Comment on If you or somebody you know ever fell for a romance scam, how did you or the person fall for it?
ptz@dubvee.org 2 years ago
My aunt did.
She got suspicious when her online companion kept asking her to buy stuff and ship it. She didn’t catch on immediately, and the family had to explain to her she was doing something illegal and that it was a scam (even though he was reimbursing her).
(She later did remarry a non-scammer, so happy ending I guess).
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
What was the scam if he was reimbursing her? Was it to generate Amazon reviews?
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
A common tactic is to pay your victims back to build trust and later ask for larger sums because “well they paid me back last time”
ptz@dubvee.org 2 years ago
I think it was to get around embargoes? This was probably early 2000s so she was buying stuff at like Circuit City/Walmart/etc and shipping it off.
andyburke@fedia.io 2 years ago
just a little light treason... 🤣
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
I have the worst f***ing attorneys
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Yes, perfect example of treason…
finthechat@kbin.social 2 years ago
activates lightsaber