Posted on 03/22/2024 6:35:19 PM PDT by simpson96
Ayleen Charlotte was scammed out of $140,000 after falling for a man who became known as the "Tinder Swindler", and she told Newsweek the signs she looks for now to steer clear of fraudsters.
Shimon Hayut, otherwise known as Simon Leviev, scammed millions of dollars from women whom he met through Tinder. Several believed he was in love with them, and many are still feeling the sting of their debts today.
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While her story went viral, Charlotte's experience is not unique. The FTC found consumers lost a total of $1.3 billion to scammers posing online as romantic interests, either via dating apps or websites.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
"You can't cheat an honest man!"
Regards,
No sympathy for these idiots ..
Besides that, we have far too few facts to even know what actually was her reason for succumbing to the scam.
She may just be stupid. Regardless, I still feel sympathy for her. But something was, without question, missing from her life that drove her to make unwise decisions. Loneliness is one of the major reasons people make unwise decisions.
Your suggestion of seeking comfort with the Lord is something all people can benefit from, but it must be their decision to explore how faith can be beneficial. Then their phone can remain, but it no longer will be the center of their lives.
Was this information in the article, or was it in another article that you read?
Read post #15. If that post is accurate, then it sheds a whole different light n the story. Interesting scam to say the least.
She’s not that smart.
It does.
My brother wanted to find someone for a relationship so went on a dating website.
Several women bit, and it wasn’t long before they started asking for money for a *medical procedure*. He IMMEDIATELY knew what was going on and after a few of those, just quit that avenue.
Seems like nothing good comes from online relationships.
Percy Sledge Take Time to Know Her
Even with that advice & it is even heeded, the outcome remains unknown. But whenever pressure is applied to extract money, it's a sure sign to move on. 🙂
Of course the same applies to both sexes or perhaps even the hundreds they falsely claim exist. 🙂
I think you are correct that there is an element of schadenfreude implicit in the post and certain reactions.
Libertarian66 was reasonable though unnecessarily triggered by your terminology. Permit me to suggest that you use accurate terms when discussing this issue. It may help also to not exaggerate these men’s emotions unless it is your intention to express negative judgement of them, in which case you would deserve to receive back in kind.
I thought your response to him was reasonable but could have been more understanding, for after all, his mistake of your term “men’s rights” is no more to be denigrated than your admitted naive ignorance of American divorce law, feminism and its effect on men in American society. You said that you feel that you now have all that you want, and you can give over caring what happens to other people. This is not to be admired. You say, “Maybe they have cause...” but there is no doubt when you trivialize their position by calling it a “party line”.
“Angry,” you say? “All the time,” you say? Their actual emotion is disgust, and it is certainly not all the time as they are happily enjoying other things. Here is a video, “What Happened to Marriage?” by @hoe-math if you want to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhde8MSwBA
I am sorry if I am mistaking you, I don’t mean to scold. I only say these things because I had an impression that you would listen, and I don’t think you realized how you came across, FormerFRLurker.
Kind Regards,
BrianD
I totally agree with you that the mark should have questioned his story, that he was being targeted by organized crime figures. In fact, his whole set up - if one took it as genuine - looked very much like organized crime rather than legitimate diamond trading - the armed bodyguard, the stories that people with guns were after him, etc. Real high level gem traders don't carry the goods around with them, or need high security.
But somehow he got these women in. It helped that he had people around him - all saying the same story - presumably paid to do so.
This guy had a widely seen NETFLIX documentary done on him. A real scammer who targeted women with a little money, fading beauty (getting older) and longing for a romance connection.
He was there with the attention, lies and excuses and they all bought it hook, line and sinker.
Since we now know that so many women want a bad boy, it is likely that she was turned on by the very notion he was a drug dealer
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