..." She'll never learn...
She wasn’t swindled out of any money -- she WILLINGLY gave it away. She’s only one to blame. IMO -- she saw dollar signs & thought she would get her share. No sympathy.
Actually she was. That what the word SWINDLE means......using lies and deception to get someone to give you money.
No, she was swindled out of it. They lied to her she didn’t give it willingly. I know it’s easier to blame the victim. And yes, it was stupid not to investigate what people come from my trusting place I don’t she’s to blame totally
Um, you might want to look up the definition of "swindled" because she was definitely swindled.
That's how being swidled works.. they make you give up the money
@@marthaindiana it’s not a matter of blaming the victim- it’s horrendous that people get conned out of their money - but again - she saw dollar signs & was hoping for her share . My opinion; you have yours
Remember people. Their problem isn't your problem. 🤷♂️
said the scammer
Good comment. People get into trouble when they try and be a good Samaritan, and take on other people's problems.
@@robw2486 the bible says dont become a surety for others. Please hit me over the head with the cricket bat. I am extremely wise to know that. But these " professional " I've got a problem I trust only you Wendy to "help" me with ( " trust me Wendy" I am not after your money honey) but honey my bank account is frozen .( translated that means their bankrupt) they need surety cause their on their way to jail ( I gave up playing Monopoly) visiting ours are over
Always good advice right there.
Ur rite but these wee videos should hopefully help other people
It’s the gaslighting of her children for me. Lost the 1% of empathy I had for her
she was right, dont turn your back when she needs you.
How? She’s right she was there for them, and they should be there for her regardless of her stupidity.
@@marthaindiana you're supposed to be there for your children!
@@sallycrumb and your kids should be there for you. Family is family.
@Martika Bee The way she demands they be there that second is childish and entitled! I guess I just don't put my problems on my children. I have MS and rarely ask them for anything. Manipulation is what she was doing
Felt sorry for her until the end when she explained how she was gaslighting her children for making the choice to ignore her for a couple of days to process what their mother had done. As if it was their responsibility to deal with the fallout of her ignorance. The callousness with which she told the story leads me to believe that she speaks to her kids like this all the time. She probably does not understand things like:
- she is the parent and supposed to be a role model for them not the other way around
- they are not responsible for her and do not immediately need to drop everything because SHE needs them to. They have lives as well
- it is somehow their fault that the only man she was ever with was their Dad and it means she cannot be held accountable for making naive choices?
Surprised her kids want anything to do with her at all
Want is probably not the word
Whatever you think gaslighting means, that isn’t what it means.
I was on her side until she talked about attempting to emotionally manipulate her children into forgiving her.
Then I realized SHE DESERVED THIS.
She’s comparing willingly giving away all of her money to domestic violence. Great woman
She has been emotionally and financially abused. Do you think all forms of domestic violence results in black eyes? Violence takes many forms. She has been victimised and although she was foolish and naive, she was also in a very vulnerable state. Shame on the sons for shunning her like that!
@@MissWhiskers bull sh*t! She needs to grow tf up! And for all you know she's a pos mother!
@@darcylett486 In what way does your comment pertain to the discussion in question? How about you get back with some actual and RELEVANT arguments the next time?
@@MissWhiskers blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Even women think your reddit opinions are ridiculous
@Heh Even women? As if I'm not myself a woman? I understand this must be super confusing to you but I'm actually NOT a dog. The profile picture is of my Eurasier. And yes, he is a good boy, but he does not - I repeat! - he does NOT have the ability to comment on TH-cam. We're still working on his Google searches. It's just all over the place!
I hate when an old lady threatens to “whoop his ass”
The scammers got a good laugh about being beat up
💀💀
she tell tales of her kids and their mistakes as children....this is comparing apples vs oranges...she is a grown adult...
No it isn’t, she has feelings too. She has the right to make a mistake just like anyone else.
