Romance scam Puns

Ok so I’ll try to keep this brief. We speak French and the scammer does too very well. His name is Harry(might not even be the real name)

It all started the 17th of December. I came back home from work and my mom showed me this account that contacted her through Instagram. The man being way too pretty, I did a reverse image searched. I was right he wasn’t using his photos. I tell my mom he isn’t really that person but have fun having good conversation with him.

Here’s the thing she asked for real live photos and I doubt they’re really him. But reverse image search isn’t working on them.

My step-dad of 6 years just passed away 3 months ago. And my mom is a bit like a teenager and naive. And it really hurts me that I am the one who will have to do the deed. Here’s more juicy stuff.

They’ve talked day and night. And he lives in France at the moment doing his business but lives in Laval Qc usually and born in Toronto. He has all the money he can have and cue the cringe love messages and poems and blah blah.. he hasn’t asked for personal info yet or money. But she clearly told him she’s broke (I think I also assume) but shes sneaky cause she knows I’m onto her. (Funny right, the 21y/o daughter having to be the mother almost, I lover her but man it’s frustrating)

I took her phone tonight. Just a quick look took a couple pictures. Basically they moved from insta to messenger (which the profil is sketchy af. Not a real name and no picture) they talked there a while and also phone calls. Recent text switched to what’s app because « if we don’t want messenger to act up again « . I just know scammers use WhatsApp. So I google search and here’s a link: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/socialcatfish.com/blog/why-do-scammers-use-whatsapp-and-google-hangouts-to-message-victims/amp/

Bare with me. The situation is almost similar. In love too quick. Plans of life too quick. I just know it’s fake.. but how do I tell her? She sent him some intimate pictures and I really don’t want her too feel ashamed or stupid.. it’s honestly the only thing that’s motivating her. She cleaned the house, got some new clothes, she spoke about him to my grands-parents, some of her few girlfriends…

Has this happened to you?? Any stories to tell or advice, or ways to catch him in the scam??

Im sorry this is long and not too detailed and my English grammar is shit ..

Ok reddit, so my friend went on a trip to Egypt last month and made out with a local guy she met there. Instead of it just being a regular travel hookup (we've all been there, amirite?), they've been talking on whatsapp every day since she's been home and he tells her me loves her and sends her poetry every morning... It's a lot.

So of course he's asked her for money several times and told her a whole sob story about how broke his whole family is, how his parents are dying but he can't afford medical bills, and how he lost his business because of covid....basically everything that could ever go wrong. She tells me she has not given him any money but I don't know if I believe her because she tells him she loves him back and continues to talk to him every day.

To me, this is so obviously a scam. He is crying poor and trying to exploit my friend for money. I have to wonder if this has happened to anyone else and what was done about it. I don't know how to help my friend and I want to make sure he can't do this to anyone else.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/rsgg7n/saved_mother_in_law_from_a_scam_for_now/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

So as someone in the comments suggested I reached out to a Facebook group admin who specializes in this sort of thing because my MIL today had a change of heart and wanted to take a leap of faith to give the man a bunch of money.

The admin found the account of the person he was impersonating, managed to get the fake account shut down and is sending all the info she has to my MIL and will be talking with her because obviously my mother in law will be quite upset if she (hopefully) finally sees the light.

Second update: MIL sees the light. Now we just need to support her as she goes through the shock and probably guilt/ shame .

So recently someone DM'ed me in IG - then we proceeded to chat for a while. After a while he asked me to move to google chat. Then less than a month of chatting, he was already declaring his love for me. I mean I know I am in my 40's but I am not in a rush. Anyway, I told him he is crazy because we haven't even met or talk. Then suddenly he informed me that he got his inheritance and he will need someone to handle it. and its a whopping 1M. at first he asked me to provide my basic info to his bank manager. so i told him before i send you any details - send me your valid id and the same details he is asking for me. so the id's he send looks so weird and then i couldn't find him in list for current serving army lists. he insisted that this is because he is under secret mission in middle east. so for me it sounds like a big pile of sht. anyway, i said no of course then he said i could send money to help him out to store it. so again i told him NO then he told me that i was pushing him away since i wont help him finally i told him that since you emotionally blackmailed me you are a scam then sent him a bunch of info for romance scams that i got in the us army website. so guys and girls really beware. and this happened to me and i am not even looking for love. imagine if you looking for love then imagining that this is destiny. sigh. wasted a month with this f***r.

