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Is my friend being scammed?


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Worried because she is meeting him today. She met him on Tinder and said he was divorced but would only communicate through email and Google voice....then her friend at work did some research and found his last name and his and his wife's FB page. Both had cover photos of family pics. She told him she knew he was married and he admitted it. I figured she would stop talking to him. But she didn't. He told her they are getting divorced at the end of the year and now calls her and they talk for hours. He said he uses Google voice because he sleeps in the basement and the reception is bad....but he supposedly did give him her real phone #. So I did some research and found the house him and his wife bought this past summer....no basement per the realtor websites. Could he be just a guy trying to get some? How would he get away with talking for hours to her....was the real phone # he gave really his? Could someone be using his pic and info and the person she talking to isn't him?

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Yes, she is getting scammed, but if I were you, I'd stay out of it. They never listen anyway and if you keep talking about it, it WILL come inbetween your friendship (I speak from experience).

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I'm just worried it something dangerous.

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It's the internet, there's no way of knowing.

 

If he's admitted he's married but claims to be getting a divorce, that by itself already makes getting involved go against any common sense.

 

Given what you do know about him being married, it seems like a situation with not much upside potential. Given what you can't know, as you point out, there is unknown downside risk.

 

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Bad news all around. She should avoid him no matter what.

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I agree. I just don't know why she had to continue to talk to him.

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It's a guy who wants to cheat on his wife, or it's a catfish. I think you're right, this is probably someone else using the photos of this married guy.

I wouldn't be surprised if he cancels at the last minute with some excuse.

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