East Tennessee woman loses over $83,000 to romance scam

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  • Опубликовано: 1 мар 2022
  • One of the most costly scams reported to the Federal Trade Commission is the romance scam. In the most recent reporting period, the FTC reports romance scams reached a record $304 million in losses, up 50% from the previous year.
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  • @E.K.2003
    @E.K.2003 2 года назад +737

    When we were children we were warned by our parents not to talk to strangers. Now we have to tell our parents not to send money to strangers!

    • @Arizona_lilly
      @Arizona_lilly 2 года назад +5

      😝

    • @Arizona_lilly
      @Arizona_lilly 2 года назад +5

      Yes

    • @curtisducati
      @curtisducati 2 года назад

      That is so true , the last generation as as daft as a brush the idiots , when we were kids they were stupid , we went to watch the Sex pistols they watched the Generation Game on a Saturday night ? They were always dumb and lived in a different world to us lot !

    • @jovitavillalpando2827
      @jovitavillalpando2827 2 года назад +7

      😂😂😂😂😂❤️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

    • @sandrad8640
      @sandrad8640 2 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣true dat

  • @margyrowland
    @margyrowland 2 года назад +182

    Her husband worked so hard only for her to give it away to a scumbag 🥴

    • @joletty1793
      @joletty1793 2 года назад +20

      She probably won't stop either, till she runs out of resources. Then she will end up on the streets, joining the homeless or become a burden for family members. 😵‍💫

    • @sonadubna8448
      @sonadubna8448 Год назад +2

      Exact...

    • @alexxx7066
      @alexxx7066 10 месяцев назад

      She was just horny

    • @Kuulei265
      @Kuulei265 9 месяцев назад +13

      Yep. She will expect her children to “take care of her.” Reminds me of my Mom three MONTHS after Dad died she is talking about some guy in Church. My Mom was 80 then, and she said “I think his Mother is interfering.” That’s when I said, “His MOTHER?” I was wondering how old his Mother was! Then I found out he was 52, one year older than I was. I just shook my head. Then I said, “Listen, if this guy takes all your money, don’t call me okay?” Because I’d already had extradited her out of MANY situations. And Mom had already told me the money she got after Dad died was HERS. She was acting like a little kid with it. Still expected me to come “help her out.”

    • @Nadia..J
      @Nadia..J 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Kuulei265 Good for you.

  • @ginajoseph8776
    @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +339

    The scammers picture is of a man who is 30 years younger than her! The delusion of this woman is scary and sad.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +41

      Fantasies. Loneliness and desperation will do that. The men do the same thing with "marry in Asia."

    • @pce-sz1gi
      @pce-sz1gi 2 года назад +24

      And it sounds like she still believes him.

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +14

      @@pce-sz1gi No, I do not think she does, because she contacted the news station, but she sure loves the fantasy.

    • @GoodnightJLH
      @GoodnightJLH 2 года назад +5

      Those are old pics of Uwe Hubertus Knoedsleter.

    • @bonniebester606
      @bonniebester606 Год назад +4

      I thought the same thing! 😒

  • @katarina1852
    @katarina1852 2 года назад +181

    Oh good grief Vivian, why would a younger, sexy, multi-millionaire man be on the prowl for an elderly woman near the end of her lifespan? I’m serious Vivian and I don’t mean to be harsh, just realistic. I’m much younger than you and a man like that wouldn’t want me either!

    • @kymclinton3140
      @kymclinton3140 2 года назад +19

      So very very true

    • @terriesmith2616
      @terriesmith2616 Год назад +21

      Because she's desperate and delusional. Only people like that would fall for such an obvious scams.

    • @nkwari
      @nkwari Год назад

      Because hollywood movies brainwash us into thinking "miracles happen" in love.

    • @ileanamuntean7338
      @ileanamuntean7338 Год назад +20

      These women are in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer's. Their families should do something but it's not always easy.

    • @mariahewitt9787
      @mariahewitt9787 Год назад +3

      Good question.

  • @jlcole300
    @jlcole300 2 года назад +28

    I don't mean to be rude, but seriously, how could an old woman assume a young, good looking guy would be interested in her?

  • @teachjacque
    @teachjacque 2 года назад +19

    I’m sorry but you have to know when you are out of your league

  • @joannsmith3589
    @joannsmith3589 2 года назад +97

    I would rather die alone in shame rather than admit on camera that I wire money to a stranger for love...

    • @loisaustin6200
      @loisaustin6200 2 года назад +16

      I would rather die than ever go looking for love with some stranger online to start with.

    • @kimmoreels7950
      @kimmoreels7950 Год назад +9

      actuall i find her very brve to share her story people should be aware of this and who better to convince everyone then people who have been there

    • @mariahewitt9787
      @mariahewitt9787 Год назад +4

      There's nothing shameful about, being alone.
      Be proud of yourself.
      I tell people, I'm happily Celibate.

    • @gigiarmany4332
      @gigiarmany4332 Год назад

      @@mariahewitt9787 you may be..but this gnarly handed granny is still dreaming of "sexy" men..

    • @Ajahskid
      @Ajahskid Год назад

      U don't need to be ashamed contact the above name 🔝🔝👆🏼👆🏼 to help you out

  • @christineoleary3862
    @christineoleary3862 2 года назад +340

    He’s a YOUNG handsome man. I will never understand why people fall for this.

    • @emmalinabradbury8724
      @emmalinabradbury8724 2 года назад +45

      Appreciate lonely, and vulnerable, but why are they younger sexy looking men in lots of cases romancing some very elderly women! Common sense says they wouldn't be unless it was a scam.It just becomes delusional, a romantic fantasy.

    • @illangakoonmudiyanselageba7343
      @illangakoonmudiyanselageba7343 2 года назад +3

      Demand for love and care ❤ 💕

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 2 года назад +8

      I have seen hot young guys with fat older women who look like dude's.

