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Am I being catfished? (1 Viewer)

The new thing is getting in group chats with people doing the same thing. I guess this gets by some spam filter.
 
you're not the only one dude, if this scam weren't successful, people would stop doing it.

This. I don't really think people were trying to make you feel dumb, and you shouldn't feel dumb. It seems like you might be extra-sensitive due to the disappointment of finding it's a scam, which is understandable. I honestly don't think the picture looks that scammy, but the rest of it clearly is. These don't just come to men, by the way. I got one several months back at a time when I was bored and decided to mess with him/her for a while. Oh boy, they get really angry and insulting after a while. It amused me, but be careful that when you "break it off," he/she could become pretty aggressive.
Kinda sucks that Google Lens isn't good with photos with faces anymore, because this was one of the good uses for it. But that pic looks like a pretty standard photo on some kind of web marketplace product - like for that bag she's got on her shoulder or something.
 
you're not the only one dude, if this scam weren't successful, people would stop doing it.

This. I don't really think people were trying to make you feel dumb, and you shouldn't feel dumb. It seems like you might be extra-sensitive due to the disappointment of finding it's a scam, which is understandable. I honestly don't think the picture looks that scammy, but the rest of it clearly is. These don't just come to men, by the way. I got one several months back at a time when I was bored and decided to mess with him/her for a while. Oh boy, they get really angry and insulting after a while. It amused me, but be careful that when you "break it off," he/she could become pretty aggressive.
Kinda sucks that Google Lens isn't good with photos with faces anymore, because this was one of the good uses for it. But that pic looks like a pretty standard photo on some kind of web marketplace product - like for that bag she's got on her shoulder or something.

People were using it for bad reasons and Google got a billion take down notices. Pimeyes works ok.
 
you're not the only one dude, if this scam weren't successful, people would stop doing it.

This. I don't really think people were trying to make you feel dumb, and you shouldn't feel dumb. It seems like you might be extra-sensitive due to the disappointment of finding it's a scam, which is understandable. I honestly don't think the picture looks that scammy, but the rest of it clearly is. These don't just come to men, by the way. I got one several months back at a time when I was bored and decided to mess with him/her for a while. Oh boy, they get really angry and insulting after a while. It amused me, but be careful that when you "break it off," he/she could become pretty aggressive.
I wasn’t really that angry with you, it was mostly faux outrage……sorry for the insults
 
you're not the only one dude, if this scam weren't successful, people would stop doing it.

This. I don't really think people were trying to make you feel dumb, and you shouldn't feel dumb. It seems like you might be extra-sensitive due to the disappointment of finding it's a scam, which is understandable. I honestly don't think the picture looks that scammy, but the rest of it clearly is. These don't just come to men, by the way. I got one several months back at a time when I was bored and decided to mess with him/her for a while. Oh boy, they get really angry and insulting after a while. It amused me, but be careful that when you "break it off," he/she could become pretty aggressive.
Kinda sucks that Google Lens isn't good with photos with faces anymore, because this was one of the good uses for it. But that pic looks like a pretty standard photo on some kind of web marketplace product - like for that bag she's got on her shoulder or something.

People were using it for bad reasons and Google got a billion take down notices. Pimeyes works ok.
Yep. And it sucks when we can't have nice things because... people.
 
Might have gotten the same scammer a couple years ago and more than once. Girl from LA also born in Singapore or similar and in the fashion industry.
 
Here's a thread a started on one of those text exchanges.

 
It's not 100% the same thing but there was this case from back in the day. Something that results in death will always be considered more egregious than a financial one. Not a lawyer, but I think a scam like the one they tried to pull on Dennis is technically prosecutable but likely considered small potatoes. Logistics might be a nightmare as most of these likely come from overseas. The other thing to remember is that we are only going to hear of the really big sensational cases like Bernie Madoff but I'd like to think, or hope at least, that smaller low level crimes do get prosecuted.
 

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