FaceBook Friend Requests
Jun 22, 2016 06:51:49 #
I occasionally get Friend requests from people I don't know, usually beautiful young foreign women. Their FB entries are short and recent. Obviously this is not a legitimate request, but I'm wondering what the point might be. How do they hope to get money from me?
Jun 22, 2016 07:23:04 #
Yeah, I get those all of the time. I only friend the pretty girls that would like a date. I now have over 3,300 friends - all pretty young girls of legal age. The only problem is that none of them reply to my inquiries. They must be checking out my profile pic.
Jun 22, 2016 07:25:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I occasionally get Friend requests from people I don't know, usually beautiful young foreign women. Their FB entries are short and recent. Obviously this is not a legitimate request, but I'm wondering what the point might be. How do they hope to get money from me?
They're "fishing" for a rich American husband who can whisk them away and keep them in gold for the rest of their lives!
Jun 22, 2016 07:29:25 #
Once they become your friend they have access to more information on you FB page. Things like family relationships, and birthdays. I have heard of people getting calls telling them a close family member has been in a car accident and that they need to get a wire transfer of money ASAP. Most people would be suspect but it only take a couple of hits to make it worth the effort. I have a close friend who received a call from someone who identified herself as his High School Flame. She had a lot of data, she claimed she was in London and had her ID and money taken. She then ask for him to make a deposit in an out of state bank for 5000. Since he was not on top of this kind of thing he did as asked. His bank however was more informed. They made the transfer conditional and caught the caller who turned out to have gotten all of her information off of Face book and his company web site. We all need to be vigilant.
Jun 22, 2016 14:24:50 #
rrkazman wrote:
Once they become your friend they have access to m... (show quote)
Amazing! So clever, yet they don't put that cleverness to good use.
Jun 22, 2016 14:25:25 #
rmm0605 wrote:
They're "fishing" for a rich American husband who can whisk them away and keep them in gold for the rest of their lives!
She'd better cast her line in a different pool. Ain't no gold here.
Jun 22, 2016 16:46:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I occasionally get Friend requests from people I don't know, usually beautiful young foreign women. Their FB entries are short and recent. Obviously this is not a legitimate request, but I'm wondering what the point might be. How do they hope to get money from me?
Those kind of people send out lots of requests, and it only takes a few suckers to take the bait. I've seen plenty of cases on TV where people became convinced they were in love with someone on the internet they had never met or even video chatted with and sent them lots of money.
Jun 22, 2016 19:31:43 #
Used to happen to me and it was almost always a friend of a friend of a specific friend. Instagram is getting pretty bad as well.
Jun 23, 2016 05:35:12 #
Must be the far-reaching effects of your male pheromones Jerry. Ask them for their bank details and see what sort of response you get. Maybe they want to give YOU money
Jun 23, 2016 06:43:33 #
PaulG wrote:
Must be the far-reaching effects of your male pheromones Jerry. Ask them for their bank details and see what sort of response you get. Maybe they want to give YOU money
Yes, that must be it.
Jun 23, 2016 08:26:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I occasionally get Friend requests from people I don't know, usually beautiful young foreign women. Their FB entries are short and recent. Obviously this is not a legitimate request, but I'm wondering what the point might be. How do they hope to get money from me?
I put them in my Spam folder then delete.
Jun 23, 2016 08:46:16 #
I know people who, in my opinion, put way too much information on their Facebook page. I finally joined it a few months ago and I am thinking of getting out of it. I get these friend requests from people I know which is OK, but then that opens the door for "mutual friend" requests. I have no idea who they are. I sometimes think it is like coin or stamp collecting. How many "friends" can I collect. Weird if you ask me.
Jun 23, 2016 08:52:50 #
The "friends of friends" capability of FB promulgates this problem. Just use an abundance of caution when you get friend requests as you have been doing.
Jun 23, 2016 09:16:00 #
I get those all the time too. I figure they want me for my body since I have no money. Ya good luck with that too.
Jun 23, 2016 09:16:30 #
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