67-Year-Old Male Friend Falling for a 27-Year-Old Female Scammer

If a 23 year old truly loves a 67 year old person, the 44 year age difference may not matter. But, in this case, the "love" is questionable. And the only way this guy is going to come out of his romantic fog, is to see his intended up close. Ukraine is not eastern Mars, you can call Ukraine. And Ukraine is filled with iPhones. There's no reason why he can't call her anytime, day or night. I'm sure his true love just couldn't live without the sound of his voice.
 

@Pookie Just also know, there is nothing you can do. Even if he gets financially drained, his brain is not going to process it properly. Believe me, I've dealt with too many people who's brains do not process properly.

A widowed gentleman I knew years ago was dating a woman, but she wanted to get married. He started seeing another woman. He said "I like this one, she has her own money." He was interested in companionship but not marriage. And I couldn't blame him.
 
Suckers are born every second. Scammers are born every second too. Most scammers make a HUGE pile of money scamming suckers that spend too much time on the internet and believe all the crap that one finds on a daily base.

A good education and an understanding of human nature is beyond value. Investments for greedy people are a good example.
 

I think there are two kinds of scammers. The one kind could be anyone at all talking someone out of money (and 7k rings!!) and will either send a fake picture or make excuses why there can't *be* pictures or calls because they just want all the money they can "steal."

I think the other kind is actually more dangerous because they WILL send a picture, do a phone call, or even a video chat... that's the kind who wants to get out of their own country any way possible and with whichever target/victim falls for it.

Since this one is saying money is needed for a "brother"... must be the first kind of scammer. I hope this man's son is able to do something about it. :(
 
squatting dog said:
The Filipino woman (if it really was a woman) wasn't all that bright. After a while, they got careless on the phone and unknowingly allowed someone on this end to see other texts they had sent. Neither The old man (70) or his son (40) were smart enough to understand these phones. (that includes me) :) The wife however, was smart enough to go through the phone and see all these other texts. This all happened 2 years ago.
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Thank you for clearing that up for me. I went into investigator mode and my mind was whirring. :)
 
Pookie said:
Long story short, they found each other on a dating website (not sure which one) and she apparently is in Ukraine with the war issue is there, he's sending her money and gave her money to evacuate to UK. She keeps telling him excuses, needs money for the Russians who imprisoned her brother, etc., etc.

He's being taken. I tried to tell him this but he swears they are in love and she will come soon to the US to marry him. He's bought a $7,000.00 engagement ring for her and sent it to her.

This is nuts. What can I and my other friends do to help him? We've told him this is a scam, and all, he refuses to believe us. I don't want him to lose his retirement savings to a scammer. I thought about contacting his son and maybe he can do something.

Has anyone else had this issue with a friend?

Any help or advice would be great.
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On the plus side- I myself made a wonderful and generous life time friend from Nigeria, and a Prince at that, in charge of several gold mines all I had to do was forward 200 usd to him to cover some usa embassy business he had. and he is going to put me on this staff as his american consultant $10.000.00 usd a week-
 
boliverchadsworth said:
On the plus side- I myself made a wonderful and generous life time friend from Nigeria, and a Prince at that, in charge of several gold mines all I had to do was forward 200 usd to him to cover some usa embassy business he had. and he is going to put me on this staff as his american consultant $10.000.00 usd a week-
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šŸ¤­ šŸ¤­ Small world... he sends me email all the time. Six degrees of separation, eh? :LOL:
 
boliverchadsworth said:
On the plus side- I myself made a wonderful and generous life time friend from Nigeria, and a Prince at that, in charge of several gold mines all I had to do was forward 200 usd to him to cover some usa embassy business he had. and he is going to put me on this staff as his american consultant $10.000.00 usd a week-
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Right! The same deal as winning a "free" cruise somewhere. All you have to do is send in $500 to pay for the taxes and the administration costs. Ha, ha! Sucker born every minute.
 
They prey on lonely people. We had two gals at work that fell for that and were sending the guys money. One sent so much she wasn't getting her own bills pd. Tried to tell them and they wouldn't listen. Just got mad at us. I even showed one lady proof she wasn't talking to who she thought she was and she wouldn't hear it.

