By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, march 12, 2025 at 11:17:00 p.m. edt
portland woman loses $40,000 to scammer
(ZH)"It's turned my life upside down," said Katie Powell about being duped for more than $40,000 via an online dating app.
The southeast Portland woman turned to Tinder for a connection and thought she found one with a man who claimed to be in his early 40s, according to NBC KGW 8. Powell recalled constant texting throughout the relationship.
“‘instantly, my instinct was like, ‘why would somebody, you’ve never met me, I’ve known you for 10 days,’ she said. ‘why would you be asking me for money?
“after more than a month, the man, claiming to be a civil engineer in turkey with no family support, began requesting money. he even sent a hospital photo, later exposed as a doctored image of former mlb pitcher Phil Hughes from nine years ago.
“‘I was questioning every single thing and knowing this is not right. but he was able to talk me into the fact that it was right,’ Powell said.
“the nbc kgw 8 report said for months, the scammer sent fake but convincing documents. he even paid off her credit cards and moved $750,000 into her vanguard account, but the payments bounced, and vanguard froze the account. the extra funds eventually disappeared.
“‘I mean it was physically, psychologically, emotionally, just draining,’ Powell said.
“she lost over $40,000. experts warn such scams are rising.”
GRA: Go save her, Jerry pdx, [chuckle].
--GRA
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4 comments:
jerry pdx
A woman that would fall for a scam like that is beyond help, and probably looks like hell anyways. She actually thought some Turk would be a worthwhile guy? Got what she deserved.
She looks kind of average,maybe a little rougher than usual after the self inflicted scam--who knows? I wonder if she'd fall for a guy from Grand Rapids(please deposit $40,000 in my account first.)
--GRA
One of the comments:
I got an email from a one legged gal who would pay me a 100 dollar bill
to meet her at a local restaurant.
I suggested I-Hop
She didn't care for my sense of humor.
--GRA
It is sad that lonely women are so desperate to find love that they fall for these scams. I tell my wife that if I die, I want her to have someone to comfort her, but beware of men after your money.
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