Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍫🍬🍭 Wednesday, September 25, 2024
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Just found out a neighbor (man in his 60s) was being love scammed. Relatives have been warming him for six months it’s a scam.
Now he’s spent all of his savings and he’s been evicted.
I have some sympathy, but I can’t help but think his pig headedness is a big contributor here.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Happened to my FIL and it wasn’t even over the internets. Real life.
She even forged his will.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m curious - what are the personality traits and how do they test for it?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
ignorance, pigheadedness, gullibility, sexism.
They will look like an obvious scammer so it weeds out the ones who know about scams.
They tell obvious lies and see if the other person will let the lie pass. They test to see if the victim, if male, is sexist, a sexist victim doesn’t think they can be outsmarted by a woman. They play victim. They flatter. etc etc
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Interesting. Well I just found out this guy has been scammed by a phillipino woman before. Guy bought the woman a farm in Thailand then she dumped him.
So this is actually round 2 for being scammed. At this point I want to believe it’s some kind of mental illness.