Could you lend me $2000? I promise I will pay you back (question from an online friend)
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
January 26, 2019 11:00am CST
My friend told me that she had found a new online friend. They exchanged emails for a while. One day her new friend wrote to her. ”I really need money. Could you lend me $2000?, I promise I will pay you back”
My friend replied: ”Yes, of course I can help you. If you call me we can discuss how I can transfer the money to you” But instead of her own phone number she gave him the phone number of the local police station. She never heard from him again 
Did you ever receive that kind of request from a stranger? (a person who wants to 'borrow' money) I usually experience the opposite – rich people who want to share their fortune with me. I only have to send them a small amount of money and my bank details 
Did you ever receive that kind of request from a stranger? (a person who wants to 'borrow' money) I usually experience the opposite – rich people who want to share their fortune with me. I only have to send them a small amount of money and my bank details 20 people like this
21 responses
@marguicha (215423)
• Chile
26 Jan 19
Another reason not to have close online friends.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
26 Jan 19
I don't need "friends" who only want my money. I am glad my friend got rid of him.1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@marguicha I would do the same for my close friends. I have lent them money and given money to them a few times. Not a large amount, but enough to help them while they waited for their next salary. I know that they would do the same for me. One of them once gave me money. I just moved I didn't have much money for a while. I was very grateful for her help.
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@marguicha (215423)
• Chile
27 Jan 19
@Porcospino I wholly agree with that. And by idea is that I would only lend money (for important things) only to people that are so dear to me that I value them more than the money. I count such people with the fingers of one hand and there are fingers left unused.
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I've only gotten scam emails . . . but never such a request from a "friend". But if I did, the friendship is definitely over!@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I haven't received that kind of email from an online "friend" either, but if I did I would never contact them again. The person who contacted my friend pretended that he wanted a normal friendship at first, when my friend received that email she knew what his real intentions were.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@much2say It is true. I know the site where my friend found this online "friend" and many of the members aren't really looking for friends. I have received some strange messages from some of the other members, and I today I don't visit the site much.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jan 19
@Porcospino That's so deceitful, isn't it? Makes one be very cautious about any friendships made online (or anywhere I guess).
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I delete those emails when 'I receive them, but they keep coming. If the emails were real I would be a billionaire by now. I also receive love scams sometimes. The last one was from a beautiful Russian woman who couldn't wait to meet me
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@LadyDuck Yes, they just send those emails to random people and hope that someone will write back. I am sure they had no idea that I am a married woman
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
28 Jan 19
@Porcospino I also receive love scam emails, but they do not check if I am a man or a woman. I really do not care for Russian or Arabian women.
I also receive love scam emails, but they do not check if I am a man or a woman. I really do not care for Russian or Arabian women.1 person likes this
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
26 Jan 19
Ha ha...It seems that these rich people offer money all.over the globe, in all countries
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
26 Jan 19
Yes, they are everywhere. No one has ever asked to me to lend them money online, but I have received many of the opposite type - people who offer money. I delete those emails every time I see them, but they keep coming.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
26 Jan 19
I have never had it happen to me but I have heard it happening to others. I don't know anybody personally who has sent money but I have read many news stories where people lost a lot of money following for these scams.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
26 Jan 19
Unfortunately some people send money to those scammers. I know someone who did it, I tried to warn him, but it was too late, he had already sent the money 
Some people have lost more money than he did.
Some people have lost more money than he did.1 person likes this
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
27 Jan 19
@Porcospino Yes sadly there will always be people who will fall for it that is why there are so many sammers
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
27 Jan 19
Wow, I like the way they handled it. I will keep that one in mind.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I laughed when my friend told me the story. It worked, she never heard from him again
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
26 Jan 19
Leave alone lending money I will not even give them my whereabouts
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
It is important to be careful. I don't reveal any private information if I only know people online. I have met some of my online friends, but I wouldn't invite them into my home or go to their home. We always meet at a public place.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@allknowing I haven't met online friends from other countries, at least not yet. I met one online friend from own my country. We are really close friends today and we visit eachother when we can (we don't live in the same area of the country)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
27 Jan 19
@Porcospino I did invite one though from another site. It took me 3 years to win her confidence. She is from the UK A great soul
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
Very generous of you
By the way what is the story behind the hell bank notes? I have seen them in a Chinese shop once.1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
29 Jan 19
@id_peace I see. Thank you for the explanation. I once tried to ask the Chinese shop owner, but she wasn't very good at Danish and she didn't understand the question.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
I am glad that my friend got rid of that man. She said that he seemed nice at first, but when he started asking for money she knew what his intentions were.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
26 Jan 19
There are many good things about the internet, but unfortunately con artists also use the internet. The ones I have met all tried to get money in one way or another. A scammer once contacted me when I was selling something online, I reported the profile and it was a removed a few hours later.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@Courage7 It is very sad when people lose money to scammers. Some of the love scammers managed to get a lot of money from their victims before the victim discovered that their "relationship" was a scam.
