After discovering that her boyfriend was stealing money from her after the end of the relationship, she broke up with him. Then, she decided to expose and shame him on Facebook. After sharing the wrongdoings of her ex-boyfriend, a few other jilted and frauded former lovers began to appear.
Catherine Blackett, 22 years old, posted photos of her ex-boyfriend Thomas Raven, who’s 20 years her senior, on social media after he allegedly signed up for store cards under her name. Since the two broke up, Raven had been racking up debts with Blackett’s name, the SWNS News reports.
Blackett, of course, was straight-up angry, especially when Raven got away with basically a slap on the wrist by legal authorities. Blackett reported him and his actions to the police, but to her surprise only gave Raven a warning. He even confessed of his actions regarding fraud and forgery.
Since the law had failed to bring justice to her, she decided to take the matters into her own hands. Blackett posted two photos of Raven on Facebook with a glowing warning to all women living in England to watch out for this fraudulent man.
Blackett wrote of him, “He’ll bleed you dry.”
She added, “I know posting this won’t benefit me, I’ve already lost my fight with him but I hate the thought of him getting away with it again.”
A few moments later, Blackett’s Facebook post shaming Raven received quite a handful of comments from other women. One of the comments affirmed that Raven is a “douche.”
Blackett said, “I wanted to warn others and I