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ShazzieB

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5. I've never heard of a site like that.

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 04:17 PM

Dec 2022

There are sites that you can supposedly "verify" people, but they usually charge a fee (which they don't tell you about until after doing a search). Sorry I can't help.

I'm glad to hear her son is now involved. As a close relative (next of kin?), he should be in a better position to intervene than you are. Good luck to all of you!

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Wasn't there a list of romance scammers out there? [View all] Peregrine Took Dec 2022 OP

Get your mother's checkbook and credit cards Botany Dec 2022 #1

She lives 2000k miles away and would never let me near her checkbook. Sister in law. Peregrine Took Dec 2022 #2

My mom didn't get taken by a "romance scammer" but she did get taken Botany Dec 2022 #4

The person possibly being scammed is not Peregrine Took's mom. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #6

What Botany said. yonder Dec 2022 #3

This guy has managed to get his name on an adress site for her address. Peregrine Took Dec 2022 #7

Yeah, who knows how they insert themselves into other peoples lives? yonder Dec 2022 #8

I've never heard of a site like that. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #5

This is in part why I am determined to move into PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #9