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I must be Instagram boring. I never get hit on, and my Linked In is like going to church on Saturday boring. That said, I think many of my friends look like someone's future expensive divorce. I don't know why that is, and I don't think about it much either.

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There are Chinese women who are looking for a Western Man so they can GTFO out of China.
That's true. One of them did, and she used her connections to help me get stuff exported out of China. It was interesting.
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So she found a picture of a Maybach….

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All I get is offers to take ownership of $20M in gold bullion from South African officials.
You get those messages from Umweepweep also wanting you to act as a 3rd party proxy for receivership on the pallet of gold bars ? Looks like we have to split that since we both get them.
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I wonder how you turned up on the phishing radar.
They read his posts on Pelican? Hunter is too high risk now so they are looking for someone to use.
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Not only do I get those on Instagram, and Facebook, but I also get texts messages. Always starts off the same, wrong name, enjoyed meeting at xyz, or do I still have my appointment. Then, I'm sorry to disturb you, I must have hit the wrong keys on the phone, but very nice to meet you. What it comes down to is they want you to invest in bitcoin.









It is almost as they all know that I have a major weakness for Asian women.
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Every few months I get one of these friend requests on FB. Singapore, HK, London. These Asian women are always ridiculously gorgeous and stylish. If it's too good to be true....
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If you start communicating, just wait, they'll ask for $$$ to "escape" their abusive situation and come live with you happily ever after.... or for the dire straits of their relatives... or etc.

It might be entertaining to do a Google image search on some of those hot women. You'll probably find out that at least some of them are public-use image photos, or photos that have been used under many names.

This is a scam that has been around for many, many years, and here is one example: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-fake-sex-chats-fuelled-by-an-elaborate-scam/ar-AA126oHx
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This Indian lady recently sent me a Friends Request" on Faceplant.

- Apparently a balding middle aged man from the other side of the world is of interest to her.

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Total catfishing scams. They gain the marks confidence and get them to send money, invest in bitcoin, invest in Chinese RE... whatever. The money gets sent and they vanish into the net. It's some fat Chinese gangster sending you sweet pics.

Funny, I don't get the asian chickbait, but hot lonely, european fortysomethings show up on my IG regularly. Surely some fat Bulgarian gangster working the angle.
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This Indian lady recently sent me a Friends Request" on Faceplant.

- Apparently a balding middle aged man from the other side of the world is of interest to her.

Nadja Pessoa. Brazilian and some level of celebrity. I'd probably hit it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Nadja+Pessoa&client=firefox-b-1-d&hl=en&sxsrf=ALiCzsb-ONx1qd1MgDfY9k6wqgq17cxxvA:1664412070295&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEvtaR4rj6AhW0lIkEHVO-D3cQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1680&bih=878&dpr=1
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Maybe I should be playing the long game. One I've been talking with just sent me this pic. Note the symbol in lower right hand corner.

What does the symbol mean? I see the steering wheel Mercedes emblem.

Edit: is that what the inside of a new Mercedes looks like?
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What does the symbol mean? I see the steering wheel Mercedes emblem.

Edit: is that what the inside of a new Mercedes looks like?
The symbol is for a Maybach. Built by Mercedes, the star is on the steering wheel though I don't see why they didn't use the double M on a $200K car.
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Thank you Sir Robert!
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Anyone who falls for this stuff deserves what they get. A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place. I've been married to a Chicom for 15 yrs. And she has no interest in becoming a US citizen. That's the kind you want. But you really need a good sense of humor, because you'd go insane trying to figure them out. So you have to rely on the ability to just laugh.
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This Indian lady recently sent me a Friends Request" on Faceplant.

- Apparently a balding middle aged man from the other side of the world is of interest to her.

Damn Pete, you gotta give yourself more credit. Wait until you get into your bibs and tight track jersey, they will not be able to hold themselves back.
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Damn Pete, you gotta give yourself more credit. Wait until you get into your bibs and tight track jersey, they will not be able to hold themselves back.
No doubt! lol

Meanwhile from a few years ago... Hubba Hubba.

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Funny, I don't get the asian chickbait, but hot lonely, european fortysomethings show up on my IG regularly. Surely some fat Bulgarian gangster working the angle.
You have been sold like meat at the butcher for the sake of advertising and demographic profiling. What search engine do you use and who is your ISP? Start there.

Google-Wide Profiling: A Continuous Profiling Infrastructure for Data Centers know what you have looked at, where you have been and when. Think of as Googles version of digital targeted Luminol.

Then shortly after things get pushed to other sites you frequent like european fortysomethings and Asianless Bulgarian gangsters. Some are not subtle and some are like creepy deja vu's.

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