    • @winning3329
      @winning3329 2 года назад +13

      @@emmalinabradbury8724 I went out with a young handsome guy who was madly in love with an older woman who had a child and treated him badly and cheated on him and when I saw a picture of her I almost threw up.
      She had yellow teeth and tattoos head to toe all over her chest and arms and she looked like dee snider from twisted sister hair and everything.
      People tell me I look like a young marie osman and I was more attractive than her and he left me for her.
      This happens alot.

    • @christhomas5761
      @christhomas5761 2 года назад +15

      He doesn`t look that young to me . He certainly looks quite a bit younger than her but she does look very elderly .... She fell for it because she`s a lonely old woman hanging on to the hope that she will find companionship after losing her husband..... Hopefully she will be much more cautious in the future.

  • @Tweetycew1
    @Tweetycew1 2 года назад +56

    If you're lonely get a dog or a cat. Join the senior center and get out and meet real people. This amount of money is staggering and probably all she had in the world.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +4

      Church or the local Disabled Veterans group. Plenty of fine people there, also widowed or widower.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 Год назад

      My kid said the same thinv

    • @florencemiller7826
      @florencemiller7826 Год назад +1

      These people should go to senior centers and visit with people there maybe play bingo get out and visit people your own age, elderly people do not belong on dating sites at all

  • @christineoleary3862
    @christineoleary3862 2 года назад +265

    This woman STILL thinks there’s a chance and doesn’t know if she has been scammed or not. Seriously.

    • @Arizona_lilly
      @Arizona_lilly 2 года назад +20

      Ahahahhahahah He’s going to give it back to me LOL

    • @ghostccc8089
      @ghostccc8089 2 года назад +40

      I hope age doesn’t make me this stupid…

    • @thankthelord4536
      @thankthelord4536 2 года назад +11

      Dementia

    • @meredithheath5272
      @meredithheath5272 2 года назад +2

      @@ghostccc8089 INR!!! 💯💯👍🤣

    • @sallywilliams5444
      @sallywilliams5444 Год назад +3

      @@madashell7224 I agree. She looks like she is 80.

  • @Genpinkcat
    @Genpinkcat 2 года назад +44

    When did lonely become synonymous with stupid? Seriously. On so many levels.

    • @user_4046
      @user_4046 Год назад

      Say you've never been lonely

    • @christinevillanueva54
      @christinevillanueva54 Год назад

      Good rationale!!

    • @christinevillanueva54
      @christinevillanueva54 Год назад

      @@user_4046 no, never been lonely and I'll be 68 soon.They've tried to scam me but when asked for money I questioned their manhood.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Год назад

      I haven't been lonely.

    • @Genpinkcat
      @Genpinkcat Год назад

      I’m a widow. I’ve been lonely and vulnerable, and that’s exactly when you need to be smart.

  • @lorenajules4651
    @lorenajules4651 2 года назад +24

    Don't women feel like it's embarrassing and a turnoff when a man ask you for money!!!!!!!! Gosh!

    • @sy_dianne5224
      @sy_dianne5224 2 года назад +6

      True, respect is lost

    • @Lunafalls
      @Lunafalls 4 месяца назад

      The romance scammers always have a story about some emergency that comes up while they're "away working in a foreign country". Supposedly they are earning huge amounts of money, but they can't access it yet for one reason or another. They need money "for taxes" or for an unexpected medical calamity that has come up, or airfare to get them back to the U.S. Then, they claim, they will marry the victim and they will have plenty of money and live happily ever after. 🙄
      There are some great videos about romance scams on the "Social Catfish" channel here. There is no shortage of lonely victims falling for them.

  • @B.H.56
    @B.H.56 2 года назад +149

    The book tells you all you need to know. She's reading romance novels and living in a fantasy world.

    • @sonyadrake5704
      @sonyadrake5704 2 года назад +9

      😂🤣💯🎯

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +10

      True. Irrational. It never happens that way.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 Год назад +2

      Yup

    • @tinaalexander8719
      @tinaalexander8719 Год назад +4

      Yeah I caught that too!

    • @stephaniehall8179
      @stephaniehall8179 6 месяцев назад +3

      Ha ha true, my mom watches Hallmark movies all day, I told her I never watch that crap, its not how relationships work in the real world😂

  • @marciathehooligan9967
    @marciathehooligan9967 2 года назад +159

    Why don't women realize that a real classy man with any self respect would NEVER panhandle money from old women?!
    And why would a self made millionaire need anybody to bail them out? And they never have a relative or business associate to hit up for money?
    Wise up, people!!!

    • @Anna-bl9ky
      @Anna-bl9ky 2 года назад +12

      Exactly!

    • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living
      @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living 2 года назад +18

      Exactly. A multi-millionaire will have connections and access to assets to help get out of a financial jam.

    • @ljrockstar69
      @ljrockstar69 2 года назад +1

      She was blinded by love ❤ this is nothing new, obviously you people haven't watched "The Young and the Restless."

    • @lilessab85
      @lilessab85 2 года назад +16

      Yeah, like a multi billion dollar oil company needs an old lady to purchase machinery and are all held up on her decisions.

    • @ghostccc8089
      @ghostccc8089 2 года назад

      She must have inherited the money, surely someone with the ability to make that much money couldn’t be this fking stupid.

  • @happyhermit3141
    @happyhermit3141 2 года назад +96

    2:47 You will never have to worry about getting your money *back* if you don't hand it over in the first place.

    • @bratzboyz
      @bratzboyz Год назад +1

      Absolutely, thank you.

    • @natashadickson4819
      @natashadickson4819 Месяц назад

      They claim to love you, that's the bait. They promise to pay back more than what was sent, that's the hook.

  • @nancyparker2199
    @nancyparker2199 2 года назад +22

    Don't feel sorry for her. She's a volunteer, not a victim!!

