The 'Tinder Swindler' is a lesson to Kenyans to stop being vulnerable with strangers online

This past week, nearly everyone was talking about the Tinder Swindler documentary. I have not watched it and have no plan to do so since the script is all too familiar. I know such experiences like the back of my hand. I have not swindled but I have heard similar stories in Kenya, some of them from the horses’ mouths.  They are similar to what I have written here before when advising the boy child who has also suffered from female swindlers on and off social media.

Boy child get requests to send fare to strangers whom they have never met or even send money not knowing sometimes they send to fellow men who have used a beautiful picture of a lady as their profile. Many have suffered, especially on dating sites.

What I usually advise them is that when the deal is too good then it is a trap. It is the same way when you go to a bar and ladies approach you then be careful, as you are not the most handsome person in that club. So when you accept a friend request from a lady on social media and then she asks for lunch or help please unfriend as soon as possible. You will not lose anything.