safety tips:

arm yourself with info against romance scams: https://www.cid.army.mil/romancescam.html

be vigilant - get as much valid info from him and dont give anything from your end

never ever send money

dont provide an email, phone or actual name

I was just about to "invest" some money into a website recommended by some Asian lady from Tinder I thought I was developing a connection with. Not in the way you think though, this wasn't like some random crypto exchange where you have to provide all your info to the scammer. I merely had to click a link in the Coinbase Browser and supposedly join a "mining pool," where I would just need to hold a bunch of Tether in my Coinbase Wallet and not do anything with it, and get an insane amount of interest back, supposedly. I thought this sounded safe initially because you don't have to install software, register, or do anything at all other than click a link and send a small amount of ETH in Coinbase Browser and hold onto Tether in Coinbase Wallet. What it's actually doing is signing you up for a "smart contract" with the ability to withdraw unlimited funds => https://www.globalantiscam.org/post/new-twist-targeting-coinbase-wallet-app from your wallet. I was about to lose like $14K to this because I'd never seen anything like it before. Be careful out there people, the scammers on Tinder are more clever than you can imagine.

I recently talked to a friend of mine who admitted to texting a guy for over a 2 month period. She and her husband are having problems, but that's a whole other issue. She came to me not knowing what to do, as she is falling for this person she's been texting. They have talked and sent pics back and forth, so she had no worries about him possibly being fake. Apparently, this man told her he has an inheritance, but cannot claim due to not being married. He wants her to tell the lawyer who is handling the inheritance that they are married so he can claim it. Now my friend is having doubts. Has anyone heard of this type of scam before? Or could his story possibly be true?

My Dad is involved in an ongoing romance scam with a supposed female US soldier that is stationed in Syria. The scammer has been in contact with my Dad for nearly 2 months now and has successfully gotten $500 in the form of iTunes gift cards on two separate occasions. My Dad has made an attempt to send $26,000 about a month ago and now $20,000 this week. Both times the funds were stopped because the transfer was identified having all the characteristics of being a scam.

The scam involves a US soldier stationed overseas that needs help investing a 7 million dollar sum that was left to her by her late husband. The scammer leans on my Dad as a father figure and financial advisor in order to invest the funds. They sent my Dad to a fake website where sets up an account. My Dad has sent a copy of his passport to this fake bank. He set up his account with this fake bank and his account shows a 7 million dollar balance. The scammer then refers my Dad to a “bank manager” where they discuss methods of extracting the funds. The fake bank manager then uses a lot of nonsensical financial figures and confusing information that eventually circles around to my Dad needing to send them money in order to free the funds. All the while the scammer is romancing my Dad and gaining his trust.

My brother and I have had many conversations with my Dad about this. We’ve demonstrated to him that all of the interactions he is having with this scammer have all the glaring tells that the scenario is a scam. We involved my Dad’s brother (our uncle) and my Mom (his wife). My brother and I are at a loss on how to get my Dad to stop this interaction with the scammer. My Dad continues to converse with the scammer in secret via various instant messaging services. They continue to romance him in order to manipulate him. My Dad acknowledges that the person might be a scammer, and he constantly doubts whether the romantic interaction he is having with this scammer is authentic. He will refer to them as real person when we discuss it. The scammer is relentless in contacting him and feeding him lies in order to get him to send them more money.

This is practically a cry for help at this point. We love our Dad and because of this activity we are constantly worried for him. Any sort of help or advice is greatly appreciated.

My mom is still talking to "Eric Clapton" on Hangout and I still can't convince her that she is talking to a scammer. I got his e-mail address. Is there something significant that I can do with it?

This is a doozy. The wife (age 62) has been taken by a "romance scammer", posing as a celebrity (J Hope of BTS.) The scammer claims to be in love with my wife and plans to marry her. All the while, of course convincing her to send him larger and larger amounts of money to sketchy bank accounts or as Bitcoin. She had sent him over $60,000 by the time I caught this, and she was planning to send $300,000 to supposedly buy a house.

Sadly, I have been unable to break this delusion. Ditto her adult sons or our therapist (so far.) I have locked down her investment accounts, just by resetting user/password/security questions and making sure all password reset options point to me.

