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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago

I hate to say it but yes, your mom sounds like she's gotten a bit too attached to this guy. Sounds like a common online scammer. Has she given him any money? Let me guess, he's probably told her he just needs a little bit of money for a plane ticket and they can be together

[-] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago

No no no, nothing like that. He is not asking for anything himself. My mother has sent him a couple of times a few dozen dollars supposedly of her own free will, which he didn't ask for, and he is said to be very grateful for them. He even sends her proof of purchases of what he buys with that money comparing prices and choosing the cheapest products (because the country he lives in is poor).

[-] athos77@kbin.social 42 points 7 months ago

Yeah, he's going to ask for more. He'll need money for a plane ticket, and a train ticket to the airport, and his mom will find and take the money so he'll need more, and then he'll need to bribe someone along the way, and someone will rob him, and and and and and ...

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Until you said he sent her proof of purchase, etc, i was on the side of 'maybe not a scammer,' but once you said that, the alarm bells started ringing again.

Dont trust this person. His story is likely fabricated and tailored to pull at your mums heart strings. He is manipulating her. What you need is picture evidence of who this person is. Or better a video call. That will prove he is at least who he has described himself as.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

He is making your mom send it in her own will of course barring that he actually is a nice guy.

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