@@sidneycat432 They made their mistakes when they were children it's not even the same circumstances
I don't agree. I think what she's trying to say is...she was immature when it came to love and romantic relationships. She had only been with her husband and wasn't experienced enough to recognize the scam right away. Makes sense to me. Plus most of these women have just lost their husbands and are vulnerable because they miss the companionship.
she is right to expect them to not ghost her because she made a mistake.
She married at 17. She probably has never grown beyong that age, especially not on the dating front, and probably financially too. I see that in my own mother and it's the perfect combination for scammers. So in certain respects she still is a child.
So she demands that her kids "drop everything" and come help her out of her dumbassery. They come over, help to the best of their abilities, but then gets mad that they are mad/frustrated with said dumbassery??
I don’t understand why would u give money that u have not meet in Person.
It's sheer stupidity..
Because society hasn't yet established that you can't meet or date someone you haven't met in person. People think you can be "dating" online only.
At end, after admitting she felt stupid & her kids’ initial response to her $27k lost,she brings up her kids’ childhood foibles. Who does that ?
Narcissistic insecure people
A terrible parent
Because in her mind this is her childrens' fault, they they all told her this was a scam more than once.
The audacity of this woman to guilt trip her kids!!!! Nothing she mentioned remotely compares to what she has done to her family. They did those things when they were kids not grown ass men and women! Lady, you’re lucky your kids are even talking to you. They had the right to be angry and take time to process what happened. You sent money to a total stranger that could have been used to help take card of you in old age or to help take care of your grandkids. You have so many grown kids, if you met someone online you should have told them about what this person was asking if you. The nerve!!!!
Harsh.
But I agree.
There was only ONE woman that I felt sorry for,because she took personal responsibility,but this woman...she is disgusting,some scammed women really want love but most of them just look for the money,look and ego trip.
Cold fish she made a mistake by trusting the wrong person like hundreds of people have done.Dont be so judgemental it can happen to anyone.
But there is a FAR CRY from "being in an abusive relationship" and a man knocking her around than just handing thousands of dollars over to a stranger
@@marciathehooligan3861 I don't sympathise too much with this lady but financial and emotional abuse is also abuse. Domestic violence is also not just physical but can be emotional, legal, financial, social, etc.
William and the lawyer were the same person. SMH
What is wrong with these women? They must be really man hungry to fall for these fools.
Emotional blackmail lady? Seriously? You are the mother. Why didn't you tell them the truth before? You got what you deserved and your children deserve better.
She STILL sent money KNOWING he wasn't really in jail?!?!!!! COME ON!!!! That's difficult to have sympathy for. Good people don't deserve to be scammed. It's terrible how they exploit these people.
She should not guilt trip her kids, they were doing what kids do. On the other hand, she is supposed to be an adult with wisdom. I think that's what upset the children.
They were being punk bitches....she had their backs...and they treated her like crap
We Don't use the word barrister in America. They use that word in Nigeria. We use lawyer and attorney
Wouldn’t a Nigerian be using the word of their country?
Also…doesn’t he have to be in International Law?
@@uyoebyik Yes, lawyer and attorney mean the same thing in the United States. Somebody who is licensed to practice law and take cases to court.
Exactly! It’s a British word!
It’s British 🇬🇧
I appreciate that she wore her finest neon green, 1991, tank top, on camera, to display what an intelligent and put-together person she is, so we wouldn't blame her for falling for this ridiculously obvious scam.
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u do realize some people dance to their own beat.
ur shallow as shit for thinking this// noticing a
blouse w/tag 1991. get up to speed-we wear what we want.
i just wore a 1970 tshirt.....SUE ME!
"Finest neon green"
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This is my most favourite comment on TH-cam ever 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Where is the "duping"? This guy gave her a bunch of fishy stories and she opened her wallet without bothering to verify any of it. That's on her.
I don't get how there's women call it being stole from. No one stole anything from anyone. These women are giving it freely. I don't feel sorry for any of them.
exactly.....when they withdraw money & wire it, buy bitcoin, "gift cards", no one has a gun to their heads...............