My dilemma involves legal, relationship, and technical problems. Obviously I'm here for some legal advice (we have a counselor for the relationship part.)

The conversation I had access to had a reference to her announcing a divorce to me at the end of the year. If this happened, could I challenge it? Could I present evidence of her compromised mental state and poor judgement to have the divorce denied? Or at the very least, giving her the divorce but only with her own named accounts?

Secondly, what would be required to actually assume legal control of her finances? What could I do about her credit cards? I hate to leave her with no option to spend money. But I know she and the scammer have been looking for a way to buy Bitcoin with a credit card, so I might have to find a way to prevent this. And I no longer have a way to monitor her conversation, as she has bought a new phone, that is kept hidden, specifically to speak with him.

Hello All. Wondering if there are resources for someone who's experienced the crypto romance scam. Is it best for the victimized to just file for Bankruptcy?

I'm noticing a massive influx of clearly scam accounts all across Reddit, they usually post on other subs pretending to be legitimate accounts but are actually phoney, many of them are claiming to be single women looking "a long term friend" or "person to chat with", they try to look as plausible as they can and are looking to draw people into their scams.

Watch out for people who ask you to talk to them on Google Hangouts, it's a absolute scam, don't talk to people who come across excessively friendly and enthusiastic because its likely they're trying to scam you or some other ulterior motive is at work, be very guarded and use common sense.

The other thing I noticed is these crypto accounts posting things like "I'm a 30 year old woman from Hong Kong, living in the US etc looking to chat with others, I like reading travel bla bla bla (insert generic interests here) these accounts are interested in getting your attention and will eventually lead into a bitcoin related scam or will ask you about cryto, notice how these scam follow a similar pattern and check how these accounts talk, it usually follows a formula to seem like a genuine person so they can get your trust and confidence but are absolutely fake tricksters.

Always remember to be safe and smart, use your intuition and if something seems 'off' its because it most likely is a scammer, a liar.

Just got a dm from a guy claiming to be a military personnel working for the US army - who is currently deployed to Syria on a peacekeeping mission... is this a scam??

We talked for a bit but then he started sending me pics of the rules of his camp saying that if he is caught talking to me then he'll be sentenced to 6 months in prison... okkkkkk.

So then he asked me for my WhatsApp but I just left him hanging... this is definitely a scam right? He also replies really fast as well... shouldn't he be busy keeping peace? lol.

https://preview.redd.it/eu0f7x29bmu71.jpg?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f703cbc4c78357c9c8429f49d593ab67e2e7cf60

UPDATE - at least he's persistent right?! lol.

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I posted this on the 'Common Scam Master Post' but for increased visibility I will post this again here.

Scam report: cryptocurrency scam (romance baiting combined with investment scamming), another example of the Sha Zhu Pan (杀猪盘) scam (pig slaughtering/butchering scam) that originated in China which is now gaining prominence in Western countries.

TL;DR - romance baiting investment scam, scammer forms an online relationship through a dating app over weeks-months, victim is persuaded of investing in an "initial coin offering/ICO" cryptocurrency promising significant profits which is only found on a fake cryptocurrency exchange (see below). Any money transferred cannot be recovered. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! Trust your instincts.

Modus operandi:

The perpetrator seeks out victims by pretending to be an attractive woman on a dating website/app. Often these scammers masquerade as attractive Chinese girls, using pseudonyms and photos that are likely from a database/collection of photos (either stolen from social media/internet or taken locally). The "girl" is often located overseas, typically in an Asian country such as Hong Kong (or seemingly from Hong Kong based on their mobile number - though it is not clear that they actually are), and quickly seeks to continue communication through an off-site method such as WhatsApp where their illegal conduct cannot be traced. To use WhatsApp you do not need to even have the original SIM card installed and so phone numbers can be exported from different countries to spoof the perpetrator's location). The scam usually takes place over 1 to 3 months during which the victim's trust in the perpetrator is slowly built up. Daily photos of food and occasionally selfies are common. Often these photos appear to be old or different to the previous (e.g. different hair colour or style/length, an older or more youthful appearance in some but not others). In other words, there are inconsistencies in the photos.

