Grindr Scam

[cany10011]

20 minutes ago, caliguy said:

Wow. Not even a sophisticated scam. I always wonder why they keep bothering me. I mean who could be so stupid to fall for such obvious scams. I guess all it takes is one success out of hundreds of tries. 

My thoughts exactly.

[+ purplekow]

I know of a bi escort who was pursued by an Asian woman to invest in crypto.  Part of the deal was a site where he could try his hand at it with no money, just data.  On that site, he had earned about 15000 on the 100000 of imaginary currency he had invested.  After telling how talented he was at this, he was tempted to invest with her.  Fortunately, he decided to go a different way and invested independently.  He lost about 20000 dollar in real investment.  He might have been better off with the Asian woman.  

[+ DynamicUno]

The weird approach I see nowadays is the "wrong number" text where they send you a message and play it off like a an acquaintance gave them a wrong number.  They'll usually follow on with a photo of a younger Asian woman and try to keep you in the conversation from there.  I never follow it to see where the scam is going.

I have screwed with them a few times, saying I'm a relative of the person they named for, and that they were recently killed.  I'm demanding to know how they knew my dear departed "sister" and if they know anything about how she was killed...blah, blah, blah...  The scammers really don't know how to deal with being thrown off script.

The poor saps who call about my car's extended warranty sometimes also get taken along for a ride...

[Marc in Calif]

Do the scammers actually talk about crypto in Grindr chat? The Chinese scammers who contact me always quickly ask for my WhatsApp or other IM app to "talk more openly." So I never have learned what their particular scam is. 

Stats: The Asian scammers in the past few months have almost always been in their mid- to late-30s (37 is a favorite), about six feet tall, and 160 to 175 pounds. And they have Chinese two-syllable names like Chen Cheng. 

Edited November 27, 2022 by Marc in Calif

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

To protect themselves from these Asian scammers, I'm seeing more men add "No Asians" to their profiles.  I'm considering doing the same to cut down on these types of scam messages.

[nate_sf]

2 hours ago, Vegas_nw1982 said:

To protect themselves from these Asian scammers, I'm seeing more men add "No Asians" to their profiles.  I'm considering doing the same to cut down on these types of scam messages.

I’m not sure that would scare away the scammers. I’d think they’d just change their approach, if they bother to pay attention to that kind of detail at all. Meanwhile you’ll offend or hurt legit Asian Grindr guys who are just wanting to meet up for real and have nothing to do with the scam. 

Your choice of course, and I’m not trying to be PC, just I find those race filters to be pretty mean regardless of which races they target. That’s a whole other discussion of course! 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

Do the scammers actually talk about crypto in Grindr chat? The Chinese scammers who contact me always quickly ask for my WhatsApp or other IM app to "talk more openly." So I never have learned what their particular scam is. 

Stats: The Asian scammers in the past few months have almost always been in their mid- to late-30s (37 is a favorite), about six feet tall, and 160 to 175 pounds. And they have Chinese two-syllable names like Chen Cheng. 

Chen Cheng means "sincerity list" in English...

[Luv2play]

On 11/23/2022 at 4:50 PM, cany10011 said:

My friend lost 325K in such a scam. The guy was a "hot" Asian model who was living with his uncle on the Upper West Side and he claimed that he couldn't meet because he had covid. My gullible friend kept on sending him money to invest as they were supposed to meet and get married. When it came time to withdraw his money, the model disappeared along with his money. Unfortunately that money is long gone. My friend only confessed to me as he needed to borrow 100K to redeem the lost the money.  I asked him to contact the FBI, which he did, but the FBI stated that this happens a lot and that there is really no way to recover the lost funds. 

Yeah, it's incredulous but these things happen... Another 2 friends of mine got duped one lost 75K and another 100K... and these only happened in a time span of a few months. 

I'm sorry it happened to them... but if i were to depart with any money it better be for a few months of debauchery on a Greek island with the cast of Belami.

 

You seem to have more than your share of gullible friends. It seems these types of scams are perennial and nothing new. Cupidity is in abundance it would appear.

[liubit]

11 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:

Do the scammers actually talk about crypto in Grindr chat? The Chinese scammers who contact me always quickly ask for my WhatsApp or other IM app to "talk more openly." So I never have learned what their particular scam is. 

Exactly, @Marc in Calif. “My” HK Chinese wannabe scammers started on Romeo and, just like you point out, they quickly asked me to switch to WhatsApp or Telegram…

Edited November 28, 2022 by liubit

[+ Lucky]

14 hours ago, Vegas_nw1982 said:

To protect themselves from these Asian scammers, I'm seeing more men add "No Asians" to their profiles.  I'm considering doing the same to cut down on these types of scam messages.

Gosh, what an intelligent solution! I'm going to exclude stupid white people from my profile!

[Jaggg]

15 hours ago, Vegas_nw1982 said:

To protect themselves from these Asian scammers, I'm seeing more men add "No Asians" to their profiles.  I'm considering doing the same to cut down on these types of scam messages.

You'll probably start getting gorgeous Eastern Europeans instead 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

2 hours ago, Jaggg said:

You'll probably start getting gorgeous Eastern Europeans instead 

Nope, just using the application to find local American men nearby.  They can be Asian American, European American, African American, Native American, Latin American, etc.   For clarity, it should probably say no foreigners (European, Asian, African, Australian, South American, etc).

