TheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agoWoman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distresswww.cbsnews.comvideomessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up167arrow-down1videoWoman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distresswww.cbsnews.comTheWaterGod@lemmy.caM to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareOliveMoon@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI was actually really surprised that this happened in Japan. I immediately thought southern states, or Alberta 😉
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoPeople are people all over the world. I wonder if there has been any research into the psychology of people who get scammed this way? They seem so blind to what is really obvious to their friends and relatives.
minus-squareOliveMoon@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months ago🎶 All the lonely people, where do they all come from… 🎶
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoGot to be more to it than loneliness.
I was actually really surprised that this happened in Japan. I immediately thought southern states, or Alberta 😉
People are people all over the world. I wonder if there has been any research into the psychology of people who get scammed this way? They seem so blind to what is really obvious to their friends and relatives.
🎶 All the lonely people, where do they all come from… 🎶
Got to be more to it than loneliness.