The conversation starts off by asking the victim what they do for a living (whether they're a student or working) and sometimes they will mention concepts of financial independence and ask what the victim thinks of that. This is merely a tactic to pre-select targets who are likely to be the most "profitable". You will often notice that messages appear to come in batches rather than being typed out live and sequentially (due to perpetrators meticulously crafting a tailored resp

Hi All.

Just a PSA of a current wave of "Romance Scams".

You may be asking, what is a Romance Scam? In this instance. A "Scammer" will tend to create multiple "0 Day" Snapchat Accounts. They will then add you on Snapchat.

When they run the Scam they will say they are from (Florida - Miami - New York - UK) I know some of those are places located within a State but just bare with me.

They will continue and run a huge line of questioning. These questions will always be centered around working out your "Viability" to acquire money from you.

Questions are usually along the lines of:

Are you married. Do you work. What are you looking for. Why are you single. Will you always be there for me.

These are designed to check your "Empathy" and "Viability" as they will need to hit you with scam later down the line..

They will run through approximately 10/15 questions or more, some tend to be generic and some are specific to the scam. Once they get "Comfortable" they will ramp up to Stage 2. They will assign you a Nickname. Usually (Baby). They will continue making small talk.

Stage 3. Once the above has been completed. They will run a smaller value request for money against you. They tend to favour the "I have an internet bill. It's $50"..

If they fail on the first attempt, they will re-add you from a different account and They will be much slower in the approach.. they will of course then switch up to Pushing Crypto Via "Pools that can make you 25% Daily" there tend to be called "Referral Scams"

Some of these Scammers aren't stupid, they will use a GPS Spoofer and a VPN if they are questioned on "Where they are actually from".

Some Scammers running the same game aren't very smart. You can usually catch them out later in the Scam by asking them stuff like "What's the weather in (Different state entirely)" and they will reply no problem. And the same goes for "Oh wow, what time is it in (Entirely different state the other side of the US)".

What's surprising is, when you catch one out and troll them. They will stop responding once they try their best to convince you. Once removed, you will be most likely added by another 0 Day. I've seen variations of:

Carey Marey. Felix Mary. Madison

List goes on.

Nikkei Asia featuring GASO, a non-profit fighting back against crypto-romance* scams aka pig-butchering scams.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Victims-in-Asia-Europe-and-U.S.-fight-back-against-online-romance-scams

*Pig-butchering scams do not always involve sham cryptocurrency investments, but also forex, gold, oil, etc. Also, not always through romantic relationships; it can be through long-term platonic relationships. Crypto + romance seems to be the most successful/devastating though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIfoxs3K7Oc

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video by YourPOP interviewing his friend who fell victim and came to globalantiscam.org

Since we se so many romance/crypto scams here, it seems appropriate to crosspost this article here, in case people didn't see it in /r/crytocurrency.

Note: I had actually crossposted this from the other sub, but got boned by the automod for an external link. 😞

My wife's friend is a divorced lady in the Philippines.

Many Filipino women find love online with foreigners from rich countries, and there is an ecosytem of scams in both directions preying on desperate people.

A few months ago, she found a man who claimed to be an American doctor, working overseas.

Over these two months, they have not done a video call, but recently he has been talking about coming to visit her in the Philippines.

He is now telling her that in order to take leave, he needs to resolve a financial issue -His US bank account is "blocked" by his employer, so he needs to send money to his overseas bank account via hers.

I beleive that this is a scam, and stolen money will be sent to her bank account. After she sends it on to a third bank account, she will be on the hook for the stolen funds once someone comes looking.

Please could you help me with the following:

• Does anyone have an official looking leaflet or web page explaining this kind of scam?
• Realistically, how much trouble is she going to get in if she falls for this?
• Is this really the scam, or is this a common set up for something else?

She's doing the romance scam victim thing where she wants to believe it's true but at the same time knows it isn't. I am hoping maybe if she can see that it's "officially" a common scam somehow, that might help.

I recently lost 157k (debit, credits, borrow fund) to a scammer using phishing site Bitbankchain.co . My friend just sent me ciphertrace website. If anyone has used it , please leave me a review. TIA!!

TLDR: My dad gave me his old i phone for a birthday gift and I found out hes been paying scammers for years.

