Ladies,
While professionally circulating the other week, I met a guy who was socially awkward but raised a few red flags. Even the other men were put off by him. They felt something was off.
Those instincts have all been proven correct. He's all over the place.
This dude is not all there. I saw a post on LinkedIn of him begging a woman to reply to his message, then I saw his LI post about feeling persecuted for belonging to a group called..."Men are the prize". Yup... Yup. He's posting this nonsense on a professional networking site.
He left a long rambling voicemail on a colleague's phone (male) and then sent 3 follow up texts to him. We decided not to pursue his application to our group.
Since then, we refunded his money and suggested a few other groups he could try. He immediately texted and emailed me and the other two guys. He stopped replying to them and has focused on me. I've received 4 whatsapp messages (1 deleted), he told me he knew I blocked him via text and LinkedIn, and has stopped since I didn't reply. I left him on read
A male colleague who was dealing with this guy too said he believes he's targeting me because I'm a woman and he thinks he can guilt and bully me. He sent two manipulative messages about meeting up and replying back to him while I was on the phone with my colleague. I read them out loud and he immediately said it sounds like pick up artistry BS.
Thankfully he has no idea where I live or what car I drive, and he lives at least an hour away,
Oh ladies! Another huge red flag? He refused to drive more than halfway to meet me (don't worry we aren't meeting, this was back when he tried to guilt and bully me into meeting at the time he wanted).
Every pang of FDS radar was spot on. This has been awesome to test myself and my boundaries.
On a side note; LinkedIn is used a lot in hacking schemes. Hackers get in touch with people on the site and social engineer information out of them. It is not smart to have all your employers contact information in one place and connected. LinkedIn is a security concern.
Men are the prize like that cheap toy you get for 100 tickets at an arcade is the prize
Yea, these guys just escalate w any form of engagement w their target. Ignoring them and not responding no matter what is the only way for these guys who can't let go to let go
Wow… sometimes I wish LinkenIn would remove posts that don’t related to employment or job hunting (there are a ton of social networking sites to post to, but people want to post their personal BS on a professional networking site, for some reason), but on the other hand, it’s a good way to filter out weirdos like this guy.