Posted on 04/18/2023 1:14:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman thought the single father and wealthy businessman she met online was her perfect match - but it turns out he was using her for a romance scam.
Speaking on This Morning, Claire Spencer revealed that back in 2021 she met 'Jack' on the dating app Plenty of Fish and was within three weeks being asked for £1,000.
The fraudster had pretended to be stranded in Cambodia - with his wallet stolen - and had become 'aggressive' when his victim was hesitant to offer any cash up.
Jack had even suggested she sell her car or take a loan out, just to rescue him from the emergency.
Claire eventually hesitantly borrowed £500 from a friend in order to be able to send the money across.
'That humiliated me more, I was so devastated,' she told Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes.
'At the time I felt totally violated...you know, how gullible can you be?
'But like people said to me that have known me years: "God you of all people, how?".'
Jack had claimed to be a 'builder of hotels' who had a son and dogs - who had lived in the same town as Claire.
'Kids and dogs, same sort of storyline as me,' she told the programme.
'We frequented the same sort of restaurants...I asked him which was his favourite at one point and unbeknownst to me I'd sent him a picture of my favourite...and he'd used that, without me thinking.
'He'd pinpointed that.'
She admits that there were 'a few red flags' but also explained it was easy to be reassured.
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Start at the 5:20 mark for a couple of minutes. Walter Matthau on English talkshow talking about his visit to England.
It was worth the 5 minutes a day for 5 days to take him on a money ride. thinking of him all day at the western union outlet was fine.
Imagining the fight that broke out when he confronted him about the money still makes me smile.
Loneliness is a terrible plague in our Western society. It is almost unbearable, and people will do things that seem stupid and unbelievable to not be lonely.
I also have a cartoon obamabucks that I will message them.
"Will this help?"
So because she thought he was ‘perfect’ she gave the man lots of $$$$ ???
How desperate was she ???
stop being so stupid people....geez.
BTW if she had just sent that money to Nigeria she would only be mad now, with no broken heart ...
That was going to be my post 🤣🤣🤣
Aside from lonely and desperate poeple, narcissistic ego driven young men and women can very easily get suckered in by fake photos and millionaire profiles. They think they’re hot, so they martially accept that they would be desired by “the elite”.
Silly woman.
She believed what she wanted to believe, out of desperation, perhaps.
>> she met ‘Jack’ on the dating app Plenty of Fish
She should try the dating app “Plenty of Hammers in the Bag”. Might be more suitable for her.
Hmmmm. How can this be said politely? A “wealthy businessman” would be more likely to date her daughter.
Not that women scam men everyday or anything like that. Oh no. Never.
Jack the Ripper-offer.
Dig this.
LOL
Actually, this type of scam should be used by ANY man seeking to marry, to determine if his wife-to-be is an idiot!
LMAO!
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