I don’t know why I’m so stupid

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by themickey, Sep 10, 2017.

  1. themickey

    themickey

    LATE last year, Melbourne woman Jennifer Chen* accepted a friend request from a handsome American doctor named Frank Harrison.

    The 61-year-old, originally from China, thought nothing of it, having regularly received messages from men on Facebook where she promoted her acupuncture business.

    A year later, that friend request has cost her nearly $600,000.

    “I don’t know how to explain,” she said. “I don’t know the real world, what’s happening. I’ve never experience someone cheat me. Many time I want to end my life. I feel hopeless.”

    Ms Chen, who asked not to use her real name, was the victim of a sophisticated tag-team of scammers playing the roles Dr Frank Harrison, an orthopedic surgeon from the US, Michelle Tan, a Malaysian customs officer, and Raja Bin Abudullah from OCBC Malaysia Bank.

    In reality, the group were likely internet scammers from Africa....

    Too much to copy and paste, see the rest of the story.
    http://www.news.com.au/finance/mone...0/news-story/2a9ba435274e1c8649c9f7ef8a689282
     
  2. https://www.netsafe.org.nz/romance-scams/

    https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/dating-romance
     
    Last edited: Sep 10, 2017