Comment on If you or somebody you know ever fell for a romance scam, how did you or the person fall for it?

• DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A common tactic is to pay your victims back to build trust and later ask for larger sums because “well they paid me back last time”

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• ptz@dubvee.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it was to get around embargoes? This was probably early 2000s so she was buying stuff at like Circuit City/Walmart/etc and shipping it off.

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  • andyburke@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    just a little light treason... 🤣

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    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I have the worst f***ing attorneys

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      • andyburke@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        he's got bees! no bees! <takedown>

        ... they don't allow you to have bees in here.

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    • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, perfect example of treason…

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    • finthechat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      activates lightsaber

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