I don't get it. They were "hypnotized" into sending money? What. I agree with you. They willingly sent money so it wasn't "stolen".
Well good for you, oh perfect and highly judgmental you.
@@videoettaceo8900 finally!... Someone see my perfection! It's about time I got some recognition.... Thank you sooo much😘
Actually the grooming process is crazy. You would be surprised how convincing some of these guys are. A guy tried to scam me. I just have a "I don't give a man money under any circumstances" rule, even if I have met them but especially if I haven't met them. I find it very dishonorable to ask a woman for money but he was good, I mean real good, I probably would've judged these women too if I didn't experience how they operate first hand. So please be kind and have a little compassion for these women.
The delusion on her is atrocious.
How dare she gaslight her children for having boundaries.
She has made a complete mess of her life, gotten herself into a lot of debt and now wants everyone else to baby her and clean up the mess.
I don't blame them for distancing themselves.
She is 60+ and not protecting herself at all with common sense but yet expects sympathy when she gets taken advantage of. This is really ridiculous
That's exactly what a lot of parents are like. In Italy at leat many people enable thus mother attitude.
So, do you realise she became a victim of a criminal gang? Yes, they outsmarted her, that's how fraud works.
It always amazes me that these women believe that the guy has lots of money, but he doesn't have a sibling, a parent, an adult child, a lawyer, an accountant, a banker, a business partner, or ANYBODY who can facilitate their business transactions except a complete stranger.
Perfect example!
Who shows someone they hardly know their bank account unless it s fake.
The first question I always think of is “how would you handle this before we started talking?”
i can't believe women don't know this stuff yet...if a man needs money drop him like a hot potato bc it's a fraud....good grief this is well known...
What if he is an actual hot potato? I once dated a hashbrown who turned out to be a potato pancake. I never felt so deceived in my life.
@@drakelondon6849 I'm sorry that happened to you 😥 sending love 💗💗💗
Same for gents. If she is asking for money, drop her.
@@Galworld761 Nope. Women are sugar & spice and everything nice. Never scammers 😁
Actually I learnt a lot from social catfish. Nowadays I'm really careful online. A few months ago, I caught my husband (phew) giving away his bank account details to a scam ebay emai and stopped it just in timel. Scammers are getting very sophisticated but we are learning everyday. We are in our 60s.
A fool and their money will soon part.
That’s super funny but truth
It blows my mind how these people being scammed have thousands of pounds/dollars just at their disposal 😐🙄
Alot of them are really bad with money too. Like selling your house to give money to a scammer. They must be really lonely
They don’t have it loans and credit is not free money
Right selling a car ok but a spare car but ur home
@@Arizona_lillysome have insurance money and savings.
I never got that part 😂. How are they so broke but sending all this money?
She gives all her money to a stranger and blames everyone else
She thought because her son was a cop she was untouchable
Yep
They didnt stop loving you. They were annoyed at your foolishness!
Not to mention she gave away part of their inheritance
@@oxalisacetosella4622 sorry you had a shitty life but a lot of people have inheritance coming to them not a shameful thing to own in life and it is pretty sad when that is taken away
There's no wifi or internet but he can message her? 🤣
I know!??? 🤷♀️
Maybe he was throwing his voice telepathically through her phone. LOL
You don't know? He was communicating with her magically.
Texts go through the cellular network. Try turning off your data services and WiFi and see if you can still send texts. You will be able to. You will not be able to access the Internet, including banking sites.
How?😮
Her husband is spinning in his grave, thinking WTF were you thinking.
I'm beginning to think that spouses should evenly leave assests to both their spouse and their children. That money didn't just belong to her.
If she finds him he better be scared cause I'm a gonna whoop his arse, wow he must be terrified. Lady look in the mirror before you believe a stranger way younger than you loves you. I have no sympathy for any of these idiots, grow up and act like the old mature people you are.