    • @gardy4390
      @gardy4390 2 года назад +3

      I would agree with you. Because you are old & lonely doesn't mean you have to be stupid.

    • @sy_dianne5224
      @sy_dianne5224 2 года назад +1

      She is a lonely old woman, easy prey for such scumbag scammers

  • @dtecum
    @dtecum 2 года назад +17

    I didn't lend money to help a ex coworker with rent. Never heard from her again. My gain.

  • @jbw53191
    @jbw53191 2 года назад +195

    I'm trained as a substance abuse counselor and I see these cases as people just becoming addicted to the thrill of having an online romance. Each time they receive correspondence, the euphoria and brain synapses just click right in. Over and over and over.

    • @dunkinnatalie
      @dunkinnatalie 2 года назад +24

      And that bank account empties over and over again.

    • @meredithheath5272
      @meredithheath5272 2 года назад +11

      Jonathan: I had thought of that - psychological addiction....

    • @Reedgram
      @Reedgram 2 года назад

      You are wrong. I’m from Nigeria and scam it’s really big here. It’s not like they want to send the money is because people here make them do it like with voodoo and the victim will do what they say it’s very normal here in Nigeria it’s so sad.

    • @summersalt4864
      @summersalt4864 Год назад +5

      Yep that dopamine rush is a powerful drug

    • @kristinab1078
      @kristinab1078 Год назад +4

      I wondered if there might be an element of addiction in this type of scenario. In this poor woman's case, she seemed to feel a little less lonely when she had a connection, any kind of connection, even if meant one based purely in fantasy. The fact that she said she would tell the criminal "it's ok" shows that she hasn't accepted the reality for what it is - pure fraud/theft.

  • @bunnyoneful
    @bunnyoneful 2 года назад +40

    Vivian why didn't you ask him what happened to the 25 million?

  • @shalexiadavis1378
    @shalexiadavis1378 2 года назад +38

    I was taught that the minute a man ask u for money or account info, run like hell away from him. Just a scammer, a user, liar and deceiver.

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 Год назад +1

      I was taught the same thing. My mother called them bums.

    • @margueritemazzeo2904
      @margueritemazzeo2904 Год назад +1

      @@ginajoseph8776 My Dad called them creepers..😂🤣

    • @jersey8231
      @jersey8231 26 дней назад

      The pictures and profiles are fake so it could just as easily be a woman doing the scamming.

  • @cathyabrahamse1929
    @cathyabrahamse1929 2 года назад +33

    As soon as you call these women my love my honey my queen they melt and hand over all there money.
    Her husband must be turning in his grave thinking there hard earned money going to a stranger.

  • @SusieKatpersonKoch
    @SusieKatpersonKoch 2 года назад +66

    I have a friend who is going through this right now and she absolutely refuses to believe anything wrong about him. I cannot convince her to stop being in contact with him. My next step is to file a report with the FTC or the FBI

    • @royharper2003
      @royharper2003 2 года назад +2

      it's her life let her live it

    • @roxanaroxanabeciu1166
      @roxanaroxanabeciu1166 2 года назад +10

      Just try and help her in anyway you can, I'm saying this because I was a victim but I was lucky enough to retrieve my money with the help of Mr Mike the FBI SSA

    • @royharper2003
      @royharper2003 2 года назад

      @@roxanaroxanabeciu1166 yeah right, you are a scammer too.

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +11

      Maybe the show Catfish can help.

    • @user-hx7mi7ml8u
      @user-hx7mi7ml8u Год назад +3

      @@royharper2003
      Omg! You don’t need to “let” any friend get involved with scammers!
      You must be a scammer yourself if you think letting people “live their life” getting scammed is ok.
      😠

  • @asthecrowflies737
    @asthecrowflies737 2 года назад +81

    Wasn't sure she was being scammed??? How totally stupid can someone be. Just sent many thousands of dollars willy nilly to someone she "met" online. NO romance scammer can "steal" your money - you WILLINGLY give it to him. Remember that!

    • @meredithheath5272
      @meredithheath5272 2 года назад +1

      As: INR!! I think I'm in the wrong business 🤯🤣

    • @kristinab1078
      @kristinab1078 Год назад +3

      Under the circumstance, calling this woman "stupid" is an uninformed remark. She is highly psychologically vulnerable due to deep loneliness and naiveté. It is actually considered elder abuse as was mentioned in the news report due the psychological aspects of the crime.

    • @asthecrowflies737
      @asthecrowflies737 Год назад +1

      @@kristinab1078 Under the circumstances? She learned absolutely NOTHING from her previous experiences. Elder abuse? I will be 70 on my next birthday. I have never been scammed. I have, however, gleefully wasted the time of dozens of romance scammers. How much brain power does it take to NOT repeatedly make the same mistake by sending money to people she "meets" online????? She cannot make the same mistake over and over and expect a different result. So, I stand by my "stupid" evaluation.

    • @user-hx7mi7ml8u
      @user-hx7mi7ml8u Год назад +2

      @@asthecrowflies737
      Obviously, she’s addicted to the thrill of having someone pay attention to her, and feeling wanted. Many people get addicted to different things to try to make themselves feel better. She’s no different. She needs help realizing her addiction to being seen as needed and wanted is causing her to not think rationally.
      No need to be so harsh and call her “stupid.”
      You’ve screwed up in your life too in different ways that other people would say are “stupid.”
      😐

    • @asthecrowflies737
      @asthecrowflies737 Год назад

      @@kristinab1078 When someone repeatedly does the exact same thing and expects a different result, then that's being STUPID.

  • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living
    @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living 2 года назад +110

    This is a shame. Anyone who has lost a partner through divorce or death should go to counseling to help deal with the loss and learn how to be content in one’s own company. That would help people be less vulnerable to these scams.

