{"id":6462,"date":"2020-02-19T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2020-02-19T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:35:13","slug":"cindy-white-abby-ellin-duped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/cindy-white-abby-ellin-duped\/","title":{"rendered":"Cindy White and Abby Ellin Duped by Romance Scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine your whole world and romantic relationship crashing down in one day. Finding out that someone you love and trust is a scammer can cause emotional damage that takes a long time to overcome. That is precisely what was covered in a recent Tamron Hall<\/a> show. If one story of heartbreak isn\u2019t bad enough, our next tale has two.<\/p>\n

How Were Cindy White and Abby Ellin Duped?<\/h2>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”RCNQEUHlLKw” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”off” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Meet Cindy White, a middle-aged woman who was excited to online date. She was thrilled to meet a charming man who said all the right things. He presented himself as a good, Christian gentleman, and she was soon in love. He came on strong and would eventually become her husband. However, all was not meant to be! While he told her that he traded stocks for a living, he was running a Ponzi scheme and raising capital by scamming others.<\/p>\n

Scammers try and catch people when they\u2019re feeling down. Cindy\u2019s children were grown, and she had just lost her mother when she met and fell for her scammer. Although he was attentive and affectionate, one day, four years into their marriage, he left for an errand (saying that he had to wire someone money) and never came back. That\u2019s when she found out the truth of his financial cons.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Abby Ellin was a journalist. She was used to uncovering the truth and never expected to meet a con man. She needed a quote for a story and met up with a man who was a navy doctor. A year later, she had to fact check what he told her, and they met up. He was handsome, and there were sparks. Although he was a doctor, he wasn\u2019t a navy seal or in the CIA like he claimed to be.<\/p>\n

He visited New York with her, saying that he had to give a talk at the United Nations (also a lie). She began to realize how good he was at lying about small, insignificant things (like enjoying restaurant Brussels sprouts), and this terrified her. She would soon discover he lied to her about much more, especially his career.<\/p>\n

The process their scammers use is something called \u201clove bombing\u201d. It is the act of showering someone with love, affirmations, affection, gifts, and other demonstrations, but the motivation behind it is to influence a victim and gain control over them.<\/p>\n

Signs of Love Bombing<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dating-apps.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n