creepy dating site horror stories are becoming ever more common as scary criminals
use the trust of others in dating apps to exploit them for their own nefarious needs
dating apps like tinder and bumble make it easy for these individuals to lure their
victims into a false sense of security resulting in some scary dating stories
number five
on the 10th of december 2016 a 27 year old man from waterbury in connecticut who has not been
named matched with 19 year old shavon avery betheafraser on a popular online dating app
and the two arranged to meet up in person while arranging a rendezvous point to meet up at shayvon
told the man to meet her in an alley next to a building on winthrop avenue where she told him she
would be waiting the man drove to the area at the pre-arranged time but when he arrived he realized
that he had stepped into a real-life dating horror story instead of meeting with shavon in the alley
a man named fred adams appeared holding a weapon adams immediately launched at the man and attacked
him resulting in a scuffle that was caught on camera witnesses would later supply police
officers with the footage which showed the two men fighting before adam's weapon is seen flying out
of his hand as he tries to push the man towards a nearby building as soon as adams lets go of his
victim to retrieve the firearm the man took his chance and tried to escape by running to his car
a black 2000 honda civic but adams followed closely behind and caught up to the man
and forced his way into the vehicle before taking off after the victim contacted the police a
general alert was released to patrolling officers telling them to be on the lookout for the vehicle
shortly before 2 am officer david rivera spotted the car and coordinated with other officers
to stop the vehicle but adams decided to flee and ultimately crash the car on sherman avenue
as soon as the car came to a halt adam jumped out and tried to flee but he was quickly chased
down and taken into custody adams was charged with possession of more than four ounces of a
controlled substance and chavon was charged with possession of a controlled substance
number four
an online dating scam was carried out in south africa and has been put to a
stop in 2021 by south african police chinanzo pascal eze a 36 year old man from cape town
was part of a syndicate that used dating apps to gain the trust of several women
who they then defrauded of their hard-earned money a spokesman for the national prosecution authority
of south africa stated that the men would create fake dating profiles under the name of marcos ivan
michael brandy smart and craig thompson these fake profiles were then portrayed as wealthy men who
were in a position to repay the victims creating a false sense of security during the first of
the incidents ezen matched with the woman with whom he then started chatting and sharing photos
unbeknownst to the victim however she was not receiving photos of eze but another unknown
man he gradually gained the woman's trust and borrowed close to 21 000 from her between november
of 2017 and january of 2018. in the second incident eze worked under the name of smart
and using the same modus operandi stole twelve thousand dollars which was deposited by the
victim into bank accounts that belonged to four different members of the syndicate
a third victim was duped in the same manner and ended up sending 34 000 again into various bank
accounts held by several people bringing his total of stolen money to nearly seventy thousand dollars
the bank account holders were identified and it was found that the cash was being deposited
into their accounts for the purpose of money laundering when eze was eventually tracked down
he was charged with 23 counts of fraud and money laundering for his role in the fraud charges he
was sentenced to four years in prison four of which are suspended and he received a further
10 years behind bars five of which are suspended for participating in the money laundering scheme
number three
the dating app plenty of fish was used by james scott smith jr from new york to gain the trust
of amber garrison resulting in a creepy dating story that she's not likely to forget anytime soon
on the 20th of july 2019 amber smith met via the popular dating app and they arranged to meet up
they decided to get together at a truck stop in pennsylvania where he picked her up in his
semi-truck but as soon as she entered the vehicle he prevented her from using her phone to contact
her family and would not allow her to get out of the vehicle on the 9th of august amber's
mom lisa eunice became worried after not seeing her since the 19th of july 20 days after meeting
up with smith she told police officers that it wasn't uncommon for amber to stay out of contact
but she decided to open a missing persons report anyway but on the 17th of august lisa received
a facebook message from someone using amber's account saying that amber's car was parked in the
nearby parking lot of a mcdonald's in pennsylvania she then started receiving more messages
stating that amber was in fact not missing and asked her to remove posts stating that she was
court documents would later reveal that smith had realized that amber was reported as missing
and he instructed her to phone her mother to say that she didn't need to look for her any longer
he also instructed her to email a new york trooper to tell him that she wasn't missing on the 31st
of august amber managed to phone 9-1-1 on several occasions from inside a casey store located in the
