REAL LIFE
Why the Hell Did I Get Conned by this Online Dating Scammer?
How being single for too long can leave you vulnerable
In 2018 and 2019, I got into online dating in a big way. I was regularly using some of the main apps and sites:
- Match
- Tinder
- Plenty of Fish
- Bumble
On the whole, enjoyed it. Although most of them didn’t go beyond the first date, I usually enjoyed chatting with someone new. And I’m far better at one-to-one chats than groups anyway.
But there was one time when my enthusiasm caused me trouble.
I had matched with a gorgeous woman on Tinder. After a few messages back-and-forth, she was keen to meet up with me.
There was just one catch. She was low on money and couldn’t afford the fuel to drive to where we were going to meet. So, she needed me to give her a little bit of money.
Yes, I know, total scam, right? I can see that clearly in hindsight. But at the time, I was so keen to meet up that I was blind to it, and it was only £10.
But I did speak to her on the phone to try to make sure she was real. Once I’d done that, at least I knew she was a woman and not some guy pretending.
So, I transferred the money to her. But as soon as I’d done that, she disappeared from my matches on Tinder. Also, when I tried to phone her I couldn’t get through, and any text messages weren’t able to send. So she’d immediately blocked me.
Still full of horny wishful thinking, I wondered if it was just a technical problem. So, I still drove to the pub where we were planning to meet.
It was a lovely sunny spring day, and I enjoyed the drive. I passed a woman on a bike who had sexy legs.
Then I got to the pub, looked around it, and my date wasn’t there. I waited for a while and she never showed up. I then knew for sure that I’d been scammed.
But it was a beautiful sunny spring afternoon and I had seen a woman on a bike with sexy legs. So yeah, there’s that.
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