Hi guys, as you all know, my previous risky adventure resulted in a humiliating failure, I'd like to be more cautious this time by having you all review the situation.
So today i came across this website that requires you to post your profile and leave your contact so that interested party will find you for excitement.
I saw one that catches my eye and decided to add, she responded to the request under half an hour.
I tried to sound not too direct at first, also thinking of giving myself an insurance by trying to get her for a short desert date first so i have time to back off if things are not as expected. She asked me back if my purpose is to just find somebody to dine with me, hinting she's a more direct person.
So i said to her that i dont want to sound too direct, but if she'd like it that way, i dont mind too.
She responded saying she was just curious of my purpose, as she point out people in that website usually just get down to business.
She asked if i did this before or not, i faked the truth and said i did, then offer to tell her my hilarious failed experience like what i mentioned in the first sentence of this post, to show that i have back up proof.
After that she revealed that she only did this once using another platform, met her bf that way, then broke up, never did it since then. Recently only use the site that i discovered today. I took this statement with a grain of salt, i dont think i can be that lucky to be her next one right after her broke up bf.
She also claimed she's from HK after i asked, she said her best girl friend lives here in msia, after broke up she went to live here, she stay in Sungai Wang.
Enough chatter, i proceed to ask out, and she agreed that i can bring her to the desert shop that i have chosen, which is a green flag to me so i have control over the situation.
Tomorrow i'll meet her and pick her up at Sungai Wang, end of story at the moment, can you spot any red flags?
Please advise.
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[UPDATE]
Right before our meeting time, she said she wants some insurance, need me to register an account in a dating site, after that talk to the customer service in the site, say "i am going to meet xxx later at xx time and xx place". It seems normal and i cant understand what's the purpose of this, doesnt seem to protect her much.
Then the customer service replied "in order to arrange a date, both parties must deposit 1999 coins to the other party's account, once the date has successfully completed, upload a pic as proof and then both party's coin will return back to each other, this is to prevent fake profile and scams, if it is a scam, then the scamming party's coin will go to the honest party (indirectly means coin x2)".
Shortly after, i received 1999 coins from her.
I expect virtual coins are cheap, but guess what? 1 coin = 1 USD, 1999 coins means USD 1999 = MYR 8475.
Definitely not paying that, i intended to give her back the coins, so below are the hoops i went through:
1. tried to find "transfer coin" button, there's none (you can only BUY coins for the other party, cannot transfer)
2. asked customer service if the coins can be transferred back to her, service replied "both must give each other coin, complete a date, then only can return the coins", insist on this rigid rule
3. i tried to send more message to ask customer service, im blocked because im not VIP member i can only send 3 messages, 20 USD minimum to upgrade 1 month VIP.
4. I went thru hoops to try to deposit 20USD using all of my cards, all transaction reject by bank (wtf? want spend also cannot, been online shopping much shouldnt be a problem)
5. At the end, the girl said i can actually use the coin she gave me to upgrade, 20 coins it is
6. Used the 20 coins to be VIP, keep arguing with customer service how to get the coins back to her, it's like talking to wall
7. Then i saw an option in the site "cash withdrawal", so i think this is to withdraw coins back to bank account.
8. I double confirm with customer service, it is true, BUT i have to be a 6 months Crown member to activate this feature.
9. And the funds to activate the Crown member cannot be from partner deposit, must be from YOUR pocket (not paying that, 480 coins = 480 USD)
Finally, i told the girl nothing else works, she's very concerned about her 1999 USD (why she send it in the first place without discussing with me?)
I didnt reveal the fact no.9 to her, eventually she knew it from customer service that this is the way to return funds, she became frustrated towards me for holding the truth.
She asked me to just give her my account that has her coins instead, she will find a way to retrieve it.
I can easily give her the account, it's useless to me anyway, but i challenged a bit and said no, i want her to jump some hoops.
She is not backing down either, she said she wont succumb to my threat, she will report to police if i dont give the account holding her coins to her, ask me becareful if still dont give back to her.
I havent give her yet, what can she do to me? She dont know my name, my face, my number, my email, only has my wechat that has a random ID name, she said wechat is enough to track me down.
I'm waiting.
Any comments from you guys? Is this a scam? She seemed very concerned about her money though, it's possible it's not actually a scam.
But the stupid dating site that made me jump through so many hoops and still unable to SIMPLY return the coin to her, is a huge red flag.
PLUS, the dating site cannot be searched using search engine (google), because of that there's no reviews either, seems like a fishy website, and all my attempts to spend in that website is rejected by my bank, i dont know anymore, the site seems scammy, but she seemed concerned about her money instead of trying to scam me.
This post has been edited by Sasuke95: Aug 2 2020, 03:55 PM
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