Why is she threating with her sons when she legitimately made the choice to send $27k to a stranger? No offense but accountability is part of being an adult. Comparing her children doing things as they're growing up is kind of a sad thing to do when you're a 50+ year old woman.
Yes... if you have family like this they're an abusive nightmare
This woman is selfish and disgusting. Trying to blame her kids for being kids. She got what she deserved.
I was actually on a language practicing site called tandem and I had a guy start contacting me overly interested. After watching these videos I did a reverse image search and sure enough it’s a stolen photo. So glad I blocked him so quickly
It would have been fun to scam the scammer.
You should have asked him for some money first.
Way to go!...very smart!..😊
She didn’t go for someone like her, plain , and older , etc , she wanted a rich young man , very shallow , gullible as hell ,
Why do these women think these really good looking men would want to date them?
Exactly use your common sense!!!!
So true. Reality check. Not very bright.
Narcisstic. Vain.
Why?😮
It's dam foolish .
You said kids I need you now come over.
Why didn't you say that to the scammer come over.
Its plain stupidity.
Feel sorry for the kids .
There seems to be a big psychological component to each of this stories. The scammers know a potential victim within a couple of exchanges.
Bottom line, why send money to someone you do not know or have never seen. His problem is not YOUR problem. Once they start asking for money, that is a RED RED flag for you to drop this guy like a hot potato.
Excuse me Fely. My name is Drake London. I work on an oil rig in Alaska and I desperately need money. Could you please send me an Applebee's gift card? I will send you my address after you send me a direct message. Thank you for your kindness. You have a gentle heart.
@@drakelondon6849 you sound like the man I been searching for. Can you give Fely the elbow for me? I can furnished you with a $25 iTunes card immediately if so...and then afterwards please let's start planning a wedding ok? Don't keep me waiting!
He doesn't have access to wifi but texting you? Um k?
Very ridiculous...
Texting does not require WiFi. I am writing this without WiFi.
WiFi isn't necessary to send a text message!
@@CatfishedOnline If you can send a message, then you are connected to something. A 3G or 4G network, the one that also allows you to make telephone calls. And if you are connected to that network, you can use your browser in your phone or PC and connect to Internet and access wathever you want, like your email or bank accounts.
They say no internet, but they can text wanting a itunes cards and money because they can't get into their bank account
Yeah makes perfect sense, not!!!
Excuse me Diana. My name is Drake London. I work on an oil rig in Alaska and I desperately need money. Could you please send me an Applebee's gift card? I will send you my address after you send me a direct message. Thank you for your kindness. You have a gentle heart.
That’s what I was thinking
Tell um you have no money, see if they still love u.
They won't.
Anyone who gives their life savings to an online scammer should be judged incompetent and have a guardian appointed.
Especially if he tells you you’re “very beautiful” when you’re average looking.
That’s hilarious I totally agree
@@maryjanebrown4667 😂or worse
that seems harsh. nothing funny about it...each case is different.
@@skibeesmith5952 of course it’s not funny but sometimes it’s healthy to let humor enter the drama
I think a lot of this is the feeling of excitement of the story. People get swept up in it, all the crises etc, and imagine a happy ending.
I've been there, hooked up with someone online and I was dancing on cloud 9, reveling in the fact that someone who's decent looking would look my way. In my case I was lucky that this turn out to be a real person and we did meet and it didn't click and work out and so we parted ways. On some levels I understand how these people feel. Having validation from an attractive person is a powerful drug.
It’s a happy ending….for the scammer.
Women especially love a good romance story. The ups and downs. The emotional ride they feel is like shit to flies. They can't stay away from it.
"With such thrilling stories to hand, who would read novels?"
She compares her stupidity as an adult to her son's stupidity? The difference is they were just kids and kids will be kids. On the other hand, you are an adult who should have known better!
Okay I say this as a middle aged person. If you are not that good looking be skeptical when a very good looking person approaches you. Be realistic. They are probably not true.