Back story. My parents got divorced and my dad moved to a new state. fast forward, my dad has been dating Sandra for years now, and he has always made it seem she is just a town away from him and everything is going great. I supported this move because it made him happy to talk about her, but since he gives so much TMI, I am not interested in asking too many questions. The way he explained it, he has several GFs. He goes over for dinner and they have sex later. I truly thought this was all it was. My dad and I talk every other week on the phone, and he visits us regularly.

Suddenly, he is having to go over finances before he can visit, and is cancelling trips due to money problems. He is an adult, and still all there mentally, so I don’t even question these types of calls. Im broke, and my dad was a factory worker his whole life, not a lawyer, so money problems are just assumed. Then covid.. Anyway, his last visit, he brought up his new iphone 13, and wanted to give me his old iphone 10. He left the sim card in it, but all you really have to do is just swap em and it should work if the phone is unlocked.. Fortunately, his phone is locked, and swapping didnt work, so i got him to give me his passcode so i could get the IMEI number. A quick check of his email, because my dad is now in his 70s, and this is the result.

We have literally had face to face conversations about not paying people he hasn’t met, not paying anyone in gift cards, and, since I am into crypto, not paying anyone in crypto through email that he hasn’t met. He looked me in the eye and said he understood, and only uses the crypto to buy weed seeds. Cool, problem solved. Nope. He literally went home and paid them a week later with either option in more than one instance.

Romance scam. My dad has been paying this account $600 – 800 and others close to "her" in google cards, and bitcoin every month for about 3 years now.  He believes they are married and he is packing his bags for Ghana as soon as the million dollar check arrives in his name. He has taken out loans to pay them, in hopes that his credit improves enough to take out another loan to pay them. This one is so scary, and he is caught in such a web this actually hurts more than financially.

I don’t give a fuck about the money. My dad is an extremely shy and sensitive person. He has also had an overwhelming life since

TL;DR - woman falls victim to romance scammer and is charged with 28 counts of wire fraud and identity theft

Some of you might remember that I thought I would miss the 1000th episode bc I was being screened for jury duty. It was an unlucky month in our household bc my husband got called as a juror for district (federal) court.

When the case was over and he could finally talk about it, I was horrified. The woman on trial was a victim of a romance scammer. She met him on a dating app. He got her to send him money and said he was trapped in Nigeria and was trying to get back to the US. He said he was doing humanitarian work.

This went on and he started opening up credit cards in other victims names and also put them in her name. He sent her the cards and told her they were accounts of friends of his who were helping him get out of Nigeria. She would get cash advances off the cards and wire the money to him.

In the end she was charged with 28 counts of wire fraud and identity theft and seemingly had ZERO idea that she was helping him steal. She never kept any of the money for herself nor bought anything for herself using the cards. Toward the end before her arrest, she received a workers comp settlement for $11,000 and immediately sent the scammer $4000 thinking he could finally get to the US with the chunk of money.

It wound up ending in a mistrial after a full week. The judge told the jury after that it would go to a plea deal and that once the arrest warrant is made, they have to continue with the case. (Meaning on paper it looked to them like she was an accomplice but upon meeting her and hearing her story, even the prosecution could see she was a victim but they had to try to case anyway.)

All this to say - just another great reason that Kit is continuing to educate people about these scams. This woman seemed to be gullible and kind hearted (she also lets an otherwise homeless man live in her basement) but was facing serious jail time and likely will still serve some time in jail all for being duped by a scammer.

And of course when it was all done my husband told the judge, jurors and lawyers about Kitboga and suggested they check out the stream or YouTube channel.

This is mostly a vent, but it seems that the new scamming trend is to find some single/lonely man or woman, initiate a relationship with them, wait until they develop feelings and trust, then scam them for all that they have.

You’ve got to be a pretty disgusting human being to not only steal someone’s money but to also break their heart.

How do these scammers even sleep at night? Is driving someone to the lowest point in their life really worth the money to you? Who tf raised you people?

Please be careful out there, homies. Protect your wallets and your hearts.

EDIT: Since 10 people have mentioned that this isn’t new, I know that. I’m saying I’ve been hearing about it a lot more lately. And I’m not talking about the obvious scam messages you get on your finance-related social media accounts. These criminals are targeting people on dating sites/apps where the intention isn’t so obvious.

Hey reddit! Not sure if I'm being catfish and scammed So one of my friends introduce me to an online friend, and immediately I recognized that it was definitely not the girl in the photos! So as we get to talking, she claims that she needs to get her inheritance. No I am happy to help anyone, but in order for her to claim some of her inheritance she needs to send me some EDD cards. Now I have already claimed at least four of them, I was supposed to open the letter, send the front and the back of the card to her. She claims that her attorney is sending them to various people overseas. In august, my friend who introduced me to this individual had received a check for $15,000. That check was verified as fraud, but later ended up verifying later but they couldn't cash it as they threw it away. Weird thing is, I made a new email so that she could log in so that she could access a cash app account, and the location of the phone that she used to access that email was in Nigeria!

Now, at this point I am thinking some fraudulent stuff is going on. So that is why I making this post.

I doubt it on whether or not it was right to make this post as I thought I was just going crazy on this might just be 100% legitimate.

But back in June of this year, I was speaking to individuals on WhatsApp that sounded like they were from Nigeria and had the same exact photos as the girl on instagram. This was about a month after the girl on Instagram and I started communicating.

I let my friend know some of the things that I was experiencing/witnessing and he told me to basically not acknowledge it and stop doubting.

But I cannot continue this cognitive dissonance anymore, is it possible that this could all be legitimate? Or is it just a scam and a catfish and they need to cut my losses now.

Thanks Reddit!

https://imgur.com/a/9s7Q2d5

I'm noticing a massive influx of clearly scam accounts all across Reddit, they usually post on other subs pretending to be legitimate accounts but are actually phoney, many of them are claiming to be single women looking "a long term friend" or "person to chat with", they try to look as plausible as they can and are looking to draw people into their scams.

Watch out for people who ask you to talk to them on Google Hangouts, it's a absolute scam, don't talk to people who come across excessively friendly and enthusiastic because its likely they're trying to scam you or some other ulterior motive is at work, be very guarded and use common sense.

The other thing I noticed is these crypto accounts posting things like "I'm a 30 year old woman from Hong Kong, living in the US etc looking to chat with others, I like reading travel bla bla bla (insert generic interests here) these accounts are interested in getting your attention and will eventually lead into a bitcoin related scam or will ask you about cryto, notice how these scam follow a similar pattern and check how these accounts talk, it usually follows a formula to seem like a genuine person so they can get your trust and confidence but are absolutely fake tricksters.

Always remember to be safe and smart, use your intuition and if something seems 'off' its because it most likely is a scammer, a liar.

Hi All.

Just a PSA of a current wave of "Romance Scams".

You may be asking, what is a Romance Scam? In this instance. A "Scammer" will tend to create multiple "0 Day" Snapchat Accounts. They will then add you on Snapchat.

When they run the Scam they will say they are from (Florida - Miami - New York - UK) I know some of those are places located within a State but just bare with me.

They will continue and run a huge line of questioning. These questions will always be centered around working out your "Viability" to acquire money from you.

Questions are usually along the lines of:

Are you married. Do you work. What are you looking for. Why are you single. Will you always be there for me.

These are designed to check your "Empathy" and "Viability" as they will need to hit you with scam later down the line..

They will run through approximately 10/15 questions or more, some tend to be generic and some are specific to the scam. Once they get "Comfortable" they will ramp up to Stage 2. They will assign you a Nickname. Usually (Baby). They will continue making small talk.

Stage 3. Once the above has been completed. They will run a smaller value request for money against you. They tend to favour the "I have an internet bill. It's $50"..

If they fail on the first attempt, they will re-add you from a different account and They will be much slower in the approach.. they will of course then switch up to Pushing Crypto Via "Pools that can make you 25% Daily" there tend to be called "Referral Scams"

Some of these Scammers aren't stupid, they will use a GPS Spoofer and a VPN if they are questioned on "Where they are actually from".

Some Scammers running the same game aren't very smart. You can usually catch them out later in the Scam by asking them stuff like "What's the weather in (Different state entirely)" and they will reply no problem. And the same goes for "Oh wow, what time is it in (Entirely different state the other side of the US)".

What's surprising is, when you catch one out and troll them. They will stop responding once they try their best to convince you. Once removed, you will be most likely added by another 0 Day. I've seen variations of:

Carey Marey. Felix Mary. Madison Rosemary Laurabanks Monica

List goes on.