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By *usie49 OP TV/TS
12 weeks ago
Richmond |
I thought I would share an experience, either as a warning to others or to get others experiences.
I make a point of only meeting people who have verifications, and almost always only meet at club first time around, however, I got message from a guy who seemed genuine, he posted his face pic on profile and a mobile number, which surprised me as he stated he was married, but that’s his look out.
A few alarm bells rang though and had niggling feeling, I told him I was going to Ted’s in Fulham Sun eve, a well-known TV and admirer club, he said he only lived 5 min walk but was too nervous to go to a club, so we agreed I would go to his place for 9.30pm.
We exchanged messages on the day, he asked me for my mobile number, I will never give that out to people who I have not met, he asked a couple of times and said we must trust each other, my mobile is issued by work so will never give it out.
More messages exchanged, then he said he couldn’t meet until 10:30pm as had a phone call with his wife and kids who were on holiday in France at 10pm, another alarm bell, his profile said he was of an age where I would have expected his kids to be early teenagers, I would not expect them to be awake at 11pm for phone call with dad.
He sent me a post code, but not address, it was close Teds so headed there for 10:15, we exchanged messages again, I asked if he was still ok for 10:30, said he had just come off phone and was getting a shower, would be 10 min, I asked for address, he didn’t give it and 20 min later I messaged him, he responded by telling me he was too nervous to meet, said I didn’t trust him and I should have given my mobile number as sign of trust, I refused and have now blocked him, have taken a screen shot of his profile first though, he has now removed his mobile from profile, I headed to Teds and had a great evening there.
So having time to think about this, was he a time waster, a bottler, or genuine who felt I should have given him my number, OR, was he a scammer, using Fab to lure unsuspecting people into giving them there mobile number leaving them open to harassment or worse.
I have should have stuck to my rules, from now on will do so rigidly, so if you do message me then show you have read this by putting “Susie wears her dresses tight” in subject line, I will not respond if you don’t, no offence but once bitten etc.
Would welcome others opinions or experiences and hope this is a warning to others is faced with same.
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