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I was recently chatting with a girl on a dating website, and I gave her my number and everything. Today, I got a phone call from a person claiming to be a private investigator and that she was traumatized and underage and that she broke her parent's iPad and if I didn't pay $1300 for the iPad I was going to have charges pressed on me.
Do you have to actually check her I'd to know if this is a scam?
Too many red flags were rose.
For one, what private Investigator would call someone a few days later saying the parents hired them. Why wouldn't the parents go to police?
Second, He called me from a South Carolina number at first, and I did not answer. Then, he called from an area code in my area so I answered.
Third, the way he was describing it was weird. That she broke her mom's iPad that her mom uses for work that totalled to $1300?
Fourth, trying to extort money to cover up a crime is illegal.
Fifth, he refused to meet face to face so I can hand over the money. Instead, he wanted me to use Walmart To Walmart, PayPal, or Cash App to pay the girls "Father." And, the account itself was weird.
Sixth, why would you read charges to me that I'd be charged with even though the police had no idea this was going on?
Seventh, they lied about their age on their profile. That's illegal right there.
The whole thing reeked of fishiness to me. I got another call shortly after from a guy claiming to be another girl's father that his daughter is too underage and was in the hospital as she almost killed herself and I was going to jail, etc.
I blocked the numbers and did not send the money. If I get called again, I'm going to the police.
For one, what private Investigator would call someone a few days later saying the parents hired them. Why wouldn't the parents go to police?
Second, He called me from a South Carolina number at first, and I did not answer. Then, he called from an area code in my area so I answered.
Third, the way he was describing it was weird. That she broke her mom's iPad that her mom uses for work that totalled to $1300?
Fourth, trying to extort money to cover up a crime is illegal.
Fifth, he refused to meet face to face so I can hand over the money. Instead, he wanted me to use Walmart To Walmart, PayPal, or Cash App to pay the girls "Father." And, the account itself was weird.
Sixth, why would you read charges to me that I'd be charged with even though the police had no idea this was going on?
Seventh, they lied about their age on their profile. That's illegal right there.
The whole thing reeked of fishiness to me. I got another call shortly after from a guy claiming to be another girl's father that his daughter is too underage and was in the hospital as she almost killed herself and I was going to jail, etc.
I blocked the numbers and did not send the money. If I get called again, I'm going to the police.
Of course it was a scam. There was no girl, it was a scam to begin with to get some stupid guy to be scared and pay. All scammers use Walmart Paypal or a Cash app. Talking with the girl over the internet, giving her your phone number does not constitute a crime. What constitutes a crime is if you sent dirty pictures or tried to meet her. If they call again and they just may, immediately tell them you have contacted the police and reported an attempt at blackmail and scamming. They won't call again. Stop talking to girls on the internet, you are putting yourself out there to be scammed at best or to be taken in on a underage girl sting by law enforcement.
ETA: I see you are on a dating website. Try and keep to women in your area. Chat via facetime or some other video chat before giving your phone number. Ask questions that someone couldn't easily answer by searching the web but someone who lived in the area would really know.
It seems weird that this happened to you twice. I suggest that if the girls seem to good to be true, i.e. you're 35 and average looking, and beautiful 19 year old girls want to date you online, chances are it's a scam. Stick with women who appear to be your age range and not too far "out of your league". Every time I see those commercials for online dating, and all the girls look like models, I think, how naive can people be if they think those girls need to do online dating to meet someone?
It also reminds of of the Adam Sandler movie Punch Drunk Love. Except his scam started with a phone sex line and ended with real-life violence.
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