Dont know if I should laugh about this or take it seriously, as I found it somewhat interesting to read and also a eye opener, personally I think they were all together and the man was the bait to fish you in and after going through the above process as you mentioned, you were convinced and it was time to bring the big fish you in.
Sorry to all that have been dupe, one way or the other.
Same thing happened to me some weeks back, but I always thought, in order for one to be dupe, you had to be careless until it happened to me.
Well if you ever be duped, I say this to you, its not your fault and there was absolutely no way you could know, so dont beat yourself, smile and move on, through experience we are able to become more vigilant and careful
Now when I look back on the last 50 years I can say I have been scammed many times - sometimes for far more money than you could imagine. But the one which had the most impact was the first one - that I described in this story. I maybe could tell 20 stories like this. For example, how I was taken to the Chinese tea festival by some nice young "students" in Shang-hai, only to get a bill for hundreds of dollars. you live and learn and get more wary as you get older and wiser.
Yes exactly anyway you could share some of these stories with us, probably when you a little bit chance, the above was really entertaining.
I cant recall the last time I had fun reading something lengthy like the above