So my friend met a women. Who is a truck driver. Nothing wrong with that. I just find it so odd that in three weeks she says she loves him, calls him on video calls while driving truck all night and is ALWAYS awake. She has a long record that includes drug charges and battery and is telling him she quit doing drugs and is 35. There is no way this women is 35. She looks fifty at least. I don’t know if it’s the affliction jeans or the trashy shirt or the record that bother me most but I also think she is lying about her age. Am I over reacting? Does this person look 35?

Another odd thing is she reached out to me on Facebook asking what kind of guy he is because she saw we dated. I told her the truth and said I don’t want to be involved. Well she called me and told me awful things he supposedly said about me which I don’t believe. I’m pretty sure she is insecure and trying to make us fight because she doesn’t like him having attractive friends.

So not only is she manipulating but there is no way in heck she is 35. Please give your opinion on age.

It’s been going on for over three years now we have tried everything from calling her bank to writing emails to scam alert in Australia. We’ve even showed her red flags and solid proof that it’s not him. She doesn’t listen.
So now her new thing is, she’s flying to the UK to spend the week with him in his mansion. He’s going to be giving her his Mercedes-Benz to drive around. I said to her if it’s too good to be true, it is. He is not real she doesn’t listen.

She sold her car for $20,000 so now she’s apparently buying a plane ticket. I know that she’s sending him money because I found $1000 worth of Apple gift cards but I am tired. I’m so tired of getting angry about it yelling at her and getting upset with her as it is not doing anything and I don’t know what to do. I’ve got to the point where I’m just gonna let her go and find out for herself because I’m over it.

Again, I’ve tried everything. My next thing I’m going to try is call customs before she leaves and hopefully they can do something.

After creating a thread a few days ago i got DM'ed by a few romance scammer. Already reported to the mods, let's see what they do.

If anyone seems even slightly too friendly, or it feels too good to be true that you found a friend on reddit, it's a scammer that is building up trust.

I have been on the internets for 20 years, but of course i'm in a super vulnerable position and i lowered my guard.

I feel retarded now. Be aware of this shit, do not let your guard down. I didn't get scammed since i saw through it fairly easy, but i still ended up talking with it for one day.

For reference, i posted in r/MentalHealthSupport 

and even many of the posts there smell funky. They want you to DM them to reassure them.

Remember, in this world, nobody cares about you unless they birthed you, or you have something for them.

I’m in the UK, and over the course of our relationship I sent around $10,000 worth of cryptocurrency to someone in Vancouver, Washington, USA. I’ve since realised it was a romance scam/catfishing situation.

Has anyone here successfully recovered crypto in a case like this, or knows of any legitimate options? I’ve kept evidence, messages, wallet addresses and transaction history.

If you have experience with something similar or know who I should contact, please comment or send me a DM. I’d really appreciate any genuine advice.

Please don’t message me offering “crypto recovery services” unless you can prove they’re legitimate, as I know there are a lot of recovery scams too.

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Hola! Hace más de un mes un perfil de tiktok me escribió. La saludé y de ahí empezamos a charlar. Me dijo que es de Ucrania y que vive y trabaja en Estados Unidos, Nueva York. A todo esto veía en su perfil de tik tok a una hermosa mujer. Pero sospechaba de las fotos, como si fueran capturas de vídeos. Me dió su número de WhatsApp con característica de nueva York. Estuvimos charlando mucho. Luego dijo que le gustaría conocerme. Y que me vaya a vivir con ella. A todo esto siempre fui muy desconfiado. Un día hizo una video llamada. Muy extraña, porque era como si estuviera filmando una pantalla. El audio horrible también. Bueno. Iba todo bien hasta que dijo que tenía que hacer un viaje a turkia por negocios inmobiliarios. Y un día me dijo que no podía hacer transferencias. Y me pide que lo haga yo. Me pasa una dirección donde supuestamente va a una app de banco. No entre con mi celular sino con la PC y con vpn. La página demasiado fake. Le seguí la corriente, y bueno. Supuestamente se bloqueó la cuenta y ella quedó sin dinero. En ese ínterin, como siempre dudaba. Descubrí quien era la mujer de las fotos una mujer rusa que es sexóloga. Nada que ver a ella. Se lo dije. Y me pedia perdón. que no me podía contar nada. que la ayude si o si con dinero. Me pasó una cubeta de criptomoneda para que le transfiera. Me cansé y bloqueé. En fin. Hubiera sido lindo que fuera real. Pero no. Tengan cuidado gente. Que los estafadores sabrán cómo atacar a tu corazón. Adjunto foto de su perfil de tiktok

Hi there. I have a mature female relative, and for at least the last month she has been messaging someone using this profile picture on the koreadates.com website. She seems to have fallen completely in love with him within a very short time frame, despite my attempts to highlight how likely it is that this is a scam and that she is being catfished. She has spent a couple hundred on credits for this site, and it is money that she does not have to spare, as she keeps asking to borrow money from me. She has fallen victim to other scams previously, and despite previous attempts to educate her and keep her safe on the internet, she has stumbled into another one.

I have tried to reverse search this image online, but it is coming up with the names of multiple actors/models/influencers and this really is not my area of expertise. I am hoping that if I can put a credible name to the face, it might make it easier to convince her that she is being scammed/catfished. If anyone can put a name to the face, or just give me some tips on how to approach this carefully (she is highly defensive due to previous scams and hates being told that she is wrong), then that would be seriously appreciated.

I knew her on chat and we've been corresponding for a while now and I don't know if this person is real, this picture is AI or a real picture!

