One day, I was walking outside my residence.to do something, I don't remember, and I sawhis face, I thought to myself, Wow, he must belonelų. He's alone, all by himself.
All of a sudden, he wanted to talk to me. Ifelt odd because I'm not much of a talker, butI didn't want to be rude, so I sat with him andtalked. He was smiling very big.
I didn't understand why he had that big smile.on him, but I smiled back, thinking nothingwas wrong with our conversation. He thenasked for my number, which I said was okay. Ninetimes out of ten, people ignore me after I givethis to them, so I thought he would be one ofthem.
was wrong.
We talked by phone and by text. It wasinnocent at first, name exchange, and smalltalk. I had a lot of doctor's appointments due to an accident in the hospital, so I couldn't talk to him all the time. Soon after that, he called me his angel. I was confused. We had just met.recently, so why call me an angel so soon?
Then came the love part at the end. Is thisHow do friends communicate with each other?I didn't know because I'm awkward about making friends. After that came the creepy part. He was texting me often, saying it's good that I'm working on myself with my problems, but he misses me. I might be overreacting, but I was uncomfortable with all of this.
I wrote back a few times, saying I'm sorry.to not talk to him, but I was busy withtherapy and my workload. He says heunderstands, but he really misses me andwishes we could talk soon. It was like he wasobsessed over me. I didn't pick it up at thetime, but this was the start of my troubles.
Then he said we could'make it work'. I didntunderstand and asked him what he meant.by it. He quickly changed the subject. He,called me a sweetheart, saying I have asweet voice.. I was uncomfortable with thecomplements, but I ignored the feeling. Ithought he was just overly friendly.
Again, I was wrong.
He wanted us to hang out at his house. I|I ignored the danger signs because I finallyfound a friend to hang with. We madearrangements and everything to just hangout. I thought watching TV and listening toMusic would be fun, but that wasn't on hismind when he invited me.
In my text, I asked him to help me withsomething. I honestly don't remember what itwas because then he took my walker away. Icouldn't walk far without it. I asked him whatHe wanted to do...
He said he wanted to make love to me.
I froze as he put his head between my chests. I thought it was holy. Fucking . hell, what have I gotten into? ...and thought of an idea to not get myself hurt too badly. I thought to just do what he wanted to do. I couldn't scream out for help or say no because I was that scared.
He told me to take off my clothes, and I did so.out of fear. I would run, but he took the onlything I needed at the time to escape, so I justsat there, naked and afraid. He gets naked aswell and gets on top of me. He positions myweak legs to where he likes it. I was frozen.Oh no, what's happening to me?
Then he enters me. I felt him coming in and out of me, and I stared at a red monkey.hanging on the dresser. I didn't want to bemyself at the moment. I didn't want to feelpain. I didn't want to feel him assaulting me. Ididn't want to feel anything.
He then puts his finger inside me. All of thesudden I felt this. this good or bad feeling downthere. It turns out three months later.asking questions I had my first orgasm. Ididn't like that he took the one thing I saved.for a future loved one. I felt confused andbroken.
He made me touch him as he sucked on my breast and puts his hand down there. He feltweirdly soft, and I was shaking inside withanxiety. I didn't want to do this. I wanted him. to stop. I wanted to say stop, but my voicebecame nonexistent. I cried on the inside.
After my ordeal was over, I lied and said, wanted to go to sleep. In truth, I wanted tosleep forever. I was so depressed, and I feltguilty, even though it wasn't my fault that IThis happened. I was drained emotionally.to run now, even if I wanted to.
It hurt so much.
When I got back home, I dialed 988 and toldthem everything. They suggested that they tellsomeone in the morning. I did tell someone.the next morning. I told my wonderful andawesome counselor, and she helped mealot. She called the police, and I went to thehospital. I thought it would soon be over.
Again, I was wrong. I hated that feeling.
A male doctor looked at me down there andI crushed the SANE nurse's hand because itpainful physically and emotionally, andmentally at the same time. I hated myself.so much. Then the detectives came in. Theyasked me questions about my assault. Icouldn't tell them the intimate words, but toldthem everything.
yet he was never arrested. After only twoweeks of investigation, they dismissed it.because he claimed that he didn't know thatHe hurt me. I was devastated to say the least.I started to get nightmares and had thouğhtsof suicide constantly. I frequently cut myself.to not feel the pain of what was taken fromme. I did everything right, yet I'm beingpunished for my assault.
I wanted so badly to have justice, but forFor some reason, I didn't want him to kill himself.because he said he was before, when he toldme things. In some twisted way, I cared for his safety and almost didn't report him.
Was I overreacting?
I was questioning my assault. Was I wrong toreport him? I never fought him off, and I had an orgasm, which I didn't know what an orgasm was, so somehow I liked having sex with him? And people liked him enough.I was very confused. After he came by thisyear, I became scared for my life. He doesn'tI live near by, so this was scarų to me. I startedtaking anxiety medicine to just get out of thehouse.
I started carrying a safety alarm just in case.He comes by and wants to hurt me. I becameparanoid and scared that he'll come by again.It was so bad that I begged to be hospitalized.to get away from the stress and anxiety. Iwas so bad off that I was readų to commitsuicide...
...and I didn't want that.
Nowadays, I'm not 100% better, but a tiny bit.stronger than before, when I was assaulted.I'm still learning that it wasn't my fault that Iwasn't assaulted by this monster, nor did I likethe assault. Mų bodų was trying to protect me from further harm.
I'm still learning that I can trust men.without having flashbacks of my assault. Also, learning to trust people who let him in is hard. I fear everything about it, but it doesn'tdefine me as being weak..just cautious of theunknown.
I have coping skills that I use to distract.the memories. I also have therapy, and myawesome support team to talk to wheneverI'm in need of that very support.
One day, I'll get to be the best I can be. I justneed to heal first.
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A few times my business line was WhatsApp video called by men all from Asia/India who were literally performing sexual acts live in the videos.
At first, it was shocking, distressing to see and annoying. Then I realized that I did not in any way deserve that kind of intrusive and offensive behavior, nor did I invite them. The only reason they helped themselves to my private space was because I had literally opened the door to these perverts by putting our business mobile number on LinkedIn. And if someone really wanted to, they could find it on my website.
I noted their names, because some they proudly shared them, like I was supposed to be super excited to hear from them. I reported and blocked them on social media. And I also removed my number from LinkedIn. This seems to have solved the offensive sexual advances.
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SCAM ALERT - WOMEN BEWARE! I received an email from someone claiming to be Paul Wagner (sincere empathy to all of the real Paul Wagners on LinkedIn.). The person who emailed me at my work email address appears to be named Jean Nadeau, not Paul Wagner (the pictures match but I'm not tagging him in this post in case he's actually a victim of identity theft). Whomever the person is, he is not a connection of mine on LinkedIn, and he is apparently using the fact that he is not a connection as a "loophole."
After getting over the initial shock of someone contacting me directly for romantic purposes, followed by me overthinking what to do about it next, I decided to check to further into the person and story before responding. I found several sites with other women talking about being approached on LinkedIn and through other platforms.
This fake Paul Wagner, AKA Jean Nadeau, AKA who really knows, has been doing this for at least two years. Over a year ago, someone blogged about her experience and the email that he sent her. It was essentially identical to mine. One of the pictures he sent me was the same as what he sent her and others.
LinkedIn allegedly informed the person who wrote the below warning blog post that they can't really do anything about it because he is not reaching out through the platform itself. In any case, please be aware if you receive any direct emails that read similar to the wording in this person's article, please know that it came from a "catfisher." https://lnkd.in/eqXpwiuf
#scam, #catfish #identitytheft #linkedin
I have received a good number of unsolicited messages on LinkedIn from profiles that appear fake. In this case, it was true. I received this message and 2 days later, before I had a chance to deal with it, the profile was gone and just said "LinkedIn User". If something looks fishy, it probably is.
This was the FIRST DM
Hi,
I noticed your impressive profile in a group we share, and I wanted to reach out to connect!
I've spent over 14 years studying, researching, launching multiple companies, some past the 7-figure mark in under 18 months. Currently I am working with a select handful of spiritual entrepreneurs, execs, visionaries and other coaches that want to exponentially grow their business this year while clearing themselves of blocks and stepping fully into their purpose.
Recently I got an email from someone asking me to explain what I do - how I get results from people in such a short time. This was my response to him:
I can see 'inside' people...from a soul, pathway, past-life and personal development perspective, into their energetic body and into their history. I shift energy, working as a past-life spiritual and energetic intuitive and leveraging shamanic and spiritual gifts that I was given (not taught). And...then we work on building the business from a more truthful, aligned place and looking at the nuts and bolts of business creation.
This is an entirely new approach to business creation, and I don't know a single person who has worked with me who hasn't come out dramatically changed. The same hold true for their business.
We ALL have hidden blocks in some way, if only just past experiences that we are healing from which have informed our personality and how we approach life, and every time we are evolving into a new state these need to be looked at. That's a gift, and not an issue, and it doesn't indicate there is something wrong with someone - just part of a process of unfolding into the next stage of ourselves.
Then...we build the business. And it's being built from a real place. That's a very different experience, and the results are entirely new too.
I've picked a handful of people that I would like to gift with a complimentary 30-minute Strategy Session. These sessions are valued at $397, I selected you because I think we could be a very good fit together.
In this session, I'll laser-focus in to identify your hidden personal and business blocks, and how we can quickly clear them. Then, if we both feel we're a good fit to work together, I'll spend an additional 15 minutes with you going over my coaching packages and pricing.
I am saving your session for you. Let's make this happen! Here's the scheduling link:
So I offered to help my brother with his new landscaping company and his business partner is always making sexual advances. I live in another state so he texts me things like "Hey good morning sunshine, it's Tony your Mandago - if you kick it with me your life will be a dream!" or dirtier versions of that. When I get on the phone to talk business it always ends up with him hitting on me. I've asked him to stop several times and he will stop for a day or two and then start up again by sending me selfies. He's in his 60's! and I'm a decade younger. I told my brother a few times and then it stops for a bit but it always comes back to that. My brother finally told him he was no longer allowed to speak with me and I haven't heard from him in a few weeks. It sucks because I want to help my brother out but this guy is being an a$$.
I'm trying to make real connections on LinkedIn but more often than not, as soon as I get a connection I'm spammed with a novel sales pitch that I didn't ask for. No one wants to connect just for networking purposes any more - unless it's through a genuine friend. Any strangers are only in it to see what you want. Then as soon as you say no, they drop you. No further discussions or talk of meeting, having a call or collaboration. And I'm ghosted. So over it!
My name’s Andrea from Pivot CMO - a boutique, performance marketing firm. As we’re seeing the industry diversify away from Facebook/IG post iOS 14.5 we’ve been seeing growth potential and missed opportunities for companies like Some Talented People on TikTok.
We were agency #3 to join the TikTok pilot program in January 2020 and because of this we have access to TikTok’s beta features that most individual company accounts don’t have. This includes:
• Multi-session dev pixel with server-side conversion tracking (similar to Facebook's CAPI
• Catalog / dynamic product ads
• Access to City targeting
• Spark Ads (boosting organic or influencer content)
• Uploading email / phone number based custom audiences without device ID - can be used for retargeting or Lookalike audiences
Would definitely be great to dive deeper and talk more about your brand and how we can potentially work together. We’re also happy to do an ad account audit, free of charge, to provide more tailored-fit strategies for Some Talented People. Will this week be good for you for an initial call? You can also pick some time using this booking link.
Email marketing success is straight forward. But there is one guaranteed way of email marketing failure that I see again and again!
I'm David Hazzard - Co-founder of ZoomMail Email Marketing. ZoomMail is a UK company with over 20 years experience in email marketing.
I see every sort of email, every week. From newsletters to direct emails like this one.
A newsletter email will be graphic and brand heavy. They tend to be impersonal, they may have "Hi Jonathan" in their content but that's it. Its from the organisation's marketing department and its aim is to introduce latest products/service or special offers, driving you to their website.
Direct emails are designed to look like this one. Its a direct email to you, Jonathan. The email comes from me, David. I did click the send button, although it has gone to more than just one person, but it succeeds in the direct email appearance.
The guaranteed way of failing in email marketing, regardless of newsletter or direct email is FAILING TO SEND!. People make all sorts of excuses and come up with reasons as to why their email isn't ready and ultimately do not send their email.
Conversely, the secret to success with email marketing, regardless of marketing style is SEND! Send the email, start a new journey for your existing customers or prospects.
I'd love to catch up and find out what you are doing with your email marketing. If you fancy a chat reply to this email or schedule a call in my calendar.
Greetings ,
Hope all is fine with you Today , I apologize for complimenting the superficial first, however you did catch my eye with the beautiful glow in your smile , I'd like to get to know you more, perhaps if you don't mind, I certainly don't forbid the pleasure of being friends with a HANDSOME man like you. I will be glad if you can reply.
I understand that LinkedIn is not a place to solicit a relationship, rather a professional network for business, and I hope you accept my email with an open heart.
Please accept my apologies for not contacting you directly on LinkedIn and for infringing on your privacy. I will share more about myself upon your response.
Have a lovely week ahead!
Best Regards,
Mz Barbara
I love your smile, let's get to know each other. Can we be friends.. I've tried extending a friend request and haven't been successful.
Can you send me one?
