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Americans Warned Not to Use Dating Apps: What to Know
Newsweek ^ | 6/4/25 | Theo Burman and Shane Croucher

Posted on 06/04/2025 10:16:23 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Americans have been warned about the risks posed by dating apps after several kidnappings in Mexico.

The U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara said it had confirmed reports of U.S. citizens "kidnapped by individuals the victims met on dating apps in recent months in the Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas," adding the violence is not limited to one geographic area.

"Victims and their family members in the United States have at times been extorted for large sums of money to secure their release," the security alert said.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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KEYWORDS: aliens; crime; datingapps; extortion; kidnapping; mexico; shanecroucher; theoburman
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Well some are stuck on stupid.
1 posted on 06/04/2025 10:16:23 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

The first time you’re asked for money, leave.


2 posted on 06/04/2025 10:18:04 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: DallasBiff

South of the border, down Mexico way...


3 posted on 06/04/2025 10:19:37 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: DallasBiff

If you can’t trust a stranger in a foreign country with what is probably fake photos, who can you trust?


4 posted on 06/04/2025 10:23:22 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Time to dump out the Treasury drawer and throw out all the junk that is wasting our money.)
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To: SkyDancer

The first time they ask to meet you in a foreign country, leave.


5 posted on 06/04/2025 10:27:58 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Time to dump out the Treasury drawer and throw out all the junk that is wasting our money.)
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To: SkyDancer

No, tourists down there us a dating app to meet a local. Local kidnaps them and forces their relative in the US to send money.
The one asked for money is in America, the one being kidnapped is not asked for cash. And if they are, they are not free to leave.


6 posted on 06/04/2025 10:30:22 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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To: DallasBiff

Dating apps/websites used to be all the rage many years back.


7 posted on 06/04/2025 10:30:26 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: SkyDancer

Go to a good sized church of a well established religion, attend regularly. Volunteer to help with programs, get involved and chances are you will come in contact with like minded persons who are serious, generous people and want to make a family under the loving grace of God.


8 posted on 06/04/2025 10:37:10 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: DallasBiff

Russian girls are waiting to meet me.


9 posted on 06/04/2025 10:37:48 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: DallasBiff

Don’t go to Mexico.


10 posted on 06/04/2025 10:38:48 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: DallasBiff

But the men are 6 foot tall and wealthy.


11 posted on 06/04/2025 10:39:14 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: The Louiswu

Well, my daughter does all of that yet she met her husband on a dating app.


12 posted on 06/04/2025 10:39:14 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: The Louiswu

I do. As well as a home group just like in early Christian groups who met at people’s homes until all those massive cathedrals were built and monotonous liturgies were cited.


13 posted on 06/04/2025 10:48:35 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That too.


14 posted on 06/04/2025 10:49:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: DallasBiff
"Well some are stuck on stupid.

Plenty of retards who think that if they use a dating app, that being raped, killed or kidnapped just couldn't possibly happen to them.

15 posted on 06/04/2025 10:52:08 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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Russian girls are waiting to meet me.

Putin stooge! It's UKRANIAN GIRLS! /sarc>

16 posted on 06/04/2025 11:03:03 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

I guess I blew my cover, huh?


17 posted on 06/04/2025 11:07:04 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: grey_whiskers

Putin stooge! It’s UKRANIAN GIRLS! /sarc>


They leave the West behind.


18 posted on 06/04/2025 11:08:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SkyDancer

You should come to my group. You’re bound to meet someone there.
;)


19 posted on 06/04/2025 11:14:33 AM PDT by samiam5
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To: DallasBiff

If one is too big of a loser to pick up a rando in a bar in the US, one probably should consider celibacy.


20 posted on 06/04/2025 11:17:21 AM PDT by PAR35
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