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I am being catfished right now!

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 21:34

I received a friend request on Facebook just now. This is definitely someone catfishing me. He comes from Austin, Texas but has pigeon English. He is a Marine Engineer living in Sweden. He does a very dangerous job. He is a nice looking man, he has sent me a photo. He tragically lost his wife 5 years ago due to medical negligence. Am I wrong in stringing him alone?

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invyqn · 23/02/2024 23:19

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Jellybean23 · 23/02/2024 23:15

NotaNorovirusFan · 23/02/2024 21:48

i enjoyed a nice chat with a man calling about the ‘car accident’ I had last year. I described ‘the accident’ in a lot of detail for him, and he was ever so kind about it all, I think he got suspicious and hung up after I told him that auntie Mary’s head had fallen right off and never been found 🤣

Lol, love this.😂

Mumof2NDers · 23/02/2024 23:03

Have you watched Daisy May Cooper on Jonathon Ross? Tried to post a link but didn’t manage it 🤦‍♀️

BaroqueInterlude · 23/02/2024 22:59

Or ask him hur många pingviner har du?

which is how many penguins do you have if you want to mix it up.

😂

GingersOwner26 · 23/02/2024 22:53

I seem to be getting a lot of them pretending to be actors - Masi Oka (Hiro from Heroes) seems to be a popular one for me although I've had others. Sometimes they'll ask me my name and I'll give the name of a character from a show the real actor's been in, knowing the real one would know who I was talking about. The scammers usually don't twig and say something like "That's a nice name". Sometimes I'll get people pretending to be the actor's PA saying the actor really wants to talk to me - they usually go away on hearing that my contact details are [email protected] .

Chickenkeev · 23/02/2024 22:50

TooBigForMyBoots · 23/02/2024 22:47

See if you can get him to send you some money. Maybe £80? Sometimes they do that to get your trust.

That''d be very satisfying 😁

TooBigForMyBoots · 23/02/2024 22:47

See if you can get him to send you some money. Maybe £80? Sometimes they do that to get your trust.

GN637 · 23/02/2024 22:44

This has made me laugh tonight, thanks OP. And @Echobelly 😱!

User19798 · 23/02/2024 22:39

I read Keanu Reeves is NOT in love with you recently. At one point she has like 8 Keanus talking to her so she created a group chat 😂Professional scammers use “Alaye" to identify the same as them con artists. They move rapidly to a new person if they found to be speaking to a scammer themselves. SO I string them along for a week or so then give them a 'Alaye' so they know THEY have been scammed out of their time. Cracks me up imagining their ourage although they are constantly sending thousands of messages so I doubt they give a shit 😂

Justifiedcheese · 23/02/2024 22:31

mynameiscalypso · 23/02/2024 21:59

@Slanabhaile Oh I totally agree that the problem isn't the people sending these messages and making these calls, it's the gangs that use violence and slavery. But engaging with one doesn't do anything other than make them have to work longer to meet their targets for the day.

They are not all poor little victims controlled by gangs, some are making a nice living all on their own/ in groups co-operating.

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:25

He's gone a bit quiet since I started speaking German and Swedish 😂

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Chickenkeev · 23/02/2024 22:25

I've had this twice on FB, despite my profile picture being me in a wedding dress. I must have looked rich (I'm not!)

Checken · 23/02/2024 22:22

@Echobelly 😂😂😂😂 thanks for sharing

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:22

Mitsky · 23/02/2024 22:21

jag älskar dig is I love you in Swedish. Give that a go!

Or ask him hur många pingviner har du?

which is how many penguins do you have if you want to mix it up.

That's copied and pasted. He speak German, Swedish, English and whatever language he really speaks. I have just sent him a message in German.

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IgnoranceNotOk · 23/02/2024 22:21

qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:11

Latest message and I quote "This fairly recent friendship is something I consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes; for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that why I intend to keep it till the end of my days" 🤔

I’m impressed they’ve started to use AI for the messages

Mitsky · 23/02/2024 22:21

jag älskar dig is I love you in Swedish. Give that a go!

Or ask him hur många pingviner har du?

which is how many penguins do you have if you want to mix it up.

Jellykat · 23/02/2024 22:19

qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:11

Latest message and I quote "This fairly recent friendship is something I consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes; for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that why I intend to keep it till the end of my days" 🤔

Bloody hell OP, you must be a goddess!! Who'd of thought it on little old MN?!

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:18

Createausername1970 · 23/02/2024 22:15

Ask him if knows Bjorn Borg. Sweden's such a small country, he must have met him.

He must know him surely.

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Createausername1970 · 23/02/2024 22:15

Ask him if knows Bjorn Borg. Sweden's such a small country, he must have met him.

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:13

Ametora · 23/02/2024 22:12

Anyone know a bit of Swedish?

Oh I'm going to ask if he can speak Swedish!

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Ametora · 23/02/2024 22:12

Anyone know a bit of Swedish?

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:12

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 22:09

I told mine I was going to buy this wedding dress

I could totally pull that off 😂

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WandaWonder · 23/02/2024 22:12

I would tell him I won the Nigerian lottery, multiple times

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:11

Latest message and I quote "This fairly recent friendship is something I consider to be sacred already. It makes me have faith again in some simple but fundamental human values which sometimes; for the lack of practice, we swipe under the carpets of our memories and of our hearts. For me, this new friendship is precious and that why I intend to keep it till the end of my days" 🤔

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