I was contacted by someone claiming to be an alcoholic and texted with them. After a fair amount of texting, they now asked if I could help them out and send them 400 to 500 dollars.
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Their claiming that their bank card was freezes..then corrected it to freezed... They will play the long game and prey on anyone, especially those in early sobriety.
They seem convincing and try to bend your emotions.
I sent screen shots to Loosid, but don't know if they will act on what I sent them. They gave me a phone number and I did talk to a female, but surely not from this country. The profile currently has 58 friends and I am sure they are working on scamming everyone they contact. The photos they have on the profile are of an actual porn actress.
If any guys accepted a friends request from Jane Meedison beware. They sent me a Google images searchable pic and I uncovered it and called them out.
Yes it's a shame that things like that happens on this app. But it just shows you that scammers will target anyone who they think they can get and use addiction as a means.
I am here to help people here. They even sent me a video saying hello to my phone in a text and if you look really close, I can tell that it was computer generated. They are good at what they try to do. They do it for a living and it nearly convinced me. Then came the my banks account has been freezes/freezed....
Not to good at knowing we say it has been frozen and asking for 400 to 500 and they/she would pay me back.
Probably wasn't lying about being an alcoholic....
Was thinking the same thing
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That makes me sick. What is wrong with people? Anyone asking me for money no matter the sob story can forget it.
They are here. Ive had several incidents like that on this app over the years. On the dating side of the app that is all I ever come across
She popped up on my feed. So far she hasn’t asked for anything, but I’ll keep vigilant.
Since I told them/her that I couldn't/wouldn't send any money, not a single work from them. This isn't your run of the mill scammer. This whole evolution started August 20th when they sent a friends request. Figured I would chat with them. Seen a few mistakes in what they wrote. Started as a sob story. My mother father and brother were killed in a car accident in Germany. Grew up with Granny Mun in Saint Paul. Eventually came one picture that was searchable of Google images. Called them out, they said this profile is an alias so know one knows she is famous/known...sent a four second video to try and change my mind about being a scammer. The video seems legit, until you look really close. There are glitches in it. The computer generated face and voice look exactly like the person they were claiming to be.
All I can emphasize is don't fall for things like this. We look to help others as part of our program and they will come after our will to help others. When I go to meetings, I go to them for community to get things off my chest and hopefully say something that helps another, who suffers and may have needed to hear what I said.
Don't do it!! Scammers are always searching sites. No one has ever asked me for money. Not in all my years in and out of AA. Rely on those who help others. Not themselves. I hope this helps. We are not alone and we do recover. Sorry about the caps. It's my out of date phone. Lol.
I did get a response back from Loosid. I sent them screen shots of the/her. They thanked me and are going to look into it and said they are vigilant in keeping this place a safe place for our community.
Scammers will plot on anyone. They will scam they own mother when they can. Me being an addict I done some scamming but not on the Internet or apps. Maybe it's the scammers cry for help.
I don't know if you have seen the professional scammers on tic tic/YouTube and the computer hackers that go after them. Once someone got a hold of some paperwork that I filled out while working at a nuclear power plant. Turned out it was a security guard that worked there and was dumpster diving for info.
They opened up a bank account within 30 miles of the plant in Maryland. Then opened up a credit card/credit line, transferred 5,000 into the bank account. Slowly took funds out. I found out because I was looking at purchasing an investment property. My bank asked me what happened with my near perfect credit.
I had to contact them and they investigated and they had to fix it.
Well, Loosid did what they said they would do. They got rid of the scammer. I consider people in here like family, just as the local people I attend meetings with. I hope no one here has been scammed by them.
It is pretty low for anyone being a scammer, let alone coming into our community to bend our sobriety and our willingness to help others. Pretty sickening actually.