Florida is one of the top states for internet scams

Florida is one of the top states for internet scams

EVANS BREAKS DOWN HOW PEOPLE ARESTILL GETTING CATFISHED IN20-21.(:50-:59(4:16-4:28)CATSFIS━NO NOT THAT KIN━BUT THIS KIN━ DEFINED ONMERRIAM WEBSTER AS A PERSON WHOSETS UP A FALSE PERSONAL PROFILEON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE ORFRAUDULENT OR DECEPTIVEPURPOSE━ AKA A SCAMTHE TERM BECAME KNOWN NATIONALLYTHANKS TO THE POPULAR MTV SHOWBY THE SAME NAME━THE HOST MEETS VIEWERS WHOBELIEVE THEY ARE IN A HAPPYRELATIONSHIP WITH A PARTNER THEYMET ONLIN━ BUT OVER THE COURSEOF THE EPISODE━ THE PERSON’STRUE IDENTITY IS UNVEILEDLOVE THROUGH THE COMPUTER SCREENIS EXTREMELY COMMO━ PEWRESEARCH CENTER SAYS THAT 30PERCENT OF AMERICANS HAVE HAVEATTEMPTED DIGITAL DATIN━WHICH IS HOW WE MEET REBECC━SOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimI had gone onto a legitimatedating site, OKCupid, I decided,well I’ll give online dating ashot.

A friend of mine wgiving it a shot so I though,oh, I’ll do it with her sort ofbe her wing girlRECENTLY DIVORCED, SHE DECIDEDSHE WAS READY FOR A REALCONNECTION, SO PUT HERSELF OUTTHERESot: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimI thought I was being smart insaying this is the package Icome in.

These are the things Iwill put up with in arelationship.

These are thethings I won’t put up with in arelationship, that I’m lookinfor a long term thing not ahookupAND HER WISH CAME TRUE!SOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimThen I met Matthew, and Matthewwas a single father a 5 year oldson(BUTTED)And we just really hit it off!He was really charismatic, wehad a lot of the same interestI happen to love men withaccents, he was from Australiaand we just really connected.THE TWO WOULD TEXT, EMAIL, ANDTALK ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS ONEN━ NEVER GROWING TIRE━BUT PERFECT BLISS HIT A ROADBLOC━ MATTHEW CALLED HER WITH APROBLE━ HE HAD TAKEN HIS SONWITH HIM OVERSEES FOR HIS JOB ASAN OIL MAGISTRATE(I needed clarification on whatcountry she hasn’t gotten backto me)━ AND HIS BANK CARD STOPPEDWORKIN━ LEAVING HIM AND HIS SONSTRANDEDSOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimHe was basically stuck and hadthis child with him in tow!

I’human I have a big heart Icouldn’t leave a child in a badsituation.SO SHE STARTED SENDING MONE━ AFEW HUNDRED DOLLARS AT FIRS━TURNING INTO THOUSAND━SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS HELPINGKEEP THEM AFLOA━ ALL WITH THEPROMISE THAT AS SOON AS HISNIGHTMARE WAS OVE━ HE WOULD PAYHER BAC━ AND COME HOME SO THEYCOULD MEET IN PERSON AND BETOGETHERSOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimThere were the promises, ’oh,when I get back, ill pay youback all the money its not goingto be an issue’ You know I justneed to finish what I’m doinghere because I cant be in breachof contract because if im inbreach of contract im going tolose my companyBUT IT NEVER ENDE━ MONTHS WENTB━ FUNDING MATTHEW WITH SO MUCHMONE━ SHE WAS IN FINANCIAL RUINSot: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimI was in such distress and Ivoiced this to him and I said,’look im in a bad way here’(Butted)Im being sued by discover cardI’m about to be evicted from myapartment and be homeless.

Imnot in a very good place rightnowAND FINALL━ THE FACADE BROKESOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimAnd I think he, realizing thatthere was no money left to getout of m━ when I told him, lookim very seriously thinkingsuicide is my only optio(Butted)And he said to me, and I willnever forget the indifference inhis voice when he said it, "wellyou have to do what you have todo"BROKEN AND HOPELES━ THERELATIONSHIP WAS OVERSOT: REBECCA D’ANTONIO, victimYou know Matthew didn’t exist.What it is is actually a groupof people working behind thescenes.

They use thoseendearments like my darling, myqueen, they don’t often use yourname because they are working somany people at the same time.REBECCA TRIED REACHING OUT TOPOLICE BUT WAS TOLD THERE WASNTANYTHING THEY COULD DOSTANDUP:(Multi-edit with me talking andtyping on computer)THE WAY REBECCA DESCRIBED HEREXPERIENC━ THE EASE OF HOW HERCATFISHER WAS ABLE TO SCAM HEROUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLAR━ LEDME TO DO SOME INVESTIGATIN━ IHAD TO FIND OU━ HOW IS THISLEAGAL?SOT: DAVID MCCLELLAN, SOCIALCATISHIf I give you money willingly.Its not against the law.

Unlessyou are committing fraud in someway or identity theft its acivil issue and you have to takeme to courtDAVID MCCLELLAN RUNS SOCIALCATFIS━ ITS A WEBSITE DESIGNEDTO TRACK DOWN THE PERSON BEHINDTHE SOCIAL MEDIA OR DATINGPROFILEITS A REAL PROBLEM HERE INFLORID━ A RECENT REPORT FROMTHE FBI’S INTERNET CRIMECOMPLAINT CENTE━ SAYS THAT THESTATE HAS OVER 1300 SCAMCOMPLAINT━ THE SECOND MOST INTHE COUNTRYWHILE MOST SCAMS GO UN-REPORTE━THE VICTIMS STILL EXISTSOT: DAVID MCCLELLAN, SOCIALCATISHThe biggest victims tend to bepeople in their 40s, 50s, 60s,that have never really datedonlineBUT MCCLELLAN SAYS TO PROTECTYOURSEL━ LOOK OUT FOR THESE REDFLAGSSOT: DAVID MCCLELLAN, SOCIALCATISHAnytime anybody asks you formoney, they want to send youmoney or ask you for moneythat’s always a red flagespecially if you haven’t metup.

They make all sorts ofexcuses to not meet up orthey’re overseas and all thesesorts of events start happeningthey got into an accident,they’re stuck at the border, themilitary won’t send them over,those are huge red flags.SO ITS ALWAYS BETTER TO PROCEEDWITH CAUTIO━ DONT ACCEPT PEOPLEON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER WHO YOUDONT KNOW IN REAL LIF━ AND IFYOURE ON A DATING SIT━ ALWAYSTRY TO MEET IN PERSON BEFORE