My scammer wasn’t my romantic interest, and he claimed to work on a gas rig, but he did ask for money.
He said he was an orphan with no close friends.
He said he was an emergency doctor from San Jose.
He said he landed a contract to work at a gas rig in the Black Sea.
He said his employers didn’t pay for his accommodation. Nor did they pay for his meals while he worked for them.
He said he wasn’t eating well because he ran out of meal tickets. With that, he was testing the waters with me.
He said he was diagnosed with cancer and needed money for his encrypted phone data to find a replacement so he could leave.
He said he couldn’t access his bank account because of the war in Ukraine.
This is red flags galore… An ocean of lies. All designed to get my money.
The truth is, oil riggers or gas rig workers get paid pretty well because the job they’re doing is difficult, and they spend quite a bit of time away from home.
They’re also well taken care of:
- They have free Wi-Fi or satellite to communicate with the outside world.
- They have full access to their bank account.
- They are fed well, and they certainly do not have to pay for replacement equipment on the oil or gas rig.
- If they need to leave the oil or gas rig, a helicopter is provided. They don’t have to pay for it.
So, if they ask for money, it is a 100% scam.
But don’t take my word on it: do investigate their legitimacy by looking up their photos (reverse photo lookup) and asking the company whether they have an employee with the same name. Soon, you will find out that the person you’ve been talking to is not real.
The best thing you can do is to block their account and move on with your life.
