by Mmar
Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:32 pm
Can anyone give me advice or their assessment of my situation? Please read and tell me if I am free of my scammer and have managed to weed him out.
Mr Cute on Tinder gets my phone number so we can continue a good conversation on Whatsapp.
He uses a satellite phonenr as he works at sea. Long and very good story backs this up.
After a few days he is in trouble with a broken engine and asks for help from a "legitimate provider" with website and email with url. The reception at sea is very bad, so can I please send them an email?
I check the website and find it credible. Send them an email and get reply after 10 mins.
An invoice is forwarded to my email and I forward a screenshot to him so he can pay.
Of course he has trouble with the payment as the reception is already bad at sea (duh!). He sends me a lousy photoshop-job of a failed bank transfer, which is when I know what's going to come next:
Mr Cute wants to send me his banking details so I can carry out the transfer on his behalf.
Bingo! Mr Cute was a scam! I lol as I facepalm myself.
The website to provide him with service has a little too many 404-s, it only shows up on linkedIn and nowhere on Google, the lady I email also uses a satellite phone and Mr Cute has no other friends who can help!
15 mins pass by: I change the password of gmail and find whatsapp listed as affiliated application to gmail. I deactivate that straight away.
25 mins later, I block and report him on Tinder, block and report him on whatsapp, report emails as spam in Gmail.
Luckily, I use a number on whatsapp that is no longer active as phone-subscription, so he cannot call me. This number is also not affiliated with any bank-account or recovery of passwords. My Facebook seems fine.
He has received my email and I have clicked on the website. I have not opened any attachments or downloaded anything. I have not given any personal info or details about my identity. If he has been fast and found a way to get into my gmail through the whatsapp-connection, he might have seen my real phonenumber. But he has not called and there has been no strange activity on my google account.
I seem to be rid of him. But as I get ready to hunt for a new Mr Cute - hopefully Mr Right this time - I wonder if I really am rid of him... Am I safe? Would appreciate it if you share your insights <3
Mr Cute on Tinder gets my phone number so we can continue a good conversation on Whatsapp.
He uses a satellite phonenr as he works at sea. Long and very good story backs this up.
After a few days he is in trouble with a broken engine and asks for help from a "legitimate provider" with website and email with url. The reception at sea is very bad, so can I please send them an email?
I check the website and find it credible. Send them an email and get reply after 10 mins.
An invoice is forwarded to my email and I forward a screenshot to him so he can pay.
Of course he has trouble with the payment as the reception is already bad at sea (duh!). He sends me a lousy photoshop-job of a failed bank transfer, which is when I know what's going to come next:
Mr Cute wants to send me his banking details so I can carry out the transfer on his behalf.
Bingo! Mr Cute was a scam! I lol as I facepalm myself.
The website to provide him with service has a little too many 404-s, it only shows up on linkedIn and nowhere on Google, the lady I email also uses a satellite phone and Mr Cute has no other friends who can help!
15 mins pass by: I change the password of gmail and find whatsapp listed as affiliated application to gmail. I deactivate that straight away.
25 mins later, I block and report him on Tinder, block and report him on whatsapp, report emails as spam in Gmail.
Luckily, I use a number on whatsapp that is no longer active as phone-subscription, so he cannot call me. This number is also not affiliated with any bank-account or recovery of passwords. My Facebook seems fine.
He has received my email and I have clicked on the website. I have not opened any attachments or downloaded anything. I have not given any personal info or details about my identity. If he has been fast and found a way to get into my gmail through the whatsapp-connection, he might have seen my real phonenumber. But he has not called and there has been no strange activity on my google account.
I seem to be rid of him. But as I get ready to hunt for a new Mr Cute - hopefully Mr Right this time - I wonder if I really am rid of him... Am I safe? Would appreciate it if you share your insights <3
