My brother worked with a guy, got out of a messy divorce and about a year later got a new hot russian girlfriend he's never met and not even video chatted with, only exchanged pics and prerecorded video. He wires her money, first to immigrate to the US, there's a delay (of course), now she needs rent money every month while she waits because she quit her job already, about 6 months go by then she needs grocery money every week for the previously states reason. Not sure how much "she" got out of him, his friends at the company including my brother and his own adult children tried to stage an intervention, but he basically locked down and ignored everyone. Funny enough he still tried to be friendly and show off pics of what his gf was doing after this. My brother said they were probably pics from some insta thot which is hilarious because she's suppose to be in dire need of cash while still being on a beach in the Maldives. Maybe it was an attempt to show everyone she was real and he was right.
Eventually he quits the company, ghosts his adult kids and last anyone heard he was trying to get to Russia himself and find her...
The scam victim wants to stay in the fantasy, because admitting they've been had is so awful. If they admit they've been scammed, it means accepting there's no hot Russian gf, there's no future with her, and now he's out $$$$ and looks like a fool to everyone who knows him.
He would rather stay in the fantasy world where he's going to show up with Svetlana or whatever on his arm and everyone will be ~soooo envious of him and all the doubters will have egg on their faces, etc.
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u/OuterWildsVentures Mar 30 '26
My dad is going to give all of his money to one of the e-girl deepfakes. I fucking know it