So in the “scams work both ways department”....I had a meet and greet with a local 20 year old enlisted Navy guy I met online at SA. We are getting along well!
He said a “sugar daddy” (could have been anyone, right?) was chatting him up with great hopes and expectations on both sides. Then the “daddy” suggested the boy “buy a Visa gift card, load it with $100 to ‘activate it’ take a picture of the card and send it to me so I can add dollars to it for you....”. Lucky for him, my naive young boy asked me about his idea before he did it. I gave him a firm “NO” and explained the scam! (Retro-affect, he says my helping him makes me more legit in his eyes )
So both sides of the SA paradigm...proceed with caution and open eyes.