Edited November 28, 2022 by Vegas_nw1982

[+ DynamicUno]

1 hour ago, Vegas_nw1982 said:

Nope, just using the application to find local American men nearby.  They can be Asian American, European American, African American, Native American, Latin American, etc.   For clarity, it should probably say no foreigners (European, Asian, African, Australian, South American, etc).

You could just say "local guys only" or something like that....

[Guest]

How about investing some $100,000 in crypto with me?

[TorontoDrew]

They took a few days off but number four hit me up today. This one isn't even that hot.

 

 

 

 

 

[fedssocr1]

Hornet too.

With respect to the bank manager asking questions, my best friend's BF is a manager at Macy's. Any time someone comes in to buy lots of gift cards they get asked questions about scammers as well. I think it's generally a good thing that these businesses ask about these sorts of things since so many people are getting scammed so badly.

My mom's phone used to ring off the hook all day long with various scams until my brother changed her number and made sure it was finally an unlisted number. Since then the calls have totally stopped. So many scams. There are several YT channels of vigilantes that go after these scammers but they can only make a small dent. Most of them seem to be based in India but there have also been many stories recently about people who are essentially trafficked into being scammers in Cambodia. I think they are able to prey on lonely or unsophisticated people mainly. But even people who are otherwise smart can be taken in. These people practice their crimes all day every day so they get pretty good at it.

[pubic_assistance]

I get messages at least once a week on Grindr from an account with a photo of an attractive Asian man who is "looking for a relationship."

I always just tell whomever is sending me these messages that I'm not gay, I just like fucking guys and that always ends the conversation. 😂

Edited December 1, 2022 by pubic_assistance

[MikeBiDude]

This occurred twice in a hour….I was blocked immediately after my reply 🤣🤣

[+ goosh69]

On 11/23/2022 at 1:27 PM, TorontoDrew said:

I found an article on Reddit but nothing on here. The last two days I've had three very attractive Asian men contact me on Grindr.  One was nice but after three something smells.  Apparently it starts off with looking for a relationship and ends with Crypto investments.  All started talking about money pretty quickly.  Any one else experiencing this?

 

I get attractive and fake profiles of Asian men hitting me up all the time on both Grindr and Tinder. I find that if my very first reply is that I only chat with guys I do a video call with. 99/100 times the fake profiles (no matter their fake race or ethnicity) vanish after this. 

[ZMontoff]

On 11/23/2022 at 4:27 PM, TorontoDrew said:

I found an article on Reddit but nothing on here. The last two days I've had three very attractive Asian men contact me on Grindr.  One was nice but after three something smells.  Apparently it starts off with looking for a relationship and ends with Crypto investments.  All started talking about money pretty quickly.  Any one else experiencing this?

 

Anyone who messages me on Grindr and starts off saying they are looking for a relationship is a BIG RED FLAG. 🚩

If I talk to someone and the conversation naturally progresses to drinks or coffee or a date, that's different. If they are looking for more than a hookup, they can put it in their profile/headline. Generally though, Grindr is a hookup app.

Also, if someone starts talking about money and it isn't because they are looking for a Gen daddy, they get blocked.

[+ Coolwave35]

I spent last night with a beautiful Malaysian man I met on Grindr. He didn’t ask me to invest in crypto, he asked me to put my dick in his butt. I obliged. 

[Luv2play]

On 11/26/2022 at 1:08 PM, purplekow said:

I know of a bi escort who was pursued by an Asian woman to invest in crypto.  Part of the deal was a site where he could try his hand at it with no money, just data.  On that site, he had earned about 15000 on the 100000 of imaginary currency he had invested.  After telling how talented he was at this, he was tempted to invest with her.  Fortunately, he decided to go a different way and invested independently.  He lost about 20000 dollar in real investment.  He might have been better off with the Asian woman.  

Or not.

[Marc in Calif]

And the Asian scammers always seem to be staying locally with their uncle, who's in real estate. 😎

[+ jessmapex]

It just amazes me how the cliched saying "if it's too good to be true ..." never fully sinks into our psyche. There is a chance a 20something super-attractive guy genuinely likes and romantically loves a much older guy... but it is very slim. The person who lost 300k on a scam like this, I wonder if that kinda money was just a pocket change for him. If he has that much money, I wonder how he made his fortune if he is so gullible. May be he is a senior citizen not at the best of his wits. May be he just inherited it. Who knows! 

But then again, the so called crypto-bros and sophisticated investors lost millions into a scheme propped up by another young guy - SBF - who sits arrested in his parents' Palo Alto, CA home. So don't feel bad for yourself. We are a society that always falls for trickery and charm of our youngsters. 

By the way, Elizabeth Holmes - waiting for her sentence to begin -  also stays not too far from where SBF is at. She had the likes of former secretary of state George Shultz drawn into her scam.

 

Edited January 3, 2023 by jessmapex
Grammar, added content

[Guest]

13 hours ago, jessmapex said:

... If he has that much money, I wonder how he made his fortune if he is so gullible...

Well, "is" refers to the present. My mother was a brilliant woman--one of the first women ever admitted to the Harvard Medical School. But by the time she was 80, her mind was a shell of its former self. She fell victim to scams, couldn't pay her bills, and finally at least had the wisdom to transfer all financial control to her accountant, who luckily was an honest man. Scam artists usually target the elderly, who often become unable to assimilate/evaluate any new information. One of the most exasperating aspects of Alzheimer's is that their victims usually have little if any insight into their disability, because long-term memory remains intact until very late in the illness. Unfortunately, the law does little to protect people with Alzheimer's.