- “I met a girl in Beijing who helped me while playing games. I thought it was a boy. I thought it was okay, so I added friends (probably around the time of the new coronavirus), and then we played every day. I ordered dinner for her every day and she gave it to her for her birthday. Buying shoes and some gifts (she always asks me for money) After the lock down ended, I said I would meet her and she agreed. I went to Beijing to find her. I made a reservation for the restaurant, but a man came. She called me and said it was her brother. She said that Boss had urgent projects and couldn’t come to her. Then I invited her brother to dinner, and I went home without seeing it. In the later stage, I also played games every day, and then when I was playing a game, a male voice came out next to him and called him his wife (I was completely stunned). I kept asking her what was going on, but she put it off, and I didn’t care too much. Then another day we said good night to each other and said we were going to bed. I went out to spend the night with my friends on the Internet. I thought that it was not good to say good night to her but I am still playing, so I used another account to play with my friends. Coincidentally, I got a girl in the game and she wanted to add me to play with me, so I added, and as soon as I joined the team, yes, it was her, it was such a coincidence, it was really her, and then I When I asked her what was going on, she told me all about it, saying that she would not lie to me anymore. She was married, and it was her husband who came to dinner that day.”
From China mode TIKTOK user — Opkkz
I have a more in-depth discussion of him later. Talk about four points, the impact and damage this incident has caused to him, his feelings, and whether he has taken corresponding measures to reduce the loss in the future.
The impact on him is that the things that online dating buys for others in the later period have become cheaper. He had called the police and wanted to get the money back. Due to insufficient evidence, many conversations were spoken by voice while playing games, and the transfer was done through WeChat and Alipay, which the police could not authenticate. It can be seen that many apps do take some actions against catfishing, but they are not 100% effective.
In the end, it took the victim a month to let go of the incident psychologically. And since then, he has developed a sense of distrust in people and feelings. Now when someone adds him as a friend on the Internet, he will not pass easily and think a lot. (Not a bad thing either)