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[jdstone1]

Came across this story about a British mans experience or perceived experience about being scammed. This is a very detailed account, Is it a good case study or a study in paranoia gone wild you be the judge.

http://hospitalscams.blogspot.com/

[mrlucky]

You know not for nothing...but I read the entire blog episode of this guy and MAyen and I'm sorry but everyone here is making him out to be the "bad" guy and MAyen as completely "innocent." I don't buy it. I think the "truth" falls somewhere in the middle. She doesn't sound all that innocent. Sounds to me like he fell for her and then she attempted to squeeze as much as she could out of him.

[MrkGrismer]

You know not for nothing...but I read the entire blog episode of this guy and MAyen and I'm sorry but everyone here is making him out to be the "bad" guy and MAyen as completely "innocent." I don't buy it. I think the "truth" falls somewhere in the middle. She doesn't sound all that innocent. Sounds to me like he fell for her and then she attempted to squeeze as much as she could out of him.

The only part that really sounded suspicious to me would be the hospitalization part. But he got a copy of the hosptial bill, he got emails from the anestigiologist and many other proofs that would indicate that the hospitization part was legitimate. I just don't see how she attempted to squeeze as much as she could out of him.

From his summary:

• she requests I send her some money to help with her internet expenses - but the request transforms into money for a health check - suspected Dengue Fever
• Receive another request and send more money - this time for new lodgings
• I receive a call from Mayen, moments after I log on to the Yahoo Messenger. She is in hospital - The Medical Center Paranaque - it transpires during the morning that she has to have an operation for an Ectopic Pregnancy. Would I send some money? Would I send 50,000 pesos via Western Union? I insist on dealing only directly with the hospital

Perhaps you see additional items that I am missing here?

On the other hand, we have his own behavior from his own words:

• He was currently married at the time, and apparently still is
• He decided to pursue a secret affair with a woman in the Philippines
• While he was there he was looking for business opportunities that would make it possible for him to abandon his wife and move to the Philippines
• He had unprotected sex with this woman on numerous occasions
• He stated that he was prepared for the consequences of unprotected sex, but when those consequences happened he made every effort to avoid any personal responsibility and instead screamed 'scam' despite proofs to the contrary; including proofs that arrived to him through the British Embassy
• He even tried to bait Mayen by repeatedly mentioning a western union money transfer that he never actually made in an effort to get her to try to go after the money. When she doesn't take the bait he became more and more direct, finally asking her outright if she ever got it. Then he goes on to profess that this is another example of her trying to scam him for money, when he is the one doing the scamming!
• He repeatedly says that he has terminated communication with her, and yet he repeatedly returns to communicating with her. Always by his choice.

In addition he is of the opinion that this is an organized scam ring, yet absolutely nobody else on the entire internet has experienced the same thing.