700 block of south division street and attempted to report her situation to dispatchers but the
adair county deputy who was sent out to try to assist her was unable to track her exact location
and so was unable to help since she was unable to speak during the calls
on her third call smith realized that she was trying to get help and ended the call
himself while holding her captive in his vehicle threatening her with a blade for over an hour
she then promised not to contact the police again and was allowed to get out of the truck
she went back into the store and officers who responded to her last call were able to track her
to that location she was taken to a dairy county hospital where she was able to receive treatment
smith's vehicle was located and searched yielding enough evidence for him to be taken into custody
amber later told police that after smith abducted her he assaulted her on numerous occasions and
stated that she was forced to stay in the truck with him as he drove through multiple states she
also stated she had contracted an infection in her left forearm and left thong after smith forcefully
tattooed her against her will he was charged with first-degree kidnapping first-degree harassment
domestic assault with a weapon and obstruction of an emergency communication though he insists that
the relationship between him and amber was consensual and that he's innocent
number two
on the 21st of december 2019
a man from porterville in california whose name is being withheld to protect his identity
arranged to meet up with 31 year old shalina lopez after meeting her on the online dating app meet me
the two arranged to get together at 2am at the eagle mountain casino located in porterville but
to the man's surprise shalina had brought along her brother 39 year old mario garcia
while spending time together in the casino the three then ran into another friend of shalina's
27 year old caesar cameron domingo jr domingo was then invited to spend time with the other three
after which they decided to drive home in the man's car he later told police that during
the journey he heard the sound of a firearm being discharged as he looked around to see
what was going on he realized that one of the men was pointing a firearm at it he was then
instructed to drive them to the nearest atm and he was forced to withdraw cash from his account
he was also robbed of all valuables and jewelry that he had on him at the time
he was then instructed to drive to a different location where lopez garcia and domingo told him
to pull over and they finally got out of the man's car and allowed him to drive away shortly after he
contacted the tulare county police department and reported the incident police officers were able to
track lopez and garcia down shortly after and they were placed under arrest they were booked into the
south county justice center in porterville but domingo managed to evade arrest at the time the
tulare county sheriff's office asked anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact them
number one
in 2020 the clarksville police department in tennessee
sent out a public awareness reminder warning anyone who was using online dating apps to be
vigilant after a string of assaults were reported between the 21st and 24th of august of that year
they stated that numerous people reported meeting up with matches from different
online dating sites only to become victims of attacks carried out by unknown men
the first of the incidents took place on the 21st of august when a man arranged to meet with a match
at a hotel room at the baymont inn located on holiday drive in clarksville but shortly after
arriving he was set upon by two men who tied him up with an extension cord they then proceeded to
threaten him with a broken beer bottle and forced him to give them access to a cell phone one of the
men then accessed the cash app application on his phone and proceeded to transfer a total of
four hundred dollars to one of their own cash app accounts the second incident happened on the 23rd
of august when an unnamed victim was approached by a man outside of his clarksville apartment
the man then offered the victim a ride after which they drove out to the clarksville speedway
on needmore road but soon after arriving at the speedway the man started assaulting the victim
and once again threatened him with a broken liquor bottle but this time he also had a hammer with him
after the assault the victim contacted police and reported the crime he was later taken to
the vanderbilt university medical center where he received treatment for his extensive injuries
sustained during the assault upon investigation it was found that the two men responsible for
the attacks and robberies were cedric morton and darius hines both 20 years old they were
eventually identified and taken into custody heinz was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery
for his role in the attacks and morton was charged with similar crimes stemming from an incident that
took place in jackson tennessee in 2018. he had been let out of prison on bond in clarksville
and it's believed that he participated in robberies and assaults during this time
heinz was taken to the montgomery county jail where he was awaiting his trial in sentencing
and morton was being held at the madison county jail police have stated
that the case is ongoing and that further charges may be added to both men's cases
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