this post was submitted on 01 May 2024
24 points (96.2% liked)

Asklemmy

42434 readers
1635 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_[email protected]~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/855011

And when did you / the person you know realize he was scammed?

What tips do you have for people who havenโ€™t lived this, so they donโ€™t fall for it?

How long till they start asking for money?

What sites do scammers use? Can it be a facebook group or is it only limited to dating sites?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] foggy 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I got a kind of funny story with regards to these..

My girlfriend's Brother's family are nudists. Well, casually. Among their family is a teenaged boy. He got targeted by some bad people on the internet who did not know about their family being nudists, and tried to extort him after getting him to send them naked photos.

Kid just laughed it off and told them he didn't care. Told his parents. They reported it. All done.

Having once been a teenager, and seeing how damaging these campaigns have been towards young kids, respect to that whole family and that kid. ๐Ÿ‘Š

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't your girlfriends brother's family also your girlfriends family?

[โ€“] foggy 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No.

Her brother has kids. My girlfriend doesn't. Those kids are her extended family. Not her primary family, or "family," colloquially.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh gotcha. That makes sense.

load more comments (2 replies)