Good observation, Lina

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jan 24, 2009 at 14:21

The trouble is though that scammers rarely ask for money. They usually find a way of trying to get you to offer it. The most obvious and easiest ones are them pretending to be stuck in another country. Others involve health excuses or convincing the other that they need electronics or some other commodity.That has worked on men before, but I don't think a lot of women on here would take that bait. Tricking women tends to require more elaborate scenarios and more time to get her emotionally invested in the relationship.

These days, Lina, I wouldn't even loan money out to my family. Nearly every single arbitration case I have seen involves close family, people living together without marriage (this really is not suprrsing, because if they cannot commit to marry one another, they cannot really be 100% committed on finances either), or best friends who loan out money. My take is: if you loan money out to anyone, do so with the thought you may not ever see it again, especially if it's a large sum.

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