A Guy On Tinder Convinced His Date He Needed $3,000 For A New Kidney, And Then He Disappeared

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tinder-conman-stole-3000-date-18892211

I will say this: there is nothing that gets me going more than a good case of fraud. Thoughts and prayers to all of the victims stupid enough to fall for schemes like these, but I'm just absolutely enamored with a nice conman. And as it turns out, this wasn't our guys first rodeo, as he once sold fake Ed Sheeran tickets. Not a bad business. But folks, this one is a pretttty damn good one, too. Let me set the scene for you with a little background information:

Rebecca Rouse thought she had found Mr Right after falling for a man she met on Tinder. Then just two months into their relationship, Paul Gillett told her he needed an urgent kidney transplant. Smitten Rebecca transferred thousands of pounds into his account to help him pay private medical bills. But she was heartbroken when he disappeared – and turned out to be a serial fraudster.

Ahh, the old couple thousand dollar "urgent kidney transplant". Oldest trick in the book! Can't believe she fell for it. But then again, the more I read, the more I see how..

Rebecca, 35, said, "When we first met, I really believed I’d found someone decent and that we had a lasting relationship. “He seemed so nice and it felt like there was potential for it to blossom into something long-term. “It’s really shaken my trust in men. I’m still in a bad way because of him.”

Listen here, Becca. There is not one member of the male species that is on Tinder for a "lasting relationship". Tinder is for one thing and one thing only: hooking up. This should've been your first red flag. Sure, some guys will be very sweet and complimentary of you…..for like a day? Then they inevitably want to meet up to "watch a movie". Don't try and tell me that this dude "wasn't like all the other people on Tinder".

“He wasn’t like all the other people on Tinder and he appeared genuinely interested in me. All his messages were so flattering. Whenever I got one, it would put a huge smile on my face.”

Oh she's so precious. Even putting aside the fact that she transferred this dude over $3,000 after just meeting him, the way she believed this guy was genuinely interested shows that we are not dealing with the sharpest tool in the shed. I know a Nigerian prince that wants to send her a trillion dollars. He just needs a small up-front payment first.

But alright, still, even if she did think she was two months into the rest of her life with this guy, what would make her send him over $3,000? He was obviously a smooth talker, but even the slickest of cats aren't THAT good. -- Here's how committed he was:

One evening a few weeks later, Rebecca received a call from Gillett – who told her he had gone into hospital with kidney pains. She said: “I tried to call him but he told me the signal was bad on the ward, so he couldn’t speak. “He told me they were keeping him in on a drip and running tests. I was so worried. “I wanted to go to hospital to be by his side but he insisted he was fine and couldn’t have a visitor. “He was back after a few days and told me that he’d been put on dialysis. “He even showed me the surgical dressing on his side after having treatment. “He knew exactly what to say, so it was all very convincing.” Gillett claimed he went for another hospital visit – where doctors told him he would need to go for an MRI and a kidney transplant. The swindler convinced her to fork out £3,182 for his “private medical treatment” and travel.

Screw it. Call me an asshole. Say whatever you want…but I like this guy. I'm siding with him. For him to spend two months courting this girl all for the long con of faking a kidney transplant, I've got to give the guy credit. I've never put that much time or effort into anything. He deserves every last penny.

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But here's my only problem: how much did he make, $3,000? And illegally too I guess. Well instead of spending two months all for this, why not just get a job? I know working sucks, but so does pretending to be a lovey-dovey boyfriend for two months. Would've made about the same amount of money, and you wouldn't be in trouble! Some people just like to watch the world burn, I guess.

But ladies, PSA: Do NOT swipe right on this guy.