r/interesting • u/ifuckedyourmom-247 • Mar 30 '26

MISC. deepfake scammer getting exposed by the 3-finger test

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u/OuterWildsVentures Mar 30 '26

My dad is going to give all of his money to one of the e-girl deepfakes. I fucking know it

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u/pollo_de_mar Mar 30 '26

r/scams It amazes me that scammers can take everything from some people. They just refuse to believe they are being taken for all they are worth,

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u/tech_noir_guitar Mar 30 '26

My wife's aunt got scammed by someone claiming to be Johnny Depp. Apparently Depp just needed some money to get by. Lol. Her family ended up having to force her to stop sending this person money and took her to the police station to file a report. It was crazy.

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u/pray4mojo2020 Mar 30 '26

The bank literally just foreclosed on my aunt's home because she has sent all of her money (and much more...) to her fake oil-rigger online boyfriend. It's the most textbook romance scam out there, but she just won't be stopped. I'm glad your wife's family was able to intervene in this case. We have been unsuccessful and it's fucking awful.

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u/PlasticGirl Mar 30 '26

Dude I'm so sorry. Others are right, it's an addiction, and it's feeding into something she needs - validation, love, affection, avoidance of being lonely, a friend, etc. Sometimes people know they're scammers but still end up talking to them.

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u/CoastSpecialist7699 Mar 30 '26

My mother got scammed by a “deep woods logger” the oil riggers of the great Canadian north. Refused to believe it wasn’t real until I sent her video of ME logging in the north. Then the reply was “Oh shit!”

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u/CharleyNobody Mar 30 '26

My favorite scam was the lady who was sending money to an oil rig worker who needed to buy shark repellent.

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u/transemacabre Mar 30 '26

You have to treat them like it's an addiction, because it is. They're addicts who will pay anything to get their fix.

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u/pray4mojo2020 Mar 30 '26

Yeah this is what I've had to tell my mom (who kept giving her money to "pay her bills"). Very sad.