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
27 Jan 19
@Porcospino Yes they prey on the innocent online too. It is deadly for those unaware.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I would like to have seen his expression when he discovered what kind of phone number she had given him
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
28 Jan 19
@Nevena83 Yes, and the best thing is that it worked - she never heard from him again.
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@Acefun (1220)
• Malaysia
27 Jan 19
It is similar to a love scam.
Your friend did a good job by not lending money to the online friend.
I do not have that experience but I have the experience of people not return the money to me as promised.
He is my friend's friend. We are studied in the same institution but in different course. We talked few times and have one lunch together. One day, he approached me when I was on my way home. He ask for money because his car broke down and he demand for RM50. Out of sympathy, I withdraw RM100 to him in the view that we know each other and I believe he will return the money to me in a week time
However, I did not get the money as expected. I met him outside of the rest room and he promised to return to me. I also asked for his contact number. Yet, he did not turn up and the contact number is not belong to him. I tried to contact my friend to ask for his detail but he did not know where he stay nor his contact number. So, I think that he just wanted to cheat my money in the first place when he approached me. I am quite disappointed with him and I never see him anymore. The lost of the money to me just a small thing but reflect how his personality is.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I understand why you are disappointed in him. It also sounds to me as if he never planned to return the money. I think he gave you the wrong phone number, because he didn't want you to find him. I agree with your last sentence. that behavior says a lot about his personality.
I have also experienced a situation where people didn't return the money they had borrowed. She was my neighbor and my friend and I helped her when she needed money. It wasn't a large amount of money, but she never paid me back.
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@Acefun (1220)
• Malaysia
28 Jan 19
@Porcospino
Yup, maybe he purposely gave the wrong number so that I am not able to contact him for demanding the money back. He also took advantage that both of us were studied the different course thus our class schedule and classroom were also different thus making me difficult to track his location.
Even so, I do not mind for losing that small amount of money. I just assume that I have donated it to the needy.
@DianeBorg (784)
• Malta
27 Jan 19
Your friend is sure is not stupid, good job for her 
, never trust people you don't know and it counts for people you know too .
, never trust people you don't know and it counts for people you know too .1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
Yes, I am glad that she got rid of that man. He was only looking for her money. Some people pretend that they are your friends but they actually have a different motive.
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@DianeBorg (784)
• Malta
28 Jan 19
@Porcospino Yes, lots of people only want to take advantage of you and when you are in need they disappear.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
Impossible to squeeze even a single penny from me using that sort of tactic, glad it never happened to me.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I wouldn't do it either. No one has ever asked me for money, but they would get disappointed if they tried. They won't get anything from me.
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@wolfgirl569 (95165)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Jan 19
No I havent, but I dont talk to people online that I havent met in real life. Not like that.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I have some online friends from a social networking site who have become real life friends, but I am careful who I write to, because some people have fake profiles. If I have met them in person it is different.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
Do you mean friends that you know in person? I have helped some of my offline friends in the past if they asked if they could borrow some money, but I have to think about my own bills first, and I also had some bad experiences when people didn't pay me back.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I am glad that her idea worked. She never heard from him again
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
26 Jan 19
It's a clear way of scamming! I also received one that says she is so rich and wanted to share her wealth with me! I did not believe it!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
I have received many of those emails. They claim that they are rich and they write that they want to share their money with me if I do them a small favor. I delete the emais right away.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
27 Jan 19
If someone asked me that question they would get disappointed 1 person likes this
