Met this guy on the Hinge app last weekend - went by the name of Thomas Kyle. 38 years old originally from Brazil but living in the UK. Similar sob story as the other posters. Parents both died in a car crash when we was 18 and had to start living life on his own. Caught his girlfriend cheating on him with his friend 16 months ago and been single ever since.
Said he was in the Royal Navy and currently stationed in Portsmouth, UK. Doesn’t know how long for. Can’t video or voice call due to security reasons. But then could video call because he was down the gym - only lasted one second as was ‘got cut off for security reasons’ but he wanted to ‘prove’ he was real. What I saw on the screen was a still photo of a random guy at the gym.
Then he said he just heard his WiFi was going to get cut off, but they were told they could pay £116 to keep access. Said it would kill him emotionally if he couldn’t talk to me, implying he wasn’t going to pay and that I should.
I blocked him. Then I received a message from another person (Peter) posing as his friend asking why I blocked him. I blocked him too. Reported to Hinge and the Action Fraud Police.
Mobile numbers used:
Thomas Kyle: +44 7883 246 017
Peter: +44 7888 877446
Photos attached. If you look closely, some are of different people. Most are of Mike Hall but others are attempts to find look-alikes.