For what purpose?
Why don't we just chat here on Facebook?
He would say I'd rather not it's personal?
Next!
Friendly I suppose:
I hope this email finds you on a good note. Are you looking to increase your sales revenue via Email Marketing? We are a B2B Email Database provider and can customize the database as per your requirement with 94% accuracy guaranteed on email deliverability.
Data Information delivered in Excel/CSV/Google Sheet file: Company Name, Web Address, Contact Person Name, Job Title, Direct Business Email Address, Contact Person City, State, Country, Zip Code, Company Phone Number, Employee Size and Primary Industry, LinkedIn URL.
Note: Mobile numbers are not included.
Here is what you get:
1.Get the Sample file to check the authenticity.
2.There is no minimum order to start with. you can acquire as much as you want.
Kindly review and let me know the following if you are interested:
1. Which Region you are targeting?
2. Which Industry/Technology sector you would like to acquire?
3. Which Title/Job Designation you would like to reach?
Please help me with the above questions, so that I can get back to you with more details in my next email.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best Regards,
This is an every day occurrence, people seem not to bother with relationship building any more:
Hope your afternoon is going smoothly.
I'm Steven, MD over at Coact, and I thought it would be beneficial for us to connect on how we can save you resources and cut your reporting time by 75%.
As Marketing Manager at xxxx company, I thought you'd be interested in how our fully customizable platform can effortlessly integrate with 20+ platforms, such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Facebook, bringing all your favourite platforms under one roof in any data format you desire.
Along with this, our hands-on support takes away the effort and acts as an extension to xxx company when it comes to producing insightful, fully customizable client reports.
I'd love to share with you how we've been collaborating with other Digital Marketing Agencies. Would you be tempted to have a quick chat early next week and potentially set up a 14-day demo version to test the tool?
Kind Regards,
This was the first unsolicited email from an unknown person:
I hope this email finds you in a good note, would you be interested in purchasing the B2B marketing database with full-filled high profiles contact information for your marketing and lead generation activities?
Regions covered: United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, and other APAC and EMEA regions as well.
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Education, Oil and Gas, Energy and utilities, Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology (including individual technology-based users list) and hence, companies from each industry.
Title: CEO, CTO, CIO, CFO, COO, CMO, CSO, CISO, Founder, Partner, Managing Director, General Manager and Head, VP, Director, Manager of (IT, Finance, HR, Operation, Sales, Marketing) etc.
We can customize the database as per your business requirement, please help me with below so that I can get back to you with exact count, quote, and sample file for your reference.
Which Region you are targeting?
Which Industry sector you would like to acquire?
Which Title/Job Designation you would like to reach?
Looking Forward to hearing from you. I hope we can make better forecast together.
People send me messages that they want to connect with me on LinkedIn. The first few messages are genuine and it seems like they are interested in my business or truly networking. And then it comes, after a week, the sale. A copy/paste of their sales pitch and it's a novel length. And when I reply no thanks I have no need for your services at this time, it's dead silence. Nothing. No more connection and I'm discarded like trash.
I enjoy connections and collaborations in business. I'm always open to hearing someone out. But this feigned interest only to sell me a blanket template of their services is a waste of time. It makes me want to close up and no longer connect with the world.
Social media has it's benefits, but the downsides can be frustrating, especially when you are an entrepreneur trying to build a business - every minute is precious. Let's try to do better for each other!
I would like to be friends with you.
He said he was a geologist found me on Alignable..I didn't find his profile
A week goes by, he says he hasn't been in touch as he is working overseas
My phone number is listen over there and now he texting me.. how did you get my number, oh it's listed on Alignable I keep asking him for his LinkedIn or Alignable link... he barely has joined he said it's under his company name.
I do a search who owns the phone #, someone from Cincinnati, Ohio.
If you want to have a chat, gave him my link to book a call with me.. he said he couldn't he might have to work.
He texted me on my phone he asks me for a picture of me.. I told him it's on Alignable & LinkedIn.. he can get from there. He sends me a picture of himself, doesn't look at all like his profile pic
Then one morning he calls me at 4:00am, wakes me up. I was mad, told me never call me again. He said, he hung up because he thought I might be asleep, do you think?
I ignore him.
Then he started to text me.. asking personal questions about me... am I married, do I want to have kids, etc. which were really none of his business. we aren't really friends.
He told me he's a widower and his 15 year old son lives with him. Oh, he's not a geologist he works in the oilfield?? another lie.
I just told him, I'm done.
He said wait, and started calling me.
Never replied back.
I didn't save any messages. Delete
