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paddyroyal Active member

Member since 08 November 2011

paddyroyalActive member19 July 2022 21:47:13

Hi,

For some reason, I have been getting random contact requests, always from men ,who say basically nothing about themselves and are always in another part of the world. Is this happening for anyone else?

shirleykoch12 Member

Member since 17 May 2022

shirleykoch12Member19 July 2022 21:54:42

Yes, and they do not include a photo of themselves.

free press New member

Member since 19 July 2022

free pressNew member19 July 2022 22:09:29

@paddyroyal No i dont seem to receive those messages but maybe because I am a man, i dont know. Just use commom sense and your head before responding. Are they Colombian men?

CaliRay Contributor

Member since 01 September 2010

CaliRayContributor20 July 2022 00:02:46

191

Not guilty. :-)

I get these kinda of friend requests on FB a lot. Pages with zero information.

cccmedia Ecuador / Colombia Expert

Member since 13 March 2014

cccmediaEcuador / Colombia Expert20 July 2022 04:22:23

10281

When I receive a contact request,

I check my memory to see if I

have had any interaction with

the requester .. or know anything

about what they may have posted.

My attitude about contact requests

is that unless the requester has

sent me a message or I knew

of them prior to the request,

I just ignore the request.

My thinking is: what good can

granting the request possibly

do .. other than provide

some unknown party the

opportunity to spam the

members of the site.

Ipso facto, I ignore

most requests from

unknowns.

As for those unknown

requesters that

essentially say, hey, I need

to communicate with you

about something important

without giving any idea

what that would be ..

I double ignore those.

cccmedia

member, Expat.com

experts team

nico peligro Serial expat

Member since 18 September 2020

nico peligroSerial expat23 July 2022 15:59:30

774

I ignore the FaceBook contact requests from young Latina women on facebook because my Jealous Latina "wife" would give me a tongue lashing

Julien Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

17 years of happy life abroad

JulienFounder23 July 2022 20:05:34

52765

Please report any weird contact request .. the expat.com team and myself will handle them

thanks

Julien

paddyroyal Active member

Member since 08 November 2011

paddyroyalActive member16 August 2022 16:39:34

Thanks for all the responses!

Julien, I wouldn't describe them as "weird" exactly, just men who are always in or going to a different part of the world and who make a contact request with no info about themselves.

I'm just rejecting them. If anything shows up as overtly weird, I would report it.

Adriana Gutierrez Active member

Member since 05 August 2017

Adriana GutierrezActive member22 August 2022 12:34:58

I get them occasionally, including one this past week. Most masquerade as buff, macho military types. I assume they are preying on lonely women, hoping to score a Sugar Daddy situation. (The most recent one I got was in response to a positive post I made on FB on a pair of shoes. Totally weird.)

Block them if you can.

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam22 August 2022 15:03:08

#10

40564

I get them occasionally, including one this past week. Most masquerade as buff, macho military types. I assume they are preying on lonely women, hoping to score a Sugar Daddy situation. (The most recent one I got was in response to a positive post I made on FB on a pair of shoes. Totally weird.)

Block them if you can.
- @Adriana Gutierrez

Report them as soon as they message you. These are scammers trying to lure people. They often have military officers as profile pics.

Sorry about that.

Bhavna

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