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February 2012 Moms
Lawren
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My Mom has done lost her mind...
Lawren
member
Ok. My Mom hasn't been with a Man in over 25 years, since her and my Dad divorced when I was little. She has maybe been on a date, but her who haa has cobwebs in it.
She recently just joined facebook and is about to drive me crazy with it. So, she tells me last week that she has a boyfriend that she met on facebook, and he's in the military and he's coming here to see her in January. I look him up and she's his only friend, no information, textbook that it's a fake profile. So, I start messaging him asking him questions and he won't answer me which lights a fire under me. He finally starts answering me and he is so dumb, I can't. even. wrap my head around it. I'm asking him where he's stationed, his company, his regiment, field duty and he won't answer me. We've looked him up, traced his IP address, thrown evidence in my Mom's face and she is still talking to this guy. We've found out that he's a scam and that he baits women and tries to get money from them and she's still continuing to talk to him. We've done all we can tell my Mom and now she's getting mad at us. I could go on and on about everything and in the end she's just going to have to figure it out on her own and all I'll be able to say is, "I told you so." She's not the brightest crayon in the box and this has really made me question her sanity. We know her password so we check their conversations because I want to make sure this fruit loop isn't going to try and kill somebody, but now they are being gross and sexual and I kind of want to throw up in my mouth. I can't read it anymore! I don't know what to do...
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Re: My Mom has done lost her mind...
It sounds like you've done all that you can do for now. I'm sorry that you're dealing with such a sucky situation.
212 Facebook Admin.
Girl, no. There's not even anybody listed active duty with his name and we've told her. The name on his uniform doesn't even match the name he's using.
This is scary. I would delete him and block him this way he can't find her. Set the privacy settings on your mom's facebook so people can't look her up. I'm sure she won't be able to navigate facebook and figure out that you did somethng and undo it.
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This is sneaky and shady... and completely something I'd do if it were my Mom.
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I was thinking the same thing! I have my mom's password and I too would delete and block! That sounds scary!
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That is not a red flag to her??? Holy crap. Have you seen the show Catfish on MTV? You should sign her up.
What to do with his emails...go to an email he's sent her. In gmail, that's what you said right? There will be a drop down box that's "more" options. Report it as spam or phishing and I'm pretty sure that it'll keep them from coming through anymore. If he's smart though, he'll just create another email.
I sent it to you! Thank you! Hopefully if enough people report him, they'll do something about it.
Edit sorry, Jackson took over my phone
I told her for Christmas I would pay for her a membership to a real dating site. She's so dumb.
Holy cow!! I'm sorry. To me, above all else, I can't believe that she would believe that someone who is active duty military would get to just "pick" where he lives! Crazy stuff. I'd be glad to report him if you'll send me the link!!
Also, if you block him on her FB and gmail, yes, maybe he could just create new accounts. But maybe he'll think she finally wised up, and he'll move on? These people are usually in it for easy money. He's not gonna want to work too hard for it. There are plenty of other gullible folks out there. I think it's worth a shot!!
Thanks
I know it might sound dumb, but I want to get through Christmas before I piss her off, hack into her fb, email and block him. She is a real drama queen and she'll go overboard and cancel Christmas with the family. This will be the first year in 7 years that my brother has been home for Christmas and I don't want to ruin it for him because he's been through so much (it's another long story). Does that sound stupid?
But I'm all for fb shutting down his account!