{"id":13843,"date":"2021-10-06T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=13843"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:57:52","slug":"multiple-victims-get-duped-by-the-same-romance-scammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/multiple-victims-get-duped-by-the-same-romance-scammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Victims Get Duped By the Same Romance Scammer"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Social Catfish, we interviewed a woman named Cherrie who was scammed<\/a> out of $6,500 by a man who claimed to be named Sebastian. Cherrie met Sebastian on LinkedIn<\/a> after seeing that he had invited her to be her friend. Cherrie accepted this friend request and started forming a romantic relationship with him. They would talk every day for hours and eventually moved their conversations to Google Hangouts. One day as she was talking to him, he requested some money to help with some construction equipment. She sent the romance scammer<\/a> money through Bitcoin and gift cards, but something didn’t seem right. She found out his identity in the most shocking way… Watch the video and read the article to find out how.<\/p>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”dxgYgiDlJms” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”on” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Cherrie’s Romance Scammer Story<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-05-at-10.31.49-AM.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Cherrie had been divorced for almost 20 years and was hesitant about dating again.<\/a> When she first met Sebastian, she didn’t know whether or not to add him on LinkedIn. After she accepted his invitation, he messaged her right away which she thought was really weird. He started to act all flattering and started to ask her questions about her life to get to know her. Cherrie wasn’t used to this in her relationships, so she thought it felt nice that she had a gentleman in her life.<\/p>\n

He said that his wife had passed away from cancer and that he always donated money to a cancer foundation. He didn’t talk too much about himself after that but started to talk to Cherrie about how he wanted to marry her. While Cherrie thought it was a bit too soon, she also thought it was really romantic and enjoyed the romance he was bringing to her.<\/p>\n

The first time he asked for money<\/a>, he claimed he was hungry and needed money to eat. He claimed that the only way he could get this money was through Bitcoin<\/a>, so Cherrie sent it over to him through a Bitcoin machine. Then he needed $500 sent to him supposedly for a contracting project through Apple gift cards, which she thought was weird.<\/p>\n

Then supposedly there was an accident where a girl had a head injury, and her family was supposed to send Sebastian more construction equipment. However, the family claimed they needed more money since their daughter was injured. They claimed they needed $1 million but he got it down to $750,000 and paid most of it. He asked Cherrie to help with the rest and she did.<\/p>\n

How Did She Find Out That Sebastian Was a Romance Scammer?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Paul-Bennie.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

One day, she was on a Facebook page<\/a> about people who love Scotland. She decided to post about her Scottish boyfriend and how much she loves him. That’s when someone commented on her photo to inform her that she was dating a catfish since his name was different from the name on his official Instagram account. Cherrie found out that this man’s name was Paul Bennie who is\u00a0a gay man, and co-founder of a non-profit called Human Kindness, that helps people impacted by COVID-19 with his mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

When she saw his Instagram account, she knew immediately that she had been talking to a catfish<\/a> this whole time. That’s when she started looking at his friend list and started chatting with a girl who was friends with him. She said that he was her boyfriend and Cherrie told her that he was her boyfriend too. After they realized they shared similar stories about giving him money, they knew they had been scammed.<\/a> They both dumped him after talking with each other.<\/p>\n

You can also find out if the person you’ve been talking to is a romance scammer by using the search bar below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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