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Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend
An anonymous reader writes "A 48-year-old Illinois man has experienced an online scam that was particularly devastating, both financially and emotionally. A woman he believed to be his online girlfriend turned out to be a fake, and his money has disappeared with her. The scam was recently revealed because he went to the police asking for help to rescue the woman, insisting that she had been kidnapped in London. The online 'relationship' between the two began over two years ago, during which he wired about $200,000 to several different bank accounts in Nigeria, Malaysia, England, and the US."
Where men are men, women are men, and children are federal agents.
why didn't she move to him and then he would know she's safe.
Um, because she doesn't exist....
No sig today...
Tits or GTFO would have saved him from all this, you know...
See the difference between "screwed" and "laid".
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
There, but for having more than 2 brain cells, go I.
...meet little head.
From my soon-to-be-published book "Dick: An Owner's Manual"
Rule #1: Your dick will lie to you.
When you take that devotion to extremes, you can make a lot of money and not have the time or desire to spend it on anything. And unless you work hard to avoid it, the "lack in other areas" is likely to include your love life.
How do you not know this?
Uhhhhhhhh........
2. A corresponding lack in other areas.
Admit it--You're all jealous over how easy this guy got off.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
How sad
Yeah, as a Slashdotter, I don't get many opportunities to call somebody else's love-life sad.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Most of those guys end up blowing 99% of that on women, drugs, and vehicles..
And the rest just waste it.
Evidently money is not distributed fairly in our society.
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Not necessarily, depending on what state/country you live in and how long you've been together. For most places, living together 6 months is the same as if you were married, and that means she gets a chunk of your income.
Not if the kidnappers kill her, she doesn't!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
OK, I'll feed the troll. Are you such a mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging animal that you can't defy your instincts? "I'm sorry honey, I didn't mean to bang the babysitter but my instincts took over! It's not my fault; she's half your age with supple skin and firm breasts. The survival of the human race depended on me and I did not falter!"
Extra medication for all!
I don't like feeding trolls, but I'll bite it just this time....
Have you heard about inheritances.... I mean, the thing that allows Paris Hilton being, well, Paris Hilton, instead being employed in a 7-11?
Why can't