Your Cup Size, Please by Aaron Milavec They Could Have Said... contest entry |
INTRO: Five years ago, I was an undercover detective specializing in dating scams. I met BabyGirl [bikini pic shown below] on Datelink.com. I immediately knew that BabyGirl might be a scammer because her self-description was a word-for-word copy (including the same grammatical errors) of what Judith Baldus wrote for herself in 1989. Since women often "borrow" the self-descriptions of others, this, in itself, does not establish proof positive of any fraudulent intent. So now the game of cat-and-mouse begins. My purpose was to slowly gather positive evidence that BabyGirl was a scam artist and not merely just an identity thief. After exchanging a few messages, BabyGirl revealed her name as "Mary Schuster" without being asked. It's unusual for a woman to give her last name immediately; hence, my suspicions may be misplaced. Mary and I agreed to have a live exchange using Yahoo IM. This service has a time-stamp that can be very revealing, as will shortly become evident. I am also leaving the grammatical errors in the transcript because these are also revealing.
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Author Notes FURTHER DETAILS: Ten minutes later Mary Schuster is asking me to send her $150 for "medicine to relieve her stomach ulcer." She pleaded with me to send it immediately by Western Union. She gave me the full name and address of her "uncle" who lives with her. An online search using WhitePages.com tells me all I need to know: Mary Schuster does not exist. Mary Schuster is entirely the creation of the 49 year old male, Robert C Schuster, who is bent upon scamming money ($50-300 per sucker) from men whose hormones are aroused by the delicious thought of having a sex mate. Robert C Schuster has no wife and no children. He is living with his parents who are in their 70s. He spends 8 to 12 hours daily trolling for his marks on Dateline.com. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT: I sent a complete file on Robert C Schuster's illegal activities to (a) the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, (b) the local police station, (c) the management at Datelink.com, (d) to his parents, and (e) to Robert C Schuster himself. Six months later, I do a search for BabyGirl on Datelink.com. Yipes! He's still there. I engage him in conversation. Robert has changed his fictitious name from "Mary Schuster" to "Johanna Marie Mengotto." He also changed his pics, but, beyond that, Robert C Schuster is still using the exact same M.O. that he used when I first encountered him six months ago. NO ONE took the time to put this scammer out of business. I tried, but I failed. For more details, go to True Confessions = payhip.com/b/DwJg |
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