Journ*lists posting their Ls online

>I used to think I could never get scammed. I’m way too smart for that. I’ve got a degree from journ*lism school. And I read tons of newspapers and books. I know what’s going on in the world. There’s just no way a scammer could outsmart me, right?

>Because con artists don’t outsmart you. They “out-feel” you. They use your emotions to gain entry into your life so they can rob you.

>In 2017, I became the victim of a professional con artist, a woman named “Mair Smyth,” who very quickly burrowed deep into my psyche and systematically scammed me out of almost $100,000 using a sophisticated series of confidence tricks.

>I’m a gay man, so she couldn’t use s*x to ensnare me. Her lures were much more creative and sinister.

>My con artist tricked me into believing my neighbor was a criminal on the run from authorities in Canada. So I avoided her like the plague. She then convinced my neighbor that I was mentally ill. So my neighbor avoided me.