Scammer contacted me first via the Bluesky social website, pretending to be an "Anna Lynch", and using images of an already well known influencer, "Mrs. Poindexter" whose images are used by this new scammer via text messages on the phone 1(336)2647224. The scammer started very romantically, did not mind that I stated I am married, and on day two of the conversation, stated they wanted to share music with me, via a Spotify playlist, but that they needed $300.00 USD to reactivate their account. Once they asked for money, they became one track minded, always aksing for the money. On day three, they reduced the amount to $150.00 USD, and continued to ask for it, using poor tactics to do so. I never sent them any money, instead sent some really badly taken pictures, with only a partial of my head, or blurry pictures. Nothing more. Kept them going until day 4, where I blew them off by pretending to be angry that all they wanted to talk about was this money. I did get them to send me a PayPal email address, since they first asked to use Cash App, so hopefully, there is a bank account connected to that email which is: Shawn.alderman63@yahoo.com I am also reporting them to Yahoo and PayPal. The images are what the scammer was using, it is not the actual scammer. A quick Google reverse image search provided instant results.
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- • Be cautious of crypto & gift card requests
- • Verify identities through video calls
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Report #100060 · Cluster #cluster_1767917225798