I agree I wanted to say this but it sounds mean..but most of these pic's show a younger handsome man/woman. I you are older and not slim or fit why would these people throw them selves at you..it's hard but true.
@@paulinemakepeace4582 Agreed. Of all the people on the internet, he/she fell head over heels for you? Not saying you're unlovable, just that if Mr/Miss Hottie is madly attracted by a photo, look at your competition and think again.
listen anything is possible, sometimes younguns like a nice, uh, mature older person... but for cryin out loud meet IRL before you start falling in love and thinking about paying their bills
Uh discrimination against good looking people. We're not going about the world scamming people 🙄 and I don't know who you were referring to as good looking
@@FC-hj9ub You may be good looking (we’ll take your word for it) but your reading comprehension needs work. How can the comment be discriminatory against good looking people, when the people in the pictures aren’t the ones doing the scamming? We can’t see the scammers so nothing anyone says is even remotely related to the way they look. If you watch the other episodes there are numerous people in love with famous porn stars or models, that is who they are calling good looking.
The thing with me is when I have been in trouble in my life I never asked my friends or family for help so if some guy asks me for help I don't even understand...Why? You will survive..
well said, I never expect anyone to help me, but once in awhile, and i mean like, fifty bucks or something until my check comes in or something, groceries if i really need some badly but otherwise i owe no one on this earth one dime and NEVER would i give any money to anyone on line or otherwise except rent, bills etc
I have literally lived on tap water, eggs and Ramen noodles for almost a week because I didn't manage my finances better. I have 5 grown children who are all financially stable but certainly not rich. Not once did I ask them for money due to my poor choices. My failure to plan isn't an emergency. If I thought no fault of my own such as being ill or missing work I may borrow 10 or 20 dollars. That's it Iived. I'm still here
She refuses to take accountability, idk why she’s being hard on her kids for her own mistake. She needs to realise that this entire situation is her fault and her fault alone
Guarantee you she was hard on them when they were children, what's the difference to her now they're adults
@18:05 lol I can’t tell if this is just bad editing or if he really was that disconnected from what she was saying, cuz she was literally just lamenting how unsupportive her sons had been and he immediately follows that up with “well, looks like you have a good support system” 😂
i was thinking the same thing lol
Yeah that was bonkers!
lol lol ....i noticed that too...
i wanted more of what she was saying! and he cut in!
I think there’s a reason why her kids wanted nothing to do with it. And the going on about support system is just a way to avoid getting the entire woe is me I was scammed lack of accountability speech.
When they ask for money say GOODBYE.Any decent man would not beg money from a woman.Hope this woman is OK now and that her family have forgiven her.
As somebody who works for the bank, yes! If you have the account number used in a scam, please please please let us know. We may not be able to get your money back to you, but we can internally look into the account, and hopefully help protect others.
Adopt a basic rule people , please ....if a stranger asks you for money. Say NO!!! At that point all you have invested in this relationship is emotions. In a heart beat they can turn your world upside down with no remorse and no backward glance. . If something looks too good to be true.....it usually is!! No truly decent person asks a stranger for money, not in this manner.
Crazy thing, I am quite sure this same man just friended me on Facebook from a mutual friend. He stated he rarely is on Facebook. Things seemed odd from his initial conversation and I deleted and blocked him. He is playing a role of being an oil executive in a foreign company. This was like 3 weeks ago.
These scammers use same pictures of handsome men and beautiful women over and over again... They are quite lazy... There is a lot of pages on the Internet that shares these pictures. So always make a reverse image search if you suspect that person you are talking to is a scammer!
@@earlenex true but his story is so spot on as the same in the video
Follow us on Instagram! You will probably find him there lol @socialcatfish
@@bootieshaker2585 that's because they use scripts. and they keep extensive notes so that all the members of the team (you are probably chatting with more than one person - all pretending to be one). they sit in cyber cafes in africa, they teach kids with the scripts. their last name is usually also a first name. so many red flags.
I just blocked a man from Florida. He said if I luv him I will help him this last time.
I told him if u luv me u wouldn't ask me to solve your problems.. I than he kept going on about it. So I said ok how much. He said 500$. I said all I have is150$ he ok . And got the phone. But don't u forget.
I hang up and blocked him. I don't know why I trusted him. Thanks this video made me do the right thing..
You got scammed. Sad.
I can tell when a scammer is about to start asking for funds and just before they do, I ask them for money. I told him I needed to pay off a loan to Guido or he will cut my pinky finger off. I build the story where he has a underground network and can find anyone.. even with a fake name on the internet. Then I say, Guido probably knows who you are because you are talking to me! 😁🤷♀️
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Love it!
LOL sounds fun
That's brilliant.
This is genius lol
I talked to one guy for 2-3 months who was supposed to come back to country soon. Again the same story, engineer, working in military, I kinda felt suspicious as he fell in love in 2 weeks. I started asking him random questions about city we were from, like which suburb is his favourite, which restaurant he likes most in his neighbourhood, some geographical questions which he should know if he is from the same city as me. He was taking time In responding these kind of questions, so I thought he must be googling it. Again the same story, he needed money as he felt sick on airport so he can get a treatment , I was like why don’t you call your mother if you need money ? That was my first (and last) experience with a scammer. This was very long ago, but after that I kinda get smell the scammer only in 1-2 chats lol. They all have same stories.
So if somebody has millions of dollars in their account why would they later be asking for money..makes no sense
She’s a narcissistic self absorbed mother. That was just wrong guilt tripping her kids for her irresponsible and irrational behavior and poor dating choices. Sad she got scammed but blame your kids and not yourself?
It takes guts for people to out themselves as scam victims. I applaud the lady for that.
There are a lot of lonely people both men and women because families have very little time for each other. The scammers act as your best friend and check on you more than family. That is why people help them when they have problems. And they find out it was a game of scamming. Sad! Human relations has not been resolved.
I find that by changing the terminology used, it helps in many ways. For instance, saying someone is a victim. A victim has no power over what is happening, no power to stop it. When a person is said to be a victim it absolves them of any responsibility for the part they played in being scammed.
These people need to feel empowered to choose differently, to see for themselves just what they are dealing with before the scammer can extract anything from them. This includes personal information. Sure, there is lots of personal information about nearly everyone, online. Yet, for the volume of people that scammers cast their net of lies & deceit for, it's faster plus easier to simply have it handed to them.
Scammers are scamming for resources of money and phone cards; they also compile lists of people along with their personal information to be sold.
If the scammer can't extract cash from the person, the can make money by selling the persons information.
Yeah, I have been helping people to see through the scams & scammers for over 10 years.
@@FreeSpirit47There are all types of scams. Romance scams standout more. I do not believe we would see so much of this if families spent more time with each other. These scamners play like they are the persons best friend and check on them more CD than family. Suddenly they have a crisis and they come to the rescue of the person who turns out to be a scammer. I have talked to men and women who have lost $400,000 and up on the east coast and west coast. They are very educated people but made a bad decision.
I LIKE THIS LADY ! She has GOOD Fight in her !
I’m sorry but I completely disagree. These people aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed. They get scammed and then look for some recourse/look to vent.
That doesn’t take “guts”. Guts is having enough common sense to understand that sending money to random people is a bad idea and the courage to say no with the understanding that they’ll likely stop talking to you if you don’t give them what they want.
Still working my love scammer 😄I've had him 2 days & we're moving the party to Hangouts 🤣
@@user-cb4oz1gj9z I'm gonna keep him going as long as possible 🤣he thinks I'm 72 & doesn't understand a thing I'm saying
Lolz
@@user-cb4oz1gj9z I posted the screenshots I have so far if you're interested 😄
Hilarious!
🤣🤣🤣good girl keep him as long as you can