Question

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?"

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Answer 1

It could be a verbal tic. Like "I'm a very good driver" from the old Rain Man film. Seriously, someone making this claim has probably been called on something he or she already told you before, and this looks like a (clumsy) pre-emptive strike of some kind.

Answer 2

To be honest, they’re probably lying

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Seems like that is a staple of scammer vocabulary.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Ask them what internet provider they have there in Nigeria.

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

he's gaslighting or soon will be

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

Frequently used by scammer

Answer 12

do not believe what that person says

Answer 13

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

Answer 14

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

Answer 15

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

Answer 16

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

Answer 17

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.

Answer 18

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

Answer 19

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."

Answer 20

"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.

Answer 21

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

Answer 22

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

Answer 23

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

Answer 24

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?

Answer 25

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.

Answer 26

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


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