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I've met one or two he reminds me off and they have no shame. Doing a cry-baby act like he did at the end took nothing out of him. His true nature was revealed in his previous actions.
Came across as a parasitical, POS to me.
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>> "My experience of kids is that they are greatly influenced by how their parents see their behavior." Exactly, which is why it's very possible that the scammer behavior was learned from by the kid from their parents. I actively engage people around me. I've tried the whole talking to parents way, and if you don't know them it's not uncommon for the response to be to mind your own business or worse, "Fuck you, I kno…
Assuming that the parent doesn't care helps nobody, though. At least allow the parent to fail.
Allowing the parent to fail might be super negative for the scammer too. For example, parents withdrawal of financial support for his education, kicking them out, reporting them to the police, or worse, the kid commits suicide; if you read the kids responses, it's very clear they're not stable.
Fine with you disagreeing with my experiences of helping people, but please be careful in how you apply your approach in the real world.
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Do you have kids? My experience of kids is that they are greatly influenced by how their parents see their behaviour. Unless of course the parents have not built good relationship with their children, in which case the kids might not care a hoot what the parents think.
He's 22, not 9.
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The message he sent to his brother was also sent to his mother, she just hadn't read it yet when the blog post was made. The author wasn't manipulated twice, he didn't let the scammer get away with it. Although he should probably call the police.
It's possible he has access to his mother's account, and has deleted it. I don't think it would be unusual for a 22 year old student to visit home and borrow mum's laptop.
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The elance overview contained a unique description, but now it is blurred[0]. The original is still up on archive.org. [0] https://www.pictshare.net/ee61c0c5ba.jpg
So he's been scamming over Steam too and for years. And author thinks he won't do this again, seriously? This is a way of life for him.
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Do you have kids? My experience of kids is that they are greatly influenced by how their parents see their behaviour. Unless of course the parents have not built good relationship with their children, in which case the kids might not care a hoot what the parents think.
>> "My experience of kids is that they are greatly influenced by how their parents see their behavior." Exactly, which is why it's very possible that the scammer behavior was learned from by the kid from their parents. I actively engage people around me. I've tried the whole talking to parents way, and if you don't know them it's not uncommon for the response to be to mind your own business or worse, "Fuck you, I kno…
Kids do stupid stuff, always. Doesn't mean they want their parent to figure out.
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The message he sent to his brother was also sent to his mother, she just hadn't read it yet when the blog post was made. The author wasn't manipulated twice, he didn't let the scammer get away with it. Although he should probably call the police.
Police involvement is unlikely to make anything better. For every person who is scared straight, how many end up getting chewed up by the system, and coming out worse then they came in? Telling the parents would probably be more impactful - especially given that he really wanted to prevent that from happening.
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Downvoted you. It's a big jump from "somebody, 22 yo, scammed somebody else online at least once" to "psychopath". To be frank, I think I wish the word "psychopath" was deleted from the dictionary altogether. It's just a handy label to apply to all sorts of baddies, effectively dehumanizing them (he's a psychopath- he would do anything to you, so you're justified in doing anything to him).
I disagree. It would never have entered my mind to do such a thing at age 22. These people rarely change; if you don't punish them severely, you're giving them an unfair advantage over honest people. We don't want to live in a society dominated by crooks.
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He's 22, not 9.
The the police is who should be told.
Sure, "call the police" works if there's not another answer or you live a sheltered life, but to me, this is the very reason that communities are failing.