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submitted 8 months ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/scams@lemmy.one

OK, so I met somebody on a gay dating site who said he was in the military. Shortly before we were to meet, he told me he was being deployed to replace somebody else who couldn't make their deployment due to personal problems.

We continued to chat on Google Chat for the next two months almost three, and everything was very pleasant, very friendly. Suddenly, he asks me for money, saying he needed it to purchase some extra things while out on deployment.

Now, I was born at night, just not last night. I've dealt with a scammer before. I naturally grew suspicious and refused to send him any money, but since I know a little bit about the military, I told him I'd like to send him a card and asked him for his APO address. So far, I haven't gotten one.

This morning, I woke up and had this conversation. DCU is a credit union. I'm sure there are people out there stupid enough to go ahead and open up an account and send somebody else their login details, but I'm not one of them.

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[-] Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Damn, wonder how many long cons he's got going on in parallel.

this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
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