"Hi. I'm Cole. I'm afraid to come out from under the house. I would like to meet you but I need you to not look at me!" "I don't have an email,,,,,,and I don't have a phone or a life".
"Want to hook up?"

Oh boy. I would reverse the scam and play him/her. Have fun with the dummy! I still get a laugh when scammers call me. I try to waste as much time as I can with them.

I think you need to explore other avenues for meeting guys. This "Fitness Singles" doesn't seem to meet your criteria for eligible men. Maybe a church social?

If his "friend"is like his writing, he's a dope anyway.

Good thing you are a smart cookie

I see nothing but red flags there.

If his "friend" is interested, then the friend needs to get an account and write you.

It screams scam, but if it's real I would never in a million years want to date/contact his friend. I'm shy, but this is taking it to the extreme. That, and with you being so social, it's a disaster waiting to happen.

There is no friend. It is all him, or her for all we know, luring you into a setting in which you have fewer options (i mean, you can report gmail scams and spams to gmail but if you are the one initiatng gmail contact it is harder to make the case that you were approached and not the approacher). Also then he knows your email and can try to hack you and/or set you up to be harasssed forever if you are uncooperative.

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I’ve received those before. There is no friend. It’s just a different way to get your email address. Stupid scammers are a drain on the time of those of us serious about finding a hookup, er, I mean, a relationship.

Way to tell him, the wording has scam all over it

Scammers are pretty despicable people to start with, but in my opinion scammers using romance to lead people on sink even deeper into the scammer cesspool.

Probably a way to get you to open an email attachment that's malicious.

First of all, anyone that begs for anything, has got some deep rooted issues going and you don't want to know what they are or any part of it.. Run the other direction.. and don't answer anything.. yes for sure some sort of scam crap going on. Wouldn't trust it.

If I were you, I would NEVER accept a third-party invitation. If mr. Wonderful wants to meet you, let him get his own account on Fitness Singles.

I've been on Fitness Singles for more than 2 months now, and my presence has not been acknowledged by anyone.

Scammer

"I know this looks weird but you may never know where true love could be coming from. "
A well known saying in NY is, "that's the fuck it! " it's a blaring red flag!
I know it looks weird but trust me sweet baby, I got love for you... Arrrggg.. Don't fall for that!