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facebook stranger contacting me .... would you?

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Sparklezz · 02/03/2017 10:35

So I joined a single mums group on facebook over the weekend. Never joined this kind of thing before and I wanted to see if I could perhaps meet some new friends.
Last night though I got a message saying "hi". thought nothing of it and responded thinking it might be a work related thing or even a single mum. turns out that its a guy wanting to see if I am single!!! Said he found my name on the single mum group but his name isn't even on there.
I find it odd and a bit Jeremy kyle (sorry) above all a bit weird. His profile says nothing about him, not even a picture so that is even stranger but I know he must have had a look at my stuff to contact me.
Being the nosey person that I am will quiz him some more before a block him. What do you think, and what would you do?

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Aeroflotgirl · 02/03/2017 14:29

Steer well away, run for the hills and contact admin, he sounds as dodgy as hell.

kiwimumof2boys · 03/03/2017 09:50

Is his name Will?
Does he live off the royalties of a christmas carol his father wrote years ago?

ElvishArchdruid · 03/03/2017 10:47

I would personally block OP, some men like to go fishing for certain types of women they deem vulnerable or needy. Please note I said some! I would really question someone's intentions, unless maybe they were a single Dad.

Little tip, set all old profile pictures to private, friends only. I think you can do it with your current one too. Also have a wee check and see how others see your profile. Just make sure it's as tight as possible, as you don't want to be bait for men with odd intentions. Flowers

GrimDamnFanjo · 03/03/2017 16:46

Report the profile to Facebook. It's probably not even a real person. I get one of these either messaging me or putting a friend request in 2-3 times a week. Normally widowed us servicemen working in the Gulf ( I once took part in a group discussion about this, apparently US women tend to get targeted by widowed European doctors).

AnyFucker · 03/03/2017 16:52

It's a bit worrying that you were even considering "quizzing" him. He would consider that as engaging with him.

You do realise there are men that specifically target single mums don't you ? For various reasons...none of which are worth the risk of responding to someone like this.

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