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CYBERSPACE STALKERS

Cyberspace stalkers hit again, this week from an unlikely source. Generally, men hit on me through Facebook or Instagram. I publish a newsletter and, lo and behold, someone began to stalk me through my publication. A response to my newsletter read “Hi Marie (smiley face emoji) you look nice call me (another smiley face) email address.”

Note: I would love to have you subscribe to my free newsletter provided you don’t stalk me! You can sign up here.

The problem these days is that the business has morphed into more than someone looking for love. They are looking to scam poor unsuspecting people out of money. The United States Attorney’s Office announced that four individuals were sentenced in connection with international romance scams. According to the press release, “All four defendants were convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a scheme that used false identities and email accounts on internet dating sites to trick people into wiring or mailing money to shell companies and fictitious agents. Reagan Fondren, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.

The issue is so bad, that Meta stated they have removed around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria trying to target people with sextortion scams. About 2,500 of these belonged to a coordinated network.

If you have these issues, please see this WiKi How article about how to deal with Facebook stalkers.

Please enjoy this column I posted on February 26, 2019.

CYBERSPACE STALKERS

Ladies, thought you were safe from men hitting on you if you stayed out of the bars? Think again.

I have now had five men hit on me through Facebook. At my age, I guess I should be flattered, but I found myself more flustered than anything. My personal Facebook account is by invitation only, and the first time a man I did not know asked to be my friend, I said “yes.” Boy, did I get a shock; telling me how sexy I was, etc. You know, the come-on routines.

Couldn’t find his first message to share with you, but here’s the second one. Needless to say, I deleted him as a friend as quickly as my little fingers could fly over the keyboard. I’m now better at spotting these guys.

CYBERSPACE STALKERS’ MODUS OPERANDI

Apparently, this practice is widespread. The website, www.themodernman.com even gives suggestions on how to approach a woman on Facebook:

You always have to start by actively making the woman feel attracted to you.
When a woman looks at a guy’s profile, she will either feel turned off by who he seems to be as a person or she will feel attracted to it. His profile with either trigger her feelings of attraction or it won’t.
If it doesn’t, she won’t be interested in getting to know him. She might keep him on as a friend so she can get some extra likes on her photos or status updates, but she won’t have any sexual or romantic interest in him because who he seems to be isn’t making her feel attracted.
When you message a random woman on Facebook or add her as a friend, she will quickly have a look over your main page and photos to see what kind of guy you are.