catfishing (noun) the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona. That’s exactly what happened to a woman recently, when she thought she was texting BOTH Bret Michaels and Nikki Sixx! The imposters were pretty clever in stringing a woman, only identified as ‘Tina’, along to eventually scam her out of money. Tina thought she was helping them with one of their charities. Nope, all a scam. It’s really sad because there are a lot of women who are lonely and vulnerable enough to fall for these scam artists. One of the tale-tell signs is that they were asking her for the donations on a gift card! When was the last time you made a donation to a reputable charity using a gift card? For poor Tina, she even believed she was getting engaged to the Poison frontman. Bret Michaels has taken to social media and warned his fans that he will never ask them for money and to be aware that scumbag imposters are always on the prowl~
(source Dr. Phil via YouTube)
