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How do you respond when somebody you have never met in person and only exchanged a sentence or two with online suddenly tells you they are "honest?"

Deb57 8 July 1
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Level 8

i tend not to trust them. why did they even think to say it unless they thought you doubted them, or might doubt them? because they're about to try to con you in some way!

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Level 5

To be honest, they’re probably lying 😏

Lol
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Level 7

Hahahaha . People who need to convince you that they are honest tend not to be

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Level 8

Seems like that is a staple of scammer vocabulary.

Exactly
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Level 8

If the word honest is followed by stable genius, I'd run

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Level 8

I immediately scrutinize everything I do know about them because that is a bright red flag that they probably are not.

MsAl Level 8 July 1, 2019
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This is my immediate thought, as well.
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Level 7

Ask them what internet provider they have there in Nigeria.

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Level 9

Never ....that's a red flag right off the bat. RUN!

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Level 7

he's gaslighting or soon will be

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Level 9

For starters...I have never thought a person needs to profess his honesty...we need evidence for truth, at least I know I do!

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Level 10

Frequently used by scammer

bobwjr Level 10 July 1, 2019
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Level 8

do not believe what that person says

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Level 7

"I'd never ask you to trust me. It's the cry of a guilty soul."

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Level 7

That’s almost as bad as someone asking you, in the fifth line of a beginning conversation, “do you like to get nasty?” Bubye

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Level 8

"Actions speak louder than words" is an idiom for a reason.

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Level 9

I trust them about as far as I can throw them.

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Level 8

It sets off alarms for me. I ask myself, 'why would a total stranger feel the need to convince me of their integrity?' Only if they plan to lie. The phrase, "You can trust me." has the same effect.

JimG Level 8 July 1, 2019
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Level 8

Someone who does that is either terribly naive, or terribly inexperienced in the online world, or full of shit.

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Level 8

Any time I hear someone telling me, or anyone else, how honest they are, a line from Hamlet comes to mind:
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

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Level 9

"Watchers"

Read the posts pinned at the top of the group about Online Scams. That will give you a general idea of what you're up against online.

For some reason that term 'Honest' is used a lot by Romance Scammers.

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Level 7

Reply 'thank you for throwing the red flag so obviously'.

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Level 8

I'd say, "Mmm-hmm", And not much else.

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Level 7

Believe me... just like Trump. Why say that? Sounds shady.

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Level 7

People who can be trusted don't demand to be trusted.

I get this same feeling when Trump or any other politician or sales man says any of the following;

"Trust me!" .... ummm why should I do that?
"I'll be honest!" .... Normally, you aren't honest?
"I won't lie." .... Normally you are lying?
"Truth be told." ... What were you telling before?

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Level 7

People who volunteer they are fair, smart, one of the "good guys", trustworthy, or honest, are none of those things. People who are those things don't have to point it out. I myself, for instance, am a stable genius. I know more than my generals.

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Level 9

Honesty isn't declared....it's proven.

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