The Cookout

[Tati 304]

Talk about a major L right here. Why do people send money to people they don’t really know? I watched the Tinder Swindler on Netflix and those ladies lacked common sense.



After falling for an online crypto dating scam, a Tennessee lady claims she lost $390,000 belonging to her and her father. Nicole Hutchinson, 24, inherited her mother’s house after her mother passed away, which she sold and shared with her father. She was intended to use the $280,000 she inherited to aid her family and establish a life in California.

Hutchinson started using the online dating website “Hinge” to find new friends before going to California. She claimed she met a man named “Hao” and became acquainted with him. When he informed her he was from the same town in China where Hutchinson was adopted, she felt a tremendous connection with him, she told CBS News Consumer Investigative Correspondent Anna Werner.

According to Hutchinson, Hao advised her to create an account on Crypto.com, a reputable website. She then said that he emailed her a connection and instructed her to send money to the new site, which he claimed was a cryptocurrency exchange platform.


Hutchinson thought it was time to cash out when their accounts totaled $1.2 million in December. That’s when she learned that she’d have to pay a $380,000 “tax charge” before she could take her funds.

She realized that the cryptocurrency investments she had made were fictitious. The scammer had taken all of her and her father’s money.

A woman was conned out of $390,000 by a man she met on the dating app Hinge | Scam Rap

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[ART]

First we have been hearing about men being the target of dating / romance scams, now the women are being targeted with the same crap. While common sense is not so common, can we admit how bad it is out here in the Online Dating Market?

Edit: Also the trashy Tinder Swindler is a filthy sweaty white Jewish Israeli. There's a reason he's not in prison and is being wrongfully protected and paraded around like he's something to celebrate. Had he been a Black Hebrew Israelite living in Israel doing the fuckshit he did ...

 

[Red Velvet]

First we have been hearing about men being the target of dating / romance scams, now the women are being targeted with the same crap. While common sense is not so common, can we admit how bad it is out here in the Online Dating Market?

Edit: Also the trashy Tinder Swindler is a filthy sweaty white Jewish Israeli. There's a reason he's not in prison and is being wrongfully protected and paraded around like he's something to celebrate. Had he been a Black Hebrew Israelite living in Israel doing the fuckshit he did ...

Well Sis there are jackasses on and offline and we have to raise our children to be ready for them. Some of these adults are a lost cause but we can save the children.

I boil this down to a lack of common sense with lack of critical thinking skills. I would not click on any link from a stranger especially when it comes to money.

I also would be checking to make sure I was putting my money in the right accounts. She is the type that would be getting finessed even if the internet didn’t exist.

She’d be playing 3 card Monty and lose all 390k.

 

[sourgrapes]

Why do I keep hearing stories like this? There was some dude on Tinder scamming women out of thousands as well. I think they are doing some sort of Netflix show about it. Might already be on there. These women are all sorts of dumb I am sorry.

 

[Devin]

My first thought is, "this is insane!" I really don't understand how people can be so gullible and become victims of phishing. I've known several people, even some within my own family, who have sent money to individuals they've met online and felt a "connection" with. Of course, their loss of money has been nowhere near $390,000, but they should know better. You should never trust an individual you just met on the internet, if it was me, I would be extremely cautious especially when it comes to money. In conclusion, this is happening a lot more in today's world, and it's sad that people fall for these types of scams so easily.

 

[The Honorable]

My first thought is, "this is insane!" I really don't understand how people can be so gullible and become victims of phishing. I've known several people, even some within my own family, who have sent money to individuals they've met online and felt a "connection" with. Of course, their loss of money has been nowhere near $390,000, but they should know better. You should never trust an individual you just met on the internet, if it was me, I would be extremely cautious especially when it comes to money. In conclusion, this is happening a lot more in today's world, and it's sad that people fall for these types of scams so easily.

Common sense isn’t common unfortunately.

 

[Devin]

Common sense isn’t common unfortunately.

I completely agree with you. In regards to our school systems in the United States, specifically, Common Core is causing children to grow up to lack common sense and life skills. There's a big agenda behind Common Core, it teaches unnecessary coursework while causing students who don't understand to feel stupid. I believe we can blame our school systems for the lack of common sense in today's society. If they would teach life skills instead of x + b = c, then we may not have issues such as people getting scammed online over something that takes "common sense." This is my personal opinion, but this is how I feel about it.