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 2 года назад +8

      You got that right!

    • @vixxcottage
      @vixxcottage 2 года назад +5

      Jennifer you are so right! I see this everyday and so sad.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +3

      Loneliness is very painful and they are not accustomed to it. There are millions of lonely males around the planet, too, with no marital hope, which is why I support and encourage a legal commercial sex industry. I have seen the difference in foreign countries and it is far more humane there.

    • @milajb7164
      @milajb7164 Год назад

      True

    • @historylover2
      @historylover2 Год назад

      @@davidb2206 Sad thing is that lonely males want hot, young things!

  • @daisy13joyce
    @daisy13joyce 2 года назад +37

    While I can sympathise sometimes with these ''victims''........... there surely comes a time when you have to think ''Why does this handsome, rich, single guy, want to have a relationship with an unknown elderly lady, and if he is so rich WHY is he asking for money??'' SO many red flags it hurts the eyes.....come on girls, life has to have other things to offer than trying to relive our youth! I know..... I am 77. A few years ago I came very near to making a mistake like this lady, but when he asked for money ...............bye bye

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +8

      I applaud 👏

    • @lauraleehenry5657
      @lauraleehenry5657 Год назад +2

      Having moral and character sure have down side. Otherwise, I would be purchasing my second home in Beverly Hills right now. With so many dumb, dumber, and the dumbest people running around, each trying to outdo the other, I could be a billionaire by now. As long as human beings continue to exist, these scammer will always have job security.

    • @DeborahMoffett
      @DeborahMoffett Год назад +3

      That old doll should have spent her mula on a rocking chair and a hair dresser 😂😂💯

    • @christinecatt8039
      @christinecatt8039 23 дня назад +1

      Seriously...l was married to a handsome, charismatic guy, years ago..
      I was young and naive...🙂
      He loved the ladies, and they loved him..
      Looking back, l realise he had no redeeming qualities, wasn't kind, was cruel & selfish, cared only for himself..
      Was arrogant, and ignorant...yet stupid me thought l could change him..🤔
      When will we ever learn.?
      Now as an older, wiser, lady, looks are so unimportant..
      Kindness is number one, caring for your fellow man...altruistic and gentle with animals...these are important traits..
      Looks fade...so superficial..
      What's that old German saying..,?
      'Too soon old...too late smart"?
      I may be paraphrasing it...but you know what l mean.🙂

  • @vgardner1688
    @vgardner1688 2 года назад +30

    Rule #1: NEVER EVER give money or gift cards or your personal information to anyone you don't know.
    Rule #2: If a man asks a woman for ANYTHING he's either a Scammer or Loser.
    BE SMART ladies!!!!!!

  • @PunkMartyr
    @PunkMartyr 2 года назад +22

    Im going to give all you people the only advice you need. No “hot” (physically attractive) person will aggressively pursue you for romance online. It just doesn’t happen unless you happen to also be hot and even then they will video chat or meet in person reasonably quickly because everyones been catfished at least once.

    • @missl9348
      @missl9348 2 года назад +11

      None of those so called "hot rich men" even need to find a woman online. They almost always meet women in real life.

    • @Greeneggsandham123
      @Greeneggsandham123 2 года назад +1

      Back when I was young, men wanted sex not your money. They worked to get you into bed. These scammers always have excuses and leave the country so as to not meet you, then want money. If a man isn’t desperate to meet you and move mountains to physically be with you, you are talking to a scammer. Unless men have become asexual since when I was young.

  • @carolineinsydney1281
    @carolineinsydney1281 2 года назад +108

    Never leave your elderly family alone. They should never feel lonely, keep them close to you so this stuff doesn’t happen anymore.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +8

      Not possible really in today's feminist society where even the daughters are "working" and do not come around that often.

    • @pursedelighted8313
      @pursedelighted8313 2 года назад +10

      Some people are just naive. Sorry

    • @pumkinspiceallthingsnice4051
      @pumkinspiceallthingsnice4051 2 года назад +14

      @@davidb2206 oh be quiet

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад

      @@pumkinspiceallthingsnice4051 We don't have to in our country. Stay in yours.

    • @loisaustin6200
      @loisaustin6200 2 года назад +9

      @@davidb2206 Not everyone is lucky enough to have a sweet, supportive family to look out for their elderly family members.

  • @elliebellie7816
    @elliebellie7816 2 года назад +29

    She didn't sound too convincing when she said she would cut him off...sure hope she did what she said she would do.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 Год назад +1

      “At the end of the day,” she said

    • @Challenger2A7
      @Challenger2A7 2 месяца назад

      I didn't think she'd block him, not at all. She still thinks he's coming home to her. Is this a form of dementia?

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

      She is online now.

  • @pamelamills-senn1511
    @pamelamills-senn1511 2 месяца назад +4

    It's amazing to me that older people don't bother to ask themselves why someone so much younger and in most cases much better looking than them, would be legitimately romantically interested in them. Where is the common sense?

  • @scarletlady3727
    @scarletlady3727 2 года назад +19

    Did she not ONCE question why a younger, wealthy handsome man would want her?!..I’m not being mean, I’m being realistic…

  • @roydmck
    @roydmck 2 года назад +14

    she is very old. My mother is 94 and looks younger than this woman

  • @simpleshoes
    @simpleshoes 2 года назад +57

    Too bad with all that money she couldn’t have bought a mirror and actually gazed into it.

    • @oneof7billion627
      @oneof7billion627 Год назад +6

      🤣mg...🙏

    • @DeborahMoffett
      @DeborahMoffett Год назад +3

      Love it 😂😂

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 10 месяцев назад +1

      It would Crack!

    • @FernandoSoules-he6gi
      @FernandoSoules-he6gi 10 месяцев назад +1

      I have 1997 winner for 1,000,000.00 she is my grandmother Victoria Garza she past away in 1996,This Fernando Soulas out of Bakersfield,Ca

  • @luvcakes2069
    @luvcakes2069 2 года назад +5

    It's the whole "age is just a number" mentality they pick up from TV.

