Singer scammed out of more than $1 million by 'love bomb'
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Published 2024-03-22
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All Comments (21)
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I've been lonely in the past but if a man asks me for money, I will run to the hills
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If a scammer ever calls you his “QUEEN”…Run for the hills! 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
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Ladies, if you are supporting yourself financially and you meet a man who asks for money; shut him down, lose his number and block his calls and texts. There is NEVER an acceptable reason why a man should be asking a woman for money.
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1. Calling her queen 2. Unable to video chat 3. Asking for money very early.
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Wait… you sent 1 million dollars to some guy you had never met!!!??? WHAT!
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"My Queen" is a young bloke straight out of Nigeria.
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What is strange is that most people - including those being scammed - won't even give $500 to others they actually know if they asked them for money.
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Don't accept any friend requests on Facebook unless you actually know the person.
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She's very brave to share her story.
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And the very second he asked me to pay his cell phone bill…that would have been IT! Over!!!
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He used the phrase "queen" which is a big red flag as it's a common term of endearment in Africa. So many scammed women have been called "my queen."
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RED FLAG......MY QUEEN...cause they cant remember all the names of the women rhey scam. 2:18
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This is what loneliness looks like. It was easy to scam her because she's lonely and needed attention.
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No 1, stay off the stupid internet looking for a relationship. No. 2, if they ask you for money "Goodbye".
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Its shocking someone would give money to a person they have never met in person.
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This happened to my mom's friend and now she's homeless. She had a house, nice car, money, she had it all. She always talk to men from India and fell in love. The guy would say they want to get married to her. He wants to open a business for them and he needs money. She kept sending money until she was broke. Never learned her lesson. Had to sell her house. She would still send guys money believing their lies. I seriously don't understand how these people can believe such lies.
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Once they ask for money, GET THE HELL OUT!
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So... I don't know any rich people, so I'm unsure how they operate... But if a person gets arrested with $700 MILLION in gold and cash- and their only way to receive a bond/bail is to send a stranger a Telegram message... Wouldn't you think someone carrying around $700 MILLION IN PHYSICAL GOLD AND CASH would have, oh I don't know, an attorney?
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It's sad people have nothing else better to do but scam people all day smh. Thats so sad because deep down everybody just wants to be loved.
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"Whirlwind romance." That "whirlwind" must have taken all of this woman's brain cells, because she never met him?!!!
