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I talked to him for part of a day by SMS. He turned into a ghost thereafter. He can spell and punctuate, which is fantasy material these days. Other than that, I cannot speak to whether he's real or not.

No

He hit me up; saw he was out of the country and didn't respond

This one lasted two and a half days of his two week agreed upon trial stay. I had to remove the toilet seat to fully clean it. I keep seeing these profiles that are suggesting the would be houseboys are homeless. Yikes.

An utter disaster. Nothing he had said before coming was true; he turned out to be long term homeless with only the clothing on his back and no interest in doing anything but occupying space. Sent him on his way immediately.

Well, I take that back. He showed up, just two weeks later.

At least here in Houston, doublelist is nearly entirely populated by deeply closeted men who can only access their desires by pretending to be women...

Another scammer - Seeking 4339 - goes by Tyler. Got me for the price of a non-refundable bus ticket for an initial visit. Dropped out of communication immediately thereafter. Even got a state ID from him that seemed to legitimize everything. Oh, well.

Explanations and hot pics aside, sending someone a $1200 PayPal money request after the exchange of a couple of chat messages would normally and reasonably push anyone into doubt - jaded or not. To associate my recoiling both at funding a request for $1200 for some pretty pictures (no discussion of travel or meeting had yet been had) and at further discussion with being parsimonious or without resources is just shaming behavior that is not grounded in reality. I will say that the shock of such behavior, along with that of "Iambronson" has caused me to be jaded enough to terminate and frequently report any conversation with someone who asks for money when there has been no substantive conversation about meeting, agreements, arrangements and such. I will proudly wear a t-shirt emblazoned with "Jaded Old Bastard" if that's how it is to be viewed.

Another one to watch out for - "Educated Helper". After an afternoon of messages being exchanged, he sent me a PayPal request for $1400 to "help" him with his internet and mobile phone bill.

"Iambroson"'s new handle is "kbronsony" - don't even engage with him

Iambronson has himself a new profile and screen name. Same picture though.

He's still at it. Dunlap Tennessee. Exact same story. His current HB user ID is 2bhappnva3

Just spent weeks talking to Stokesys - Verified him on FB, did a background check, talked to him endlessly - fell for the same scam. His non-refundable air ticket for today went unused. Not a peep out of him since I told him I wouldn't send him any more money until he got here. I think that the most salient point is - don't send a red cent more than you can afford to lose, and you got value from your "purchase" in the fantasy of some handsome young man making you feel, for a few short days, like you still had some value as a relationship partner.