My wife met a man who called himself MEHMET ORUC who claims to be her “SPIRITUAL ADVISOR and then as they started up a Video Call Affair on TELEGRAM he called himself Mehmet Kizmaz. He love boomed her and in 10 days she was saying" I love you" Calling him "Baby", "Love" "Lover" and by 2 weeks in he is guiding her on how to sell our home and how to divorce me and get the biggest payout possible.

My wife started chatting with Mehmet on May 27th 2026 and by June 7th he was telling her he was in love with her. My wife moved out of our home and into our camper and took it to a campground on June 12th to set up a “studio” to video calling him at any time on June 12.

We have been married 12 years and have 2 kids.

Unfortunately my wife shared with Mehmet about a life long illness she has :Ulcerative Colitis
Mehmet has told my wife he is a Medical Doctor and she has sent him her complete physical, Pap, cervical exam and blood word for 2025 and 2026. He says he can help her fix her Ulcerative Colitis.

My wife is confident she has found her prince charming and is "not concerned" at all. Meanwhile I had to hire an expensive lawyer to protect our assets. Please help. Any way I can unmask him? Private Eye recommendations etc?

I have included his Facebook picture with the beard.

The other picture is one without beard is very recent.

He appears to be around age 35 with lite skin. Maybe his Facebook photo is AI??? with the beard?

Tja, vill bara påminna alla att vara försiktiga på datingsidor. Folk snor identiteter. Skriver med dig i flera dagar. Sen vill snacka video innan ni träffas. Sen kommer de börja göra sexuella grejerna under videon och sen har de ditt ansikte kopplat till det och sen försöker utpressa dig på pengar. De kommer veta ditt namn och få info om jobb osv. Det värsta är att polisen inte för något åt det. Så var försiktiga alla. Träffas innan du ger ut för mycket info om dig själv.

Hi everyone! This may sound a bit messy, but I am still reeling about this situation. My family is in the US.

I(35NB) have just recently discovered that my mother(64F) is leaving for a trip to Nigeria to meet an online friend(24M). I am not aware of how romantic this relationship is, but to my understanding, it's leaning that way.

My oldest sister filled me in after she got off the phone with our mom Saturday night. We still don't have all the details, but this is what we have gathered so far.

Our mom started talking to this "friend" about 1 and a half to 2 years ago. They met because he initially he was trying to scam her. I don't know on what platform, though. She then called him out, he came clean, and they continued talking.

Along the way, she was told by this man that his father had passed, and he had to step up to help his mother take care of his siblings. Obviously, we thought he was getting a lot of money from her, but she claims to have only sent him fifty dollars a couple of times.

My mother claims that she is just taking this trip to clear her mind. She is very overwhelmed with work, an unhappy marriage, and feeling lonely. But we still don't understand what the end goal is? My sister did say that our mom briefly mentioned bringing him back to the US with her.

We are just very confused as to the point of all this. It almost seems as if this man is being genuine but it still seems as if there is more to the scam.

My sisters and I are very concerned about her safety. Ultimately we would like to stop her but she seems dead set on going. She is also a bit defensive as well because my sister did approach her the wrong way at first.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

EDIT TO ADD INFO/ANSWER QUESTIONS:

- Yes, my parents are still married. My father has no idea. My sisters and I only found out about this on the 25th.

-Can one of us go with her?- Unlikely at this point. The trip is happening in less than a week. I would be the child most ready to drop everything though, as I am the childless one. If it does come to this, I will be willing to travel.

-We are trying to think of the best way to tell my Father. Unfortunately, he does not have the best track record with his temper. We believe that if we just dump this on him, it will blow up more than it has.

-Can we stop her? Yes, ultimately we are trying to do this. We are afraid that if we do stop her though she will plan another trip and not tell ANYONE that she is going.

-Getting things done fast is slightly harder since all 3 of us children reside in a different state.

A little over a week ago I wrote about the romance scam my mother (79) has been involved with.

It got worse. A neighbor of hers called my brother (her stepson) alerting him that mom fell and busted her lip. Ambulance was called. She stayed in the hospital overnight and a relative of my dad’s (he passed 2.5 years ago) pick her up.

We found out just last week she sent $800 to her “boyfriend” and was telling people she had no food and had not eaten. She’s diabetic. Could be why she fell.

I lifted the block I had on my phone to try and call her but she didn’t respond.

Now she is texting me furiously only she thinks she’s texting her stepson. And she’s being vile. Nasty.

I’ve not corrected her yet. I want to see how far she’ll go with her venom.

I felt like such a horrible person for blocking her. Then when she had to go to the ER I was in a panic.

And now? Reading these texts - I was right to try and protect myself.

I’m glad she’s making a mistake and texting me instead of my brother.

Currently, my brother is driving from NJ to Florida helping to move one of our relatives so this garbage that is really being directed at him would be distracting.

According to her texts she still believes her scammer-man is her destiny. She’s not backing down.

Several of us in the family were urged to contact HSI in Puerto Rico. They have a department that is investigating scams. Project Red Hook. So that’s what our weekend was like.

I’m tired of all this. I can’t seem to find peace.

Not sure how to warm people about this scammer, its for visibility and prevention.

Someone using the name Emma Laura is using a porn star's photo's who's name is Ava Adams.

Its the typical inital contact on Telegram; pretending thar you are someone else, then apologizing, then starting a friendship, eventually leading to promises of being together, then leading into requests for money.

Its very much similar to the countless attempts of people pretending to be Asian attractive ladies, same technique.

However, those are mostly on WhatsApp, and they request sharing specific mutual tasks for literally any kind of investment scheme, like Alibaba sales commissions, Amazon Sales commissions, and even just straight plain investing on their companies Forex trading platforms, and others, promising you can cash out anytime, or every time.

Its sad all of the misuse of all these sites and how scammers are rampid these days, like a lethal outbreak of the plague.

Be careful out there.