  • @videorocketzmillar007milla5
    @videorocketzmillar007milla5 2 года назад +12

    Old enough to be your nephew. Poor woman. Makes $25 million and asks for money.

    • @sonyadrake5704
      @sonyadrake5704 2 года назад +4

      NEGATIVE $25 MILLION
      🎯🤑💲💵💰🤢🤮

    • @MegTelevised
      @MegTelevised 3 месяца назад

      Like Oprah

  • @Andreperera11
    @Andreperera11 2 месяца назад +1

    Outstanding job, *Adroitkey* ! I'm so glad you're out there battling these vile scammers. We must take every precaution to protect the general people and the elderly from these vile con artists!!
    Bravo to you! You ought to be awarded the Nobel Prize for protecting us. Big up, brother 👋

  • @moewilson4605
    @moewilson4605 2 года назад +41

    As soon as someone starts to ask for money….it is a scam. I feel for how lonely these people must be to fall victim for this.

    • @francesfehrman741
      @francesfehrman741 2 года назад

      Why give away the $$$$ to a stranger...... your money not no one else's. That you worked hard for!!!! If you have not met this person, go out to the streets and find a veteran , they need help and you can actually meet them. Start up a conversation....

    • @Gurra88
      @Gurra88 Год назад

      It's not even an age thing. People in their 20s and 30s have been scammed as well. People need to stop being stupid and look for red flags.
      *very attractive
      *can't do video calls
      *poor English (if claiming to be from an English speaking country)
      *love bombing
      *needs money
      The best way to rule out it being a scammer is probably the video call. If you get some response about the camera being broken or the connection being bad just send the contact to the land of the blocked.

    • @susancross5192
      @susancross5192 Год назад

      @@francesfehrman741 Veterans have been known to kill people who try to help them. Same with a homeless person.

    • @donnahilton471
      @donnahilton471 Год назад

      As soon as they ask to friend you, it's a scam!

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 10 месяцев назад

      Lonely doesn't equal stupid!

  • @FreeSpirit47
    @FreeSpirit47 2 года назад +41

    This woman freely gave her money away. She had to take several steps to send the money with opportunities to think about what she was doing. She did it, anyway. There is a large gap between being lonely & being stupid.
    Having $10K in a bank envelope, having it drop out of your pocket or purse is losing money, this woman GAVE it away.
    Calling someone a "victim" implies they are powerless, unable to do anything. A small child would be powerless, a skinny dog with a heavy chain around its neck in a back yard is a victim.

    • @theresacrockett8559
      @theresacrockett8559 2 года назад +10

      well said..totally agree.

    • @Gwenx11nb
      @Gwenx11nb 2 года назад +7

      Absolutely.......

    • @richardgoff4431
      @richardgoff4431 2 года назад +6

      We are going through this with my 85 yr old mother in law. She has only gave a 1000.00 so far, she said I wasnt scammed I gave it to him.Our scammer is using a real generals idententy Walter E Piatt

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +3

      @@richardgoff4431 Get a private detective agency on this or those Catfish shows. She will not stop unless she is made to stop.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +3

      People of the previous generations trusted what was told to them, and, in general, 99%, it was honest and true. Not anymore.

  • @bonitasherman4117
    @bonitasherman4117 2 года назад +21

    Honestly I don’t feel bad for anyone that send money to someone they don’t know

    • @isay207
      @isay207 Год назад

      Would she have helped families or friend if they needed money but willing to spend it on a gigolo? ?

  • @Lambert1386
    @Lambert1386 2 года назад +6

    What would a multi-millionaire want with an old woman ready for the nursing home?

  • @judytregarthen9094
    @judytregarthen9094 2 года назад +7

    OMG a scammer used the same photo and contacted me lol

  • @evol.t
    @evol.t 2 года назад +66

    How can these scammers live with themselves? Even going as fast as telling their victim to put a collateral on their home just to get money. That's cold.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +6

      Scammers of our widows are lowest of the low. I favor capital punishment for them, with no appeals or mercy. The Bible -- ancient wisdom -- commands every society to honor and take care of its widows and orphans.

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd 2 года назад +2

      Life is cold, wake Up or get a heater , if y are a bit well not very intelligent, kids die of hunger , and animals everyday

    • @evol.t
      @evol.t 2 года назад +4

      @@SandraGarcia-lj3bd Lady hush. Lol I could barely understand your message.

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd 2 года назад +1

      @@evol.t its very clear

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd 2 года назад

      @@evol.t lots if thick , blind women like y with money of course

  • @mangafq8
    @mangafq8 2 года назад +10

    This poor woman. God bless her innocence.

    • @peekaboots01
      @peekaboots01 Год назад

      Innocence? She was trying to get laid.

  • @goodharvest7954
    @goodharvest7954 2 года назад +6

    SERIOUSLY... ARE THESE PEOPLE CRAZY

  • @hilove5658
    @hilove5658 2 года назад +10

    So sad. Arent their enough senior centers around for group gatherings?

  • @micheleboyle3547
    @micheleboyle3547 2 года назад +11

    What is wrong with this lady! Omg!

  • @agyvonne
    @agyvonne 2 года назад +18

    My God -- even if this guy is real -- did she really think he’d be interested in her? She looks so much older than him. I have no sympathy for her.

    • @bondoneill9606
      @bondoneill9606 2 года назад +11

      I totally agree. Without being mean he is soo much younger than her. A lot of these women really need to look in the mirror and be honest with themselves. No decent man would ask a women for money

    • @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living
      @Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living 2 года назад +9

      I know that most people will realize that if this caliber of guy is not hitting on you in real life, this caliber of man will probably not hit on you online as well. However, lonely people are vulnerable, and they’ll believe the fantasy for a chance at companionship. If somebody loses a partner through death or divorce, that person should go to counseling to deal with the loss and learn how to be content in their own company so they don’t easily fall for this.

