Internet scammer posing as a sex addict

…and he is out to destroy people in recovery

A few days I get this email from a guy called James, claims he is a doctor and is based in Europe. Tells me that he is a sex addict, and how closely he relates to my blog, how he needs someone to talk about his problem, how he’s tried quitting but cant quite manage. Here goes an excerpt from the email:

Reading your story just showed how things could have panned out I suppose, and I wanted to get in touch because reading your blog is a semi alter ego. I would love to talk to some people who can actually understand or relate. I’ve tried to share some of these things with friends of mine who just don’t seem to ‘get it’.

Its always nice to get encouraging comments from other readers. There were however, a few odd things about the email, although I wasn’t really concerned. First of all he claimed how he admitted his entire sex addiction problem to his girlfriend and to his friends. Doesn’t sound like the typical behavior of a sex addict!
I responded to him in a warm manner. Told him some of my stories to see if he could relate. How he can fight this problem. I get a response straight away: Once again, he tells me about how similar people we are, and how we need to unite in this struggle. As I read on, he seems to be very descriptive about prostitutes and young ladies, describing them as pleasure and how great and tempting they are. He even tells me of an encounter with an escort who claimed that she was his soulmate (A whore may give you tons of flattering compliments but she will NEVER tell a client something that warm and emotional)

At some point I realize this guy is flaky. He starts telling me how his big problem is that he is very talented at picking up women, and that he can’t avoid the temptation. Here goes one of my favorite bits

Now get this. I am a trained pick up artist. Yes. A pick up artist!I’m sure you have heard of them. And I’m very good at that. Actually I’m quite well known in it. It’s tough for me talking to you about it because not knowing who you really are, it’s one of those things that I struggle with. I talk to gorgeous women in the bar without a problem… I probably have a success rate of around 35% (from the approach to getting the sex). That’s actually pretty high.

A bit of searching and googling gave me the answers I needed. I realize this guy has some website giving advice on how to pick up women, and he seems to be getting referral money for linking with matchmaking and whoring sites.

I didn’t pursue this conversation any longer. Its obvious this guy is not a sex addict. In fact this person is out to destroy people in recovery by luring them back into their addiction. Everybody watch out and spread the world.

~ by exaddict on October 8, 2008.