Oil Rig Dating Scam: Someone close to me is sick or hurt, Im on an oil rig, and other lies that scammers use to reel you in

While plenty of successful relationships begin online, scammers also use online .

Oil contract man and investment scam (Victims stories)

Inside a romance scam: how to make a catfisher sing

A friend pretended to go along with scam — he was a construction-engineer-stationed-overseas-grieving-widower. Rig isn't listed but I'm sure his sweet talk is.



00 of his life savings to a romance scammer. "Someone close to me is sick or hurt," "I'm on an oil rig," and other lies that scammers use to reel you in.

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Two guys working in the oil industry (stories)

Asked for a $500 Amazon card or Walmart card. In this oil rig scam case study, total victim losses are likely in the millions or tens of millions of dollars. S. Siciliano has some advice: “Don’t talk about . Western Union.



But multiple Canadian . Scammers say they can’t meet you in person. Romance scams on Facebook, Instagram and dating apps were the costliest – more than $139 million in 2020 – to those aged 60-up , the FTC says. 3B .

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His hard-knocks childhood, his high-paying job, his Caribbean sailboat, that was all fake. He kept up with all the flowery praise and the inevitable req for travel $$$ to see her started.



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Romance scammers pretend to be in love with their victims in order to ask them for money. The men pose as good looking, younger than them, and very interested in them. How Do Oil Rig Scams Work? Imagine for a moment that you’re an online romance scammer.