by blue22
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:38 am
Hi all,
I was recently friended by a young, cute Filipino girl on facebook. After a short time we started chatting and while the conversation was generally usual getting to know each other stuff it did begin to take on a more romantic (although mostly innocent and nothing concrete) nature.
After a week or so she sent me a picture of 'herself' looking tired and sort of sad. (Btw she has plenty of other pics on her FB page and they look like legit pics, nothing scammy looking there) I commented that she looked sad and asked if anything was wrong. She replied with
" mindgrain. because of cold thats y im not feeling well" then
"' my brother bite rat. So we need to go clinic to inject. To remove bacteria .but we dont have money. we need to credit thats a nice way i think to solve the problem"
I happened to reply at the same time as the second msg saying I hope she felt better soon etc but I didn't comment on the second msg as I hadn't seen it before replying. When I did see it I immediately thought scam and stopped communicating till the next day. Curious if this was in fact a scam I got back in contact the next day asking for 'sexy' pictures thinking a scammer would comply while the more innocent girl the profile depicted would not. Maybe not the best plan but as this coincided with a rather awful hangover from a bucks party I may not have been thinking straight. The response I got was what I would have expected from the girl pictured not a scammer and there was no further mention of money or her brother.
I was still sure this was a scam so I said as much to her and defriended her. She responded with what seemed like genuine hurt feelings and confusion and when I mention why her response was
" dont knw what are you talking about. Yes my younger brother rat bite last time. but now his ok . going to school and play everyday thanks god because he is ok."
"yah already inject."
"i write that to share my problem and whats my feeling that time. so sad that time. i dont mean with that or asking money to you just share my problem thats all"
And now I'm rather confused and feel bad that this may have just been a miscommunication, maybe just something lost in translation. Apart from that comment the only thing that seemed suss on her profile was the fact her friends list is hidden so I fear I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion and hurt an innocent girls feelings. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
I was recently friended by a young, cute Filipino girl on facebook. After a short time we started chatting and while the conversation was generally usual getting to know each other stuff it did begin to take on a more romantic (although mostly innocent and nothing concrete) nature.
After a week or so she sent me a picture of 'herself' looking tired and sort of sad. (Btw she has plenty of other pics on her FB page and they look like legit pics, nothing scammy looking there) I commented that she looked sad and asked if anything was wrong. She replied with
" mindgrain. because of cold thats y im not feeling well" then
"' my brother bite rat. So we need to go clinic to inject. To remove bacteria .but we dont have money. we need to credit thats a nice way i think to solve the problem"
I happened to reply at the same time as the second msg saying I hope she felt better soon etc but I didn't comment on the second msg as I hadn't seen it before replying. When I did see it I immediately thought scam and stopped communicating till the next day. Curious if this was in fact a scam I got back in contact the next day asking for 'sexy' pictures thinking a scammer would comply while the more innocent girl the profile depicted would not. Maybe not the best plan but as this coincided with a rather awful hangover from a bucks party I may not have been thinking straight. The response I got was what I would have expected from the girl pictured not a scammer and there was no further mention of money or her brother.
I was still sure this was a scam so I said as much to her and defriended her. She responded with what seemed like genuine hurt feelings and confusion and when I mention why her response was
" dont knw what are you talking about. Yes my younger brother rat bite last time. but now his ok . going to school and play everyday thanks god because he is ok."
"yah already inject."
"i write that to share my problem and whats my feeling that time. so sad that time. i dont mean with that or asking money to you just share my problem thats all"
And now I'm rather confused and feel bad that this may have just been a miscommunication, maybe just something lost in translation. Apart from that comment the only thing that seemed suss on her profile was the fact her friends list is hidden so I fear I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion and hurt an innocent girls feelings. Any input would be greatly appreciated.