That's how much money Canadians lost due to romance scams!
Dig way back and
think about Mr. Seattle….do you remember him?
It started innocently enough we talked about the mundane of
life and our families and friends. His
dad had passed away not that long ago and he was actually leaving town in a few
weeks to deal with the estate and court.
His father had been a big shot or something on a rail line in Malaysia. He would be gone two weeks but he really
wanted to come up and see me when he got home.
So there you go dear readers….I was a target for a romance
scam….someone update my crap stats page LOL.
Astounding isn't it!
Hello my lovelies,
Spring is finally upon us and it seems (this week at least)
that it is trying to jump headlong into summer! I hear the rains are a’comin mid next week
so maybe we won’t get stuck with water restrictions and dead grass everywhere
for another few weeks
Things are pretty quiet on the dating front as the Foreman
and I have been spending a lot of time together. It’s hard to balance the casual nature of it
with the feelings that come when you spend a lot of time with someone awesome!
Since I wrote last, I had spoken with Mr. Adams, Mr. Poly,
and a handful of others but not had any other dates.
Dutch keeps messaging me but I have taken to just ignoring
him now. I also told Rico that I am not
interested in seeing him again. I wasn’t
feeling it and when I told him I was seeing someone and wanted to see where
that went he immediately asked if we could just Bang one time….so….
Wait….can it be….did
she get boring already?????????????
He told me telling me Good Morning isn’t just good morning
it means I was the last and first thing he thought about. Sent me sweet messages throughout the day…almost
seemed to good to be true?
They day came for him to go and he sent me a message before
he left and another when he hit the ground.
He touched base with me throughout the day, telling me how awesome it
was there. We frequently missed each
other because of the time difference but he texted every day regardless. He was pretty stressed about court and one
day he sends me a picture of a bank letter outlining they account and that it
is now in his name.
I thought it was kind of weird but I just assumed he was
really happy it had finally been dealt with and hadn’t thought about the fact
he just sent me some pretty personal info including his address. 2 days later he sent me a screen shot of the
final court ruling as well and the letter saying he just needed to pay the
court fees and then it would be done.
HOLY F^%&$.....
OMG…..
He is going to ask me for money!
I did some quick research and It appears
that the name and job do belong to someone in Seattle but they are older. The address belongs to two women….I mean it
could be he is legit right?? Maybe he
won’t ask for money right?
Here…I will let you
read it yourself
He was not pleased because I told him I asked my mom and dad to help me (I didn't LOL)
I have to say…I want to believe in people so I tested him
and asked him to send me a selfie….I have after all only seen 4 pictures of
him. I mean I watch catfish I know this
is an issue!
I feel really bad for the women and men who get sucked in by
things like this. I mean don’t get me
wrong I felt that dissonance and that desire for this not to be a scam. He was such a nice guy. Those exist still right?
Sigh….
It’s that fine line between erecting the wall and being
vulnerable.
I often wonder how
many times it will take before my faith in humanity is totally shattered?
I think sometimes people think I am too trusting and too
understanding but you know…I am not sure I want a life lived the opposite
way.
I hope you have a fantastic day, it is beautiful out here on
the west coast and I hope you get a chance to enjoy the sun this weekend!
T
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