News: Gay dating apps used by attackers to trap victims in Ireland

Goosey

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Attackers in Cork in Ireland are using gay dating apps to lure their victims into meeting.
LGBT people in Cork have been warned to stay safe on dating apps after attackers use sites to lure victims.

Cork resident Louise O’Donnell made a Facebook post warning gay people after her friend was attacked by a date he met online, the Irish Examiner reports.

The post said: “Unfortunately, there is a group or groups of young people in Cork carrying out organised beatings against members of this community. Posing as young men and women on different sites including Tinder, Plenty of Fish and Grindr, they aim to get young gay and lesbians alone in secluded areas of the city to carry out vicious assaults.”

Her friend met up with a man after they had arranged a date on a dating app. When he arrived four or five men got out of a van and tried to attack him but he got away.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/02/1...ms-in-ireland/

Can't_M!ss_This

You gotta be careful kids!

conatus

this is sad.

HausOfCarlos

wtf, I hope those groups get caught
this world seriously is wrong like, why do you even care that much?

GreasyBruce

Horrible, I hope they're thrown in prison

They probably left quite a trail of digital data that the police could follow

Remember always meet people from those apps in a PUBLIC, well lit where there will be other people

Airhead

This has happened alot in Chicago.
Guys thinking they meeting up for sex and get robbed for phone and money.
Most be embarrassed to report it to the police.

ImmaSlave4u

That is so disgusting and so sad

Goosey

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Originally posted by GreasyBruce

Remember always meet people from those apps in a PUBLIC, well lit where there will be other people

If you meet them in public, people might figure you're gay. Better to choose a dark forest trail or a secluded industrial area.

Rihinvention

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Originally posted by GreasyBruce

Remember always meet people from those apps in a PUBLIC, well lit where there will be other people

Yep. Also a good way to confirm they're real is to ask them to take a selfie with your name written on a piece of paper. Tell them you'll do the same with their name to prove you're real. If they get defensive, just say "I'm just being smart." We all have smartphones with working cameras, so if they come up with excuses like "I can't find a piece of paper/pen" or "my cameras not working" then they're fake. It's so easy to weed out the fakes now.

gilded_butterfly

Russia, ha impact!
On a serious note, I feel so sorry for those getting harassed and beat up!
Thank god I don't live in a backwards country like so many others do, really makes me appreciate where I am even if it's not the best country in the world.

Scandal & Media

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Originally posted by Goosey

If you meet them in public, people might figure you're gay. Better to choose a dark forest trail or a secluded industrial area.

Reza

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Originally posted by HausOfCarlos

wtf, I hope those groups get caught
this world seriously is wrong like, why do you even care that much?

in many countries gay people are considered criminals and beaten. the government actively seeks openly gay people out as well as blames them for much of the corrupted youth.

Wonderland

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Originally posted by Rihinvention

Yep. Also a good way to confirm they're real is to ask them to take a selfie with your name written on a piece of paper. Tell them you'll do the same with their name to prove you're real. If they get defensive, just say "I'm just being smart." We all have smartphones with working cameras, so if they come up with excuses like "I can't find a piece of paper/pen" or "my cameras not working" then they're fake. It's so easy to weed out the fakes now.

Thank you for this gem. I'll use it from now on when I'm doubtful

princedonte

Why can't they just let us be.

Jay Fenty

Goosey watchu be up to?

BudBud

lol why does the gays have them so bothered that they have to go to that level

KawaiiBadBitch

they do that in the middle east but instead of random homophobic people its actually the police and they would put u in jail and make u pay a fine and probably get raped in prison

Auraeolux

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Originally posted by Rihinvention

Yep. Also a good way to confirm they're real is to ask them to take a selfie with your name written on a piece of paper. Tell them you'll do the same with their name to prove you're real. If they get defensive, just say "I'm just being smart." We all have smartphones with working cameras, so if they come up with excuses like "I can't find a piece of paper/pen" or "my cameras not working" then they're fake. It's so easy to weed out the fakes now.

I think that's what people used to do in PYP.

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They must have some sick deep seated hatred for gays to actually plan that kind of trap and go through with it. It's not some spontaneous action. Hope they get sent to jail.

classiccity98

Horrible thats time they could be using to better themselves but instead theyre just gaybashing.

Benjamin

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Originally posted by Rihinvention

Yep. Also a good way to confirm they're real is to ask them to take a selfie with your name written on a piece of paper. Tell them you'll do the same with their name to prove you're real. If they get defensive, just say "I'm just being smart." We all have smartphones with working cameras, so if they come up with excuses like "I can't find a piece of paper/pen" or "my cameras not working" then they're fake. It's so easy to weed out the fakes now.

But I stood on my phone and it cracked right through the middle of the camera, does that mean that I'm now a fake?