Is this a scam?

[gingertesco]

Contacted Facebook attractive male just looks ordinary.

He messaged:

Hi, your profile photo just caught my eyes and I appreciate your beauty; I hope we can communicate

His last post was asking for a video call. How does a bot do that?

FFS. Were you really born yesterday?

If you're interested, I've got a mate in Nigeria, a disinherited Prince no less, who needs to urgently send $1m to an English bank account for which you will be paid a handsome commission. You have also been identified as the recipient of a large legacy in Caracas but you'll need to send your bank details.

If I were you, invest 10 mins of your time googling common online scams and then smell some coffee. Try this for starters:

www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13642

There is a reason scammers exist. And this is because of people like you who reply & think that some handsome available man who has broken English genuinely contacting you due to fate. If folk didn't get sucked in the scammers would get bored & cease to exist! I mean by all means accept the video call if you really are that intrigued Oh dear OP, I think you must have too much time on your hands!

Please STOP NOW. BLOCK DELETE WHATEVER.

He has hooked you. You will find out what he really wants shortly. By which time you may have convinced yourself you are in a real relationship... so stop now, whilst you are still thinking straight(ish).

I’d imagine if you agree to video chat, he’d come up with some reason why he can’t use Facebook’s platform and will instead ask you to click some dodgy link masquerading as another platform.

Is this some sort of fishing expedition?? You’re not a “journalist” are you?

I can’t for the life of me believe than any grown adult with a modicum of sense doesn’t know these things are scams and/or bots.

Not sure what job you could have that would require less secure settings on your personal Facebook page rather than, say, maintaining a LinkedIn account or a Facebook business page.

Bots can easily perform voice calls. If you were to video call with him and you could actually see him, then obviously my second guess would be correct: a real person but from overseas. They will be looking for money or a visa. Here is a US government webpage about the subject.

Even if this were 100% genuine - which it’s not! - I’m baffled as to why you’d want to chat with a man who messages random women on the internet, desperate to video call them ...

I had a similar request via Instagram. My account is locked down as Private but I got a message from some bloke saying how he thought I was beautiful and could be chat. Deleted it straight away. Bot or creep, either way there are people with some front out there!! Don't chat to people you no nothing about!!

Thanks for the replies yes I agree he must be a scammer. I like to give the benefit of the doubt but you're all right!!

Give it a day he will be asking for pictures if your bobs and vaginee 😂

RobbieBurns I have recently won the Spanish lottery. Send me your friend's details, maybe I can help

I like to give the benefit of the doubt but you're all right!!

Have you really not ever heard of these scams? They’re everywhere and have been for quite a while. It’s not really about giving the benefit of the doubt.

Unless you also thought a Nigerian Prince was trying to send you money in the 00s!

I don't see what there is to "give the benefit of the doubt" about.

If he's not a scammer, he's still a man who has decided to try to chat up a stranger on Facebook. Is that a thing that you would like?

@Trills no it was just more interesting than my Sudoku games as I waited for my son to sleep. I've blocked, rake it no one has met "the one" that way? 😂

@gingertesco

Yes, you can really take it that no-one has met "the one" that way.

A few women have had their life savings taken and lost their houses, though.

If it’s a bot, it’s only a question of time before it sends you a picture of it’s hard drive.

It’s a real person looking to make an emotional connection with you and eventually get you to send money, either to help him out or to buy a plane ticket to visit you. It can be a long con, but each person only takes a few minutes at a time so they can work many people simultaneously.

The more sophisticated scammers will use a combination of bot and then a real person once you've been stupid enough to reply. With email scams it costs almost nothing to send an email so they have servers churning them out by the million. I've heard that even the poor English is designed to catch the most gullible.

Ok may be in a year after seeing your posts evolve I will get more chatty. Take care x

You added him to your Facebook

Are you new to the internet?

OP you've had a proper grilling here Lol

Take note of what we have all said & please be more careful regarding the internet!

We are so busy trying to warn our kids of 'the dangers of the internet' but I don't think it's them that need the help!

Scam or Not. It sounds like a creep who messages women asking for video chats?

Why would you entertain him?. I would delete his message and block.

It's a sock account for sure but there will be a man behind it; it's not a bot. It's a FB predator and a narc to boot. Probably one not high in cognitive function. The lower orders like very much using social media because they are so disagreeable in real life.

I don't want to sound harsh OP but in the nicest way: you say you have children - I think you should try to work on your self esteem before you let any more men into their lives. Your judgment seems very lacking and I wonder if your feelings of self-worth may be at the root of this. You and your dc deserve better than some random who contacts you out the blue and who you know nothing about, scam or not.

I've been single many many years. I'm not actually looking for a relationship but I was curious. Anyway I blocked him.

people like you shouldn't be allowed on the internet