Has any one else had this done to them?

'used' in what way? Cyber communities are for entertainment in my mind.

You mean...someone played you?

are you a nice guy

I will try to make this as short as possible. Woman contacts me, we go through emails all most 10 a day 8 days she want to know every thing about me .Which is fine, she asked when and how my wife died how the kids reacted ect. I mean nothing was missed . She was a little sparce on her end. The she says that my email are slow in return I told her besides my business to run, I can't type use one pencil to peck these out. She asks for ph.# the the call's come round the clock and the ones at night were quite disturbing. I even commented that we were not at that level.Then during one call a man's voice on the other end is yelling with her, she hangs up.Her call # was allways blocked ID. So I email and asked what happened. I am rudely told that she is just finishing her second divorce and her new live in boyfriend had a fight and she was bored! I was blocked from sending my reply to that info!
Has any one else had this happen?

Not the same thing, but I have certainly been used for "entertainment." Most likely everyone here has at one point or another in varying forms. Unfortunately, there are plenty of folks out there who enjoy this sort of thing. But there are plenty of other genuinely nice people. Don't give up!

As you can see by my joined date I am cyber rookie, so how do you know if the other person is for real? I poured my heart out to this woman for just her entertainment. This is normal?

Take it slowly and don't give out your phone number for a long long
time. There are a lot of IDIOTS out there that have nothing better to do then to play games with people. Go slow is my best advice and you may want to change your phone number.

Ms Teddy
Thanks but I cant change # it is my business #,signs,cards,invoices and website etc. Customers know it by heart!
Besides she had seen it on web site when she asked what I did for living nothing to hide. She probably asked for it to verify what I was telling her? She wanted name rank and serial #, all I got was probably fake name and blocked phone#!
Boy is cyber dating exciting !

Never ever give serial # out ever...

Its got scammer wrote all over it!

Sorry that happened to you, please be careful in the future.

I have never had a date from the internet...

I haven't figured out how to tell yet myself. If you find out, let me know! All I can say is to take things slowly and be cautious. It is a risk, but you never know when the risk might pay off!

Ms Teddy
You have not had one date? Your joined date shows April o7, boy am I stupid. I am only on 7-8 week's and she had me thinking I hit the one, she knew all the right stuff to say.
Typical rookie mistake I hope or you guy's rolling on the floor laughing!

Not laughing here at all, and yep I have been here 2 years.
Not a lot of men in my area in my age range etc...
I fell for some crap on myspace when I first got on the net myself.
We live we learn I guess.
But don't give up! Lots of good people here, make some friends,
and perhaps you will find that one special Lady you are searching for.

The first thing to watch for is the use of the English language. If it's not right then they are out of the country probably sitting next to a bunch of other scammers.

Sucker!!

2 words for you man, "She Crazy!!"...

Sorry that happened to you, but I agree with the rest, go really slow and don't give out too much information. A lot of us have been played by some really well trained players on the internet. She was obviously not new at it, blocking her phone # and all. It does hurt to be used. I got played for 10 months when I first came on here, the guy contacted me 3 days after my brother died (I had posted about it and was upset), he knew I was feeling down and "ripe for the picking." Found out he was dating/sleeping with a married woman for the last 3 months he was talking to me, and they "were in love." Figure they deserve each other. I saw signs and ignored them, but hopefully will not ignore them again.

I have run into tons of scammers too, if you want help identifying them, drop me a line and I will try to help you sort through them.

Don't give up on this place, stay in the forums and talk to people and make some good friends. There are a lot of good people on here. Take care.

Wow, lot's of compassion here. Obviously never been hurt by anyone.

I have chatted with a few gals here and other sites. Really only one that was questionable. The others I knew as soon as I saw their profile it was 'scam time'
24, blond, beautiful, single, no kids.
And first contacts a 50 yr old twice divorced guy many miles away.

I recommend making friends. I have been online for 10 years now. I love the friends I have made. They are more like family to me than family. If I meet that special someone great if not I have not lossed anything but have gained a lot when it comes to friends.