    • @royharper2003
      @royharper2003 2 года назад +2

      even if he is real? no wonder people fall for these scams 😒

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +2

      @@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living Very good advice.

  • @agyvonne
    @agyvonne 2 года назад +19

    She gave him over $100k -- a stranger she had never met -- and wondered if she was scammed. Duh. I wonder who she voted for in 2020.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад

      Another moron Biden voter, for sure. Because he is going to give her money, too.

  • @Lianne459
    @Lianne459 2 года назад +13

    So sad these women fall for this. People are so gullible.

    • @pursedelighted8313
      @pursedelighted8313 2 года назад +2

      And naive. I am 64 but I am not stupid nor crazy.you can tell when someone is trying to con you at least I can.smh

  • @jrlv62
    @jrlv62 2 года назад +11

    It blows my mind, because if you talk to these people on the phone as you watch some of these videos, they can’t even hold a decent conversation! And once they start asking for money, run like hell! Never give any of your personal information to anybody on the Internet that you wouldn’t in person!

  • @annamariehewitt3173
    @annamariehewitt3173 2 года назад +4

    LONELINESS CAN MAKE YOU END UP LIVING IN A TENT...UNBELIEVEABLE...

  • @imeldago2519
    @imeldago2519 2 года назад +17

    You should go on vacation to meet single old people like you. Do volunteer work. Go to church frequently. Walk to get some exercise 3 x a week

    • @davisholman8149
      @davisholman8149 Год назад

      Yes - there are others out there who would love to have a friend to walk with, share a meal with - in REAL LIFE.😎

  • @liz3424
    @liz3424 2 года назад +12

    I'm totally convinced that Vivian will break it off, at the end of the day🥴

    • @pce-sz1gi
      @pce-sz1gi 2 года назад +10

      Probably not! He’s her “sexy man”! LOL

    • @resaboutb.9566
      @resaboutb.9566 Год назад +5

      I'm not as convinced as you are. She seemed disbelieving, still.

    • @pce-sz1gi
      @pce-sz1gi Год назад +2

      @@resaboutb.9566 I bet she is still in contact with him. How in the heck can she think someone like him is sincerely interested in someone like her is beyond me.

  • @hellekimery9537
    @hellekimery9537 2 года назад +16

    Again another story, about someone who seem to have no self awareness . Most guys are a lot younger, handsome and “ very successful”, yet older women falls for these stories and fake pictures, not even wondering why a man such as seen in this story, hunts around for older women ? I believe as you age, you MUST retain some common sense…sad but true.

    • @isay207
      @isay207 2 года назад +2

      Im sure someone who looks like him would be interested in her 🙄

    • @pce-sz1gi
      @pce-sz1gi 2 года назад

      @@isay207 this woman seems to think she’s cute. In reality she seems very flighty. I showed this to my 98 year old aunt and her reply was “Hell here I am 98 years old and not that stupid”.

  • @leftyla
    @leftyla Год назад +3

    "Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid" - John Wayne

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

      "If you are any good at all, it's always your fault."--- Hemingway

  • @Kodak718
    @Kodak718 2 года назад +8

    Wheeeww, she took out loans, money from ira, life insurance and maxed out cards. Wow wow wow.

  • @doreenalbert4142
    @doreenalbert4142 2 года назад +4

    Who said this quote: "There's no fool like an old fool."?

  • @myothercarisadelorean8957
    @myothercarisadelorean8957 2 года назад +9

    How the hell did she fit $10K cash in a novel book?

  • @curtisducati
    @curtisducati 2 года назад +4

    Amazing , this Generation can recognise a pop star from 1960 but not a scam email ? For gods sake !

  • @MiniMausTruckerKee
    @MiniMausTruckerKee 2 года назад +8

    Folks are lonely out here!! Romance from a photo shows you what social media is doing to the world! Log off and meet folks in person!

  • @bonniebester606
    @bonniebester606 Год назад +10

    I can't even imagine being so desperate for love and naive and needy that you could send money to man you haven't meant or talked to in person! 😳

    • @peekaboots01
      @peekaboots01 Год назад

      I can't imagine thinking a man actually wants elderly granny P!!

  • @germanshepherd6638
    @germanshepherd6638 2 года назад +10

    Someone in Nigeria is laughing .

    • @joletty1793
      @joletty1793 2 года назад +4

      They work in teams! They are all laughing!!! 😂🤣😂😂😂

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 2 месяца назад

      Hahahaha goes the scammer!

  • @sistahlamb
    @sistahlamb 2 года назад +12

    These scams with elderly people are just sad. The police will probably never catch the guy because he’s using a fake identity and a burner phone. Difficult to trace. Don’t get involved with anybody over the internet, period.

    • @jnictv1075
      @jnictv1075 Год назад +1

      Uh yeah especially when he’s in Nigeria

  • @queeniesarver9788
    @queeniesarver9788 2 года назад +6

    When will these elderly people WAKE UP! You don't send anyone money, gift cards, Western Union, or lottery winnings?
    Take Grandma's credit cards away! She was so lonley she paid so dearly with her bank account!

  • @ok-sq9zx
    @ok-sq9zx 2 года назад +8

    I visited Gambia some years ago, and were befriended by a lot of Gambians. While I was there, I needed maid service, nails service, I asked one of the friends if they could do those services. When they completed the job, I offered to pay for the services. They refused to take the money. I insisted, because I knew that was their scam. A boyfriend and girlfriend team. The minute I returned to the States, I get the call, "my mother is very sick, and in the hospital, I need money"! I just simply block both of them. Nothing else to say to them. I knew they were scammers, but my conscience is clear, I made sure I paid for the services.