They're so gullible that there isn't anything you can do to reverse that train of thought. They hafta learn the hard way.
 
This is so sad to see people influenced in such a negative way via the internet.

I turned on the "Cat Fish" show on TV a few years ago and it wasn't about fishing at all. It was about people falling for online strangers who ,in many cases wanted money, from them and in every case, the relationship was built on lies that the cat fished person believed until the show looked into the stranger , and then uncovered the scam.

If any of you watch "Sister Wives", it happened to Meri a few years ago and I think that is why Cody does not care about her anymore. It didn't seem to involve money-it was a woman pretending to be a man, who would 'say the right things' to give Meri a belief that she had a supportive 'friend', when she had problems with Cody.
 
Had a friend who was taken in by a man who claimed to love her. He was the father of one of our students. When I met him, and he shook my hand, looking deeply into my eyes, I knew immediately he was a creep. Made me want to scrub my hands with lye soap. He hooked her, I guess, with a mixture of pity ( he was supposedly terminal) and sweet talk. Nothing anyone could say would convince her he wasnā€™t on the up and up. He bled her dry. The things we do for loveā€¦.
 
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The brother of a good friend of mine was duped when he was on holiday in Cuba about 15 years ago by a woman in her early twenties. He was 60 at the time. She sweet talked him into coming back again and again, all the while giving her money to help her poor family out.

Long story short, she did eventually marry him in Cuba but has not lived with him for more than a month or so here & there. He's fairly well off as he has a one third ownership in a fairly successful printing plant. My friend says she's into him for about 1.5 mil so far and still counting. My friend & his other partner are afraid he may have willed his share in the family business to her should he predecease her; which is likely.

She hasn't been back to Canada to live with him for the past 7 years but her and her family in Cuba surprisingly live in a pretty nice villa now. He goes down to visit them for a couple of weeks every winter. Everyone in the family has tried to talk sense into him from the start but he'll have none of it.

Love certainly is blind!
 
Murrmurr said:
You can tell him that Ukrainians don't need financial help to come to the US. They get to come here for free through various emergency refugee programs set up by the US and Ukraine. They don't even have to buy a bus or train ticket. That's a fact.
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Iā€™ve met a couple of Ukrainians, a man and a woman, working in local shops. Both spoke good English and seemed like very nice people.
 
Widow of Vietnam Vet said:
If any of you watch "Sister Wives", it happened to Meri a few years ago and I think that is why Cody does not care about her anymore. It didn't seem to involve money-it was a woman pretending to be a man, who would 'say the right things' to give Meri a belief that she had a supportive 'friend', when she had problems with Cody.
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I saw a video recently that showed just the opposite. This time it was a Jamaican man fooling a Texan (and others) by pretending to be a woman!
 
CarolfromTX said:
Had a friend who was taken in by a man who claimed to love her. He was the father of one of our students. When I met him, and he shook my hand, looking deeply into my eyes, I knew immediately he was a creep. Made me want to scrub my hands with lye soap. He hooked her, I guess, with a mixture of pity ( he was supposedly terminal) and sweet talk. Nothing anyone could say would convince her he wasnā€™t on the up and up. He bled her dry. The things we do for loveā€¦.
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That's terrible. I don't believe it is love, though! Sounds more like neediness to me! I feel sorry for the poor woman!
 
Honestly, you canā€™t trust anybody on the internet. Itā€™s become the biggest ā€˜free for allā€™ platform. Yes some people are genuine but too few and far between. Scammers are professionals. They are good at their trade.
 
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PeppermintPatty said:
Honestly, you canā€™t trust anybody on the internet. Itā€™s become the biggest ā€˜free for allā€™ platform. Yes some people are genuine but too few and far between. Scammers are professionals. They are good at their trade.
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You can trust me, PP! I will never ask you for money. What you see is what you get! On the other hand, it's not easy to trust that statement without proof, is it? :ROFLMAO:
 
Ha! Ha! Nope. Sorry. I donā€™t trust anyone
I do trust my creator though. Thereā€™s all kinds of spammers in every category; especially on the net.
 

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