Romance with a cryptocurrency investment pitch rolled in is hardly the stuff Lauren Duncan thought a potential romantic interest would be texting her.
About a week ago, Duncan joined Hinge, the self-proclaimed ”dating app designed to be deleted” after a friend told her she “should get out there.”
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The 60-year-old former airline employee told News 6 she divorced from her husband 10 years ago and had not dated anyone during that time. So, when she created her profile on Hinge last week, messages started pouring in from suitors almost immediately.
Matteo Thomas, an architect from Jacksonville, Florida, really stood out and she wanted to see if he was “legit.”
“He sent me a rose (emoji) which caught my attention,” Duncan told News 6. “You can send a rose and that’s like they are really interested in you.”
News 6 asked Duncan to send the messages and photographs Matteo had sent to her.
One text read “I am lovely, caring and romantic.” As for the photographs, News 6 found pages of pictures, all of the same man, on a website that tracks imposters.
Fakescam.info highlights more than 40 photographs of the same man used with various profiles, names and social media posts.
It appears he is really a physician or medical technician who resides near Hamburg, Germany, not Jacksonville, Florida. He has no connection to the romance scheme in Duncan’s case.
Duncan said she knew something was not right and told “Matteo” she was not…
