I have run into that a time to two. I shut them down fast, not interested. Tell your friend to grow up and own his own stuff.

Sounds legit. And did he mention his friend's fortune in the Czech bank account that he can't access right now, but if you front him 4 grand for expenses he can pay you back $30k?

Based on his friend's writing, he wouldn't be up to your standards anyway.

You are right to not want to live in the South. I came to Tennessee some years ago. It is not "deep" South, but it is Southern enough to make me grit my teeth sometimes. When the opportunity presents itself, I would like to move to Wenatchee, Washington, to be near my sister in a sane state.

Things I don't like about Tennessee: rednecks, ignorance, republicans, confederate flags, religion, loud vehicles, smokers, hot and buggy summers, littering, speeding, racism, sexism, Trump signs, strangers who remove my Biden signs, etc., etc., etc.

There are some things I like about Tennessee, but my dislikes outweigh my likes. Washington is the opposite: my likes outweigh my dislikes.

That one stinks so bad I can smell it from here!

You do keep racking them up Kathleen ,or maybe your one of the few that actually posts about it,but it is good you do, for those that do not to see that they are not alone in this

Another Nigerian scam! I guess they ran out of model pictures to post online as profile pictures and are trying the wing man approach. It is probably best not to answer at all. If you take the time to replay you go on the maybe list.
It hasn't happened lately, but before all the social media started up I was getting the most lovely emails from damsels in distress, who sent me beautiful pictures of themselves and lovely stories. Sometimes I would write to them for a while, just to see how long it took them to ask for money. One wrote back and forth to me for almost a month before suddenly needing financial help to get back to her family.
I pretty much stopped online love searching after I almost got jammed with a expensive scam on Foreign Brides.com. A friend of mine met his current wife on there, so I thought I would give it a try. I started to get suspicious about the way things were going and did some online research and found a couple of guys who had lost thousands of dollars to the same scammer. That cured me!

Same scenario has happened to me several times. Of course it's a scam. They're so obvious that when I see people on TV that are pulled in by these type of things, I think they have to be the most naive or desperate people on the face of the Earth. I don't even respond to them. Ever. Same as the ones that simply send you hello pretty. Or you have a beautiful smile. When I'm not even smiling in my pictures. Or the ones that definitely do not have any command of the English language. So many scammers out there. One learns how to spot them fairly quickly. It gets so old.

Hmm! I smell something fishy here. In the words of Captain Black Adder: " I smell something fishy and I don't mean the content of Baldricks's apple crumble." I agree with your reply and think that he comes across as bit of a creep.

WTF

If I might comment twice on this issue, I'm once again in Meet Me tonight to find yet another "something" after me. The single picture of the girl is about 20 years old and from New York. (This part usually stays the same.) I honestly believe it was an AI because some things were not understood readily and were asked twice. Distance in the "relationship" did not matter, I was told. The goal is to get me to download Whatsap so we can be together. I played along until the suspected bot gave up. This may not be an exact "pimping out" but I find it similar. Rather than someone else setting you up, someone or something on the Meet Me site is doing it.

Once again WE are the product. The goal is to sell us something and even steal your information along the way. Whether you play along for fun or not always beware in this sort of situation.

Something wrong with his writing and word choices. Maybe the scam was that it's the guy himself hiding behind an imaginary friend. Who knows? I get similar things in Meet Me. Usually what they are trying to set me up with is an app. Then there are those who think you have to visit a completely different site to exchange phone numbers. Just join the site and my info will be on the second page. Paid by the click and by the download. It's now a way of life.

Tried various dating sites. Got tired of the "send pictures" and obvious form letters. Oh, and the "what do you like sexually" letter as an introduction.

I have a number of hammers to choose from... Stalkers and people that invade my private life are worthy of the cheapest hammer.

I could understand it if the friend he was wanting to introduce you to lived in your geographic area, but you're right that seems a bit odd and doesn't make a lot of sense.

You don't need it

I fear dear lady that that liaison would be destined to fail, as I suspect you are not closely related enough to him.
Have a little listen...

I had that situation where the best friend requested information about me for his very shy friend. : - ). Ha scammers. I think that dating sites are not for real and honest people.

Yeah, I've seen that multiple times myself. I don't get it either.

VERY typical approach used by scammers to get your personal info.

I've had several responses worded almost exactly like this.

This sounds like the exact same message you got a couple of months ago.