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submitted 13 hours ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

-A- bride? He wasn’t expecting someone specific?

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He was the victim in a romance scam, possibly, though the story seems to indicate he may have had some mental issues...

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, but the wording of the title sounds weird even with that context.

Like he went there expecting to browse.

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

It sucks so much that these scams keep happening... At least the story's ending wasn't that bad.