On 2/10/22 09:15, David Barrett wrote:
In short, there are Chinese criminal organizations that have produced fake crypto exchanges, who reach out to men and women via dating apps as well as just randomly texting people or hitting them up on WhatsApp.
I've seen it myself many times, some suspiciously attractive Chinese woman who just casually mentions that they also invest in crypto. They'll talk for a while without asking for anything or pushing anything, they'll present themselves as highly successful business people, maybe even send you gifts to show that they are real. They will research your town and make references to local landmarks and restaurants and such to make it seem as if they are there. [...]
This explains why I see so many Chinese or otherwise Asian-looking women
on Facebook Dating, and why they are so quick to want to move the
conversation to WhatsApp. A few of them make sure to obscure their faces
in photos. Some of them even have profiles with male-sounding names and
don't answer when I ask how they ended up with that name (spoiler alert:
they probably took over another profile and just used it for dating
without thinking to check gender).
I've also had a Facebook friend request where she tried to make it seem
like she was from my area. But she never answered when I tried to
confirm the park in question was in a completely different part of town
than it actually was. Funny, that...
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Shawn K. Quinn