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qualitychat · 2024-02-23T21:34:49+00:00

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?

WhamBamThankU · 23/02/2024 22:10

I had this. I turned it round and said I'd love to meet him, could he just send me his bank card details front and back? Then said I couldn't wait to marry as I was poor and needed the stability. Never heard from him again. Rude!

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 22:09

I told mine I was going to buy this wedding dress

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:09

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 22:05

Trouble is I think they mostly get rather boring. They don't speak good enough English so it's a very one sided conversation with them saying 'You're beautiful I love you I want to marry you'. They don't even keep their story straight as to how many kids/what gender kids they have or notice if you totally change your story, mostly as I assume it's several people but also because their English is poor.

One of the guys did actually call me on Google hangouts - I had some missed calls and I assumed it was all a front to say they had tried but they had a bad connection but then he actually called, I was embarrassed for him - he spent 2 minutes saying 'I love you I love you' and making kissing sounds and was very obviously not from the United States. I asked him about his accent but he didn't even understand the question.

I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, I can only assume maybe it works if you find a lonely woman who also has very poor English and doesn't know Anglo accents, but I'm then not sure how they get money out of anyone because they're going to have a hard time explaining that. 😑

To be fair I'm bored with him already.

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:07

His son is in Boarding School ha ha. He only has a few weeks left to work in Sweden.

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Echobelly · 23/02/2024 22:05

Trouble is I think they mostly get rather boring. They don't speak good enough English so it's a very one sided conversation with them saying 'You're beautiful I love you I want to marry you'. They don't even keep their story straight as to how many kids/what gender kids they have or notice if you totally change your story, mostly as I assume it's several people but also because their English is poor.

One of the guys did actually call me on Google hangouts - I had some missed calls and I assumed it was all a front to say they had tried but they had a bad connection but then he actually called, I was embarrassed for him - he spent 2 minutes saying 'I love you I love you' and making kissing sounds and was very obviously not from the United States. I asked him about his accent but he didn't even understand the question.

I'm not sure how it's supposed to work, I can only assume maybe it works if you find a lonely woman who also has very poor English and doesn't know Anglo accents, but I'm then not sure how they get money out of anyone because they're going to have a hard time explaining that. 😑

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:03

Ametora · 23/02/2024 21:54

What does he think about the changes in Rainey Street?
Has he ever been to Bangers?
Yeti is from Austin- what size is his hard cooler?
The bats fly over Lady bird lake in season (march - sept). Ask him about the bats in January
San Antonio is the military base- base camp for all the USA military in training and close to Austin. Ask him about San Antonio

He completely avoided my questions and said "that's nice". If someone was genuine they would be delighted that you knew their home town.

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 22:02

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 21:58

The conversation did get kind of steamy

OMG that's brilliant. Can't wait until things get steamy. Although at the moment I think our love is very pure and not just physical 😂

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Spencer0220 · 23/02/2024 22:01

I'm going to watch this with glee

DrunkenElephant · 23/02/2024 22:01

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 21:58

The conversation did get kind of steamy

Brilliant 😂

Mykittensmittens · 23/02/2024 22:00

Another with Texan links. Shout if you need help.

Porfirio · 23/02/2024 22:00

I get loads of them every day and they are all Nigerian.

Do a reverse image search on the profile photo and you'll find it's a Turkish doctor or similar.

mauvish · 23/02/2024 22:00

We need photos. Screen shots. Goooowaaaaaan, you know you want to.

(I used to get lots of scam calls about "the accident I had recently". I used to get very excited, "OH YES! My god it was awful!" They would ask me for my version of what had happened and I'd say, "You do mean the one with the flaming haystack and runaway giraffe, don't you?" Strangely they would usually hang up after that).

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.

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 21:58

The conversation did get kind of steamy

Jonad · 23/02/2024 21:57

Whatever you do don’t kill him. (That seemed to be the plot of the radio 4 play about catfishing today. I was only half listening.)

ChihuahuasREvil · 23/02/2024 21:57

Of course YANBU

mynameiscalypso · 23/02/2024 21:56

qualitychat · 23/02/2024 21:49

mynameiscalypso or some guy from Africa looking to scam me more like.

Oh so it's someone who's been groomed from a young age by a gang like Black Axe where it's almost impossible to leave without retribution

Echobelly · 23/02/2024 21:55

YANBU, I did this once, it was hilarious.

I started telling him my husband wasn't paying me attention because he was obsessed with taxidermy and it went from there to things like this conversation:

Justleaveitblankthen · 23/02/2024 21:55

Ooh! Am here for the duration 🍿
A live catfish thread! 🎉

Ametora · 23/02/2024 21:54

What does he think about the changes in Rainey Street?
Has he ever been to Bangers?
Yeti is from Austin- what size is his hard cooler?
The bats fly over Lady bird lake in season (march - sept). Ask him about the bats in January
San Antonio is the military base- base camp for all the USA military in training and close to Austin. Ask him about San Antonio

AliceOlive · 23/02/2024 21:52

A friend of my mom’s actually wired $13K to someone like this recently. Said she was in some kind of fog. She even put him on the phone with the police later but nothing much they could do. The bank was suspicious but she told them it was to to buy furniture for her daughter for Christmas. (His idea)

Slanabhaile · 23/02/2024 21:52

mynameiscalypso · 23/02/2024 21:46

You realise that the person who sent the message could well have been trafficked and is being held as a modern slave in a scam centre right?

And so we should all be catfished to fund their criminal enterprise??

That's a bigger problem and not one solved by op on here.

RosieCockle · 23/02/2024 21:52

When they asked me what I did for a job I used to say I worked at a jeweller's in Monaco.

Jellykat · 23/02/2024 21:51

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 🤣

Thats fantastic! 😂

OP keep us updated about the new love of your life, i need a laugh atm

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qualitychat · 23/02/2024 21:49

mynameiscalypso or some guy from Africa looking to scam me more like.

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