    • @user_4046
      @user_4046 Год назад

      Wait...what! That's a unique one

  • @pixels2u
    @pixels2u 2 года назад +7

    Holy delusions, batman!

  • @deloresannwells
    @deloresannwells 2 года назад +7

    Women men should never ask money from u no matter what!!

  • @davisknoxchris3237
    @davisknoxchris3237 Год назад +71

    The way you guys just remain humble & move behind the recommendation is how more people should move. You *High gizmo* on the internet deserve it all!

  • @Arizona_lilly
    @Arizona_lilly 2 года назад +7

    There’s a lot more way much more they just don’t come forward embarsssing

    • @joletty1793
      @joletty1793 2 года назад

      True, these scammers are like cockroaches, they crawl out of the cracks to devour the homes of the lonely. 🏠

  • @monicaford5106
    @monicaford5106 2 года назад +2

    There is no excuse for this stupidity if a man asks u for money. Tell him to gt lost!!

  • @TahoeSnowbird
    @TahoeSnowbird 3 месяца назад +4

    She said she is so far invested! Greediness again.

  • @jvolstad
    @jvolstad 2 года назад +5

    How can she be so naive?

  • @MasterRoman647
    @MasterRoman647 2 года назад +8

    This woman wasn’t the one managing their finances when the husband was alive that’s why she lacks common sense about money. You should never give anyone money you cannot afford to lose. When you have to take a loan to give someone money, there is something wrong with you.

    • @yelimeyelimeg4341
      @yelimeyelimeg4341 Год назад

      That's not entirely true... I know of very successful educated business elderly woman- who is acts like a teenager in love and so so blind on the type of men she picks. All the money she invested on the last one... would leave our eyes rolling. She finally agreed to end the relationship , after years of multiple friends telling her.. But yet this year she has started a new long distance relationship- and we started to talking to her again!!!!!
      Most of the times- they are lonely women, with no family members around that fall into them traps

  • @islandgal500
    @islandgal500 2 года назад +25

    Unbelievable that there are so many people like this! The last thing I want is a lonely man who needs me to be a companion, maid, nurse, and housekeeper for him. If someone is that lonely, they need to wise up and get a pet, join a group, take classes, learn a new hobby, volunteer, pamper themselves, learn new things or skills, read... It baffles me that mature people have gone through that much living and learned nothing about the human race. Scams and Cons have been around as long as there were people!
    You can't buy love this way so quit trying to help strangers with money! I also wonder how much greed there is on the part of the victim when they do this because they are shown documents that the scammer has a lot of money! It isn't just that they think they will get their loan back. Think that if they are that needy for your financial help, how irresponsible are they in managing their money?
    Chat online with people all you want, but make it clear that you will not be sending any money - ever, and stick with it.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +5

      True, it feeds into their own greediness. She could have volunteered at the local chapter of Disabled Veterans and found plenty of company at no charge.

    • @meredithheath5272
      @meredithheath5272 2 года назад +4

      Island: You wrote this very well, and hit upon some great subjects on this topic - Exactly!

  • @Gwenx11nb
    @Gwenx11nb 2 года назад +6

    Women .....if u think he is too sexy to be interested in you then believe it!!!! I feel no sympathy. Never give money to someone you've never met........ that is foolish.

    • @joletty1793
      @joletty1793 2 года назад

      They should be wanting to send money to YOU if they truly are seriously having feelings for you. 😏

  • @jenfnp
    @jenfnp 2 года назад +12

    In most of these situations, I hear such joy in the person being scammed voice. I am so glad my parents have passed as watching out for them on line would be impossible.😢

  • @princessjenniferleeministr3129
    @princessjenniferleeministr3129 2 года назад +23

    It is amazing how old, obese or widowed or divorced women actually think that Handsome GQ and sexy men can actually want them.
    Then why will they give money to a man or woman you have not ever met money for anything, eg

    • @emmel4fun
      @emmel4fun 2 года назад +10

      Men do it too. I know a guy in his 60's who fell for these scams more than once. They were always way younger, nice looking women on the photos he was sent. He even talked to more than one at a time and he would say he had a lot of young women that wanted him. They promised to come see him and told him to look for a nice house so they could live and he really believed it. It might have been the same scammer guy posing as different women.

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад

      @@emmel4fun Yes, there are stupid old men that fall for this, too, but the vast majority are women. I am older woman in my 50s. I would never fall for this idiocy. It is embarrassing that my contemporaries and older are so stupid.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 2 года назад +3

      Vanity, desperation, loneliness, and irrational fantasy.

    • @lynsheppard9455
      @lynsheppard9455 2 года назад

      kinda harsh there "princess grifting ministry"

  • @kathleenweinberg6442
    @kathleenweinberg6442 2 года назад +8

    Ladies always be aware keep your ears and eyes open before you get into a relationship get to know the person

  • @jjkatz
    @jjkatz 2 года назад +8

    Unbelievable 🙄

  • @janetcrane59
    @janetcrane59 2 года назад +5

    Would these women give their grandsons $10,000 if the asked for it? I'm sure not but they give some person they never laid eyes on that plus much more.

  • @joypurchase7728
    @joypurchase7728 Год назад +3

    SHE is like so many seniors, dieing of loneliness. I feel so sad for her,living through her heart,not her brains.This can happen to so many like her.I conmend her bravery ,and courage to come forward ,and warn others about these scamers.

    • @DeborahMoffett
      @DeborahMoffett Год назад

      Yes but if the old fart just took a good look in the mirror this wouldn't have happened or maybe she don't have a mirror 🤔🤔

  • @lindaandreula2724
    @lindaandreula2724 2 месяца назад +2

    If they ask for money it's a scam. Block him!!!

  • @SakunaSwonaChannel
    @SakunaSwonaChannel Год назад +3

    Some of us never have this kind of money!

  • @jovitavillalpando2827
    @jovitavillalpando2827 2 года назад +4

    What’s an old lady like that doing trying to date my gosh if you are 100 and you haven’t learn any lo lessons in life!
    There was a guy at my job would ask me 5.00 dollars everyday for his lunch and I would say no I don’t have 5 dollars to give to a man till one day he got real mad he said something like how come God he isn’t blessed you with money so you can help people

  • @ascensionvaldes1412
    @ascensionvaldes1412 2 года назад +10

    she hoped a handsome young man was going to fall for her: she surely didnt look at her in the mirror🤦

  • @jillharling
    @jillharling Месяц назад +1

    How in the hell could she sit there and smile while telling this guy that she has sent all of her IRA maxed out her credit cards and now she’s pennyless. How did these women sit there and smile about that?

  • @francevenezia
    @francevenezia 24 дня назад +2

    Gold, oil, military, Navy seals, diplomats, spies all need a poor lady's money.

  • @vixxcottage
    @vixxcottage 2 года назад +6

    There are so many elderly people in this position and they come from a trusting generation. I had someone call me pretending to be my mortgage company and almost scammed me. I am not a trusting person so soon discovered the truth. I see especially women that are financially cheated by men and become their " sugar momma" meaning they keep them. They don't work or contribute to the household. Live free. Amazing how little self esteem many people have after a spouse passes away.

    • @susancross5192
      @susancross5192 Год назад +1

      Yep, I`ve stupidly been the sugar momma but smartened up and threw him out. Now I won`t even buy a man a cheeseburger. I get satisfaction when he calls me stingy! Wish I`d have always been stingy.

  • @avahsieh4645
    @avahsieh4645 2 года назад +7

    Cases like this make me wonder if I should give up on love when I pass a certain age. Sad.

    • @resaboutb.9566
      @resaboutb.9566 Год назад +4

      Not at all. Just keep your money while you keep on loving!

    • @avahsieh4645
      @avahsieh4645 Год назад +1

      @@resaboutb.9566 I wish I myself as well as every lonely soul can manage to do that.
      Thanks for the encouraging word :)

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Год назад

      Give up..

  • @deloresannwells
    @deloresannwells 2 года назад +2

    Wayment!! Her life insurance policy?? Jesus Christ!

  • @arthurgerardo9105
    @arthurgerardo9105 Год назад +4

    Congratulations, you've outdone yourself. This video is one of the most impressive one-punch recovery moves I've seen in a while: the coding, the clickbait, the references from other channels/people... *High gizmo* on the internet just knows an opportunity to recover lost money when he sees one.

    • @channelthree9424
      @channelthree9424 Год назад

      You are a scammer. What part of Nigeria are you operating your scam from? What kind of scams do you run? Recovery? Romance? 419? Bitcoin?

  • @teenamarie6431
    @teenamarie6431 2 года назад +5

    The 1st time he asked her for money she should have said no it wouldn't went on this far. This woman lost thousands on this ass! And the sad part is he don't care!
    She never actually met this man, I don't understand how a person could give this much money to a stranger! THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHARITIES TO GIVE MONEY TOO, if you want to give all your money away!

    • @ginajoseph8776
      @ginajoseph8776 2 года назад +2

      She is a sugar momma. She is paying to get her romantic tingles.

  • @jiasenghe008
    @jiasenghe008 2 года назад +3

    These predators prey on naive and WILLING victims. People become susceptible to romance predators because they are unhappy with their current status in the world, feel lonely and lead with the heart. Giving money to strangers out of love and hope is about the dumbest thing a person can do. All predators operate and increase success rate by focusing on the weakest and slowest target in the field.

  • @ut561
    @ut561 12 дней назад +1

    I have a friend in the middle of this but won't stop no matter what I say. she's convinced Keanu Reeves is texting her continually.

  • @elledoll1410
    @elledoll1410 2 года назад +4

    I do not feel sorry for these people who are scammed. One should know if one is old with liver spots and fat, a handsome man professing his love for you online who is clearly much younger, is a scam.

  • @corettagreene1707
    @corettagreene1707 2 года назад +12

    This is really sad to hear. I pray for all recovery to the victims. All scams don’t happen on the internet though, so we have to careful either way. You kill the enemy with truth suffocating his lies and all narratives that are misleading to the people. For example, many can possibly relate to these stories but not, all love crimes happen through internet connections. Some people meet face to face and still end up in the same situation. Some relationships just don’t work out and that’s ok. However, it’s not ok to scam anyone for selfish gain. It’s pure evil.
    Thanks for sharing.
    God bless you❤️

    • @davisholman8149
      @davisholman8149 Год назад

      Yes - some romance scammers do it in person. Can’t trust anyone….

  • @Yaya-wo1lc
    @Yaya-wo1lc 2 года назад +3

    I went through something like that but I'm telling you one thing when they start asking for money I say no you send me money dodo lol

  • @heather7044
    @heather7044 2 года назад +1

    Fist thing you tell them when they are in trouble … well that stinks , whatcha gonna do?
    Then hang the phone up and laugh your ass off

  • @aidagooley458
    @aidagooley458 Год назад +1

    I think the local enforcement/nbi should be notified. Those con artists including their love ones will definitely get karma!

  • @rebeccawelsh2401
    @rebeccawelsh2401 Год назад +7

    My cat, dog and kids are all the company I need. True love is free. If your that lonely and have to pay for it, get yourself a paid boy toy once in a while. A lot cheaper and far more satisfying.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 Год назад +1

      My 17 year old said the same thing! Have an idea of where I can get a boy toy???

    • @susancross5192
      @susancross5192 Год назад

      @@paisleyprincess7996 Where are the paid boy toys? And if they exist they`re probably gay or bi.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Год назад

      Can't Buy Me Love!