Real soldiers and real offshore workers fall in love online every day, so being deployed or working a rig does not make a man a scammer. Here is why scammers borrow these two identities anyway, and exactly how to tell a real story from a fake one.
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How to Spot a Yahoo Boy Catfish in the First Ten Messages
Yahoo Boy is a real, documented scam pattern, not a statement about Nigeria or West Africa as a whole. Here are the specific things to notice in the first ten messages, so you can verify calmly instead of panicking or ignoring your gut.
Con Artists, Romance Scammers, and Catfish in Cinema
I love a good con artist documentary as much as anyone, but Catfish, The Tinder Swindler, Dirty John and their cousins are teaching a real lesson underneath the drama. Here is what these stories get right, and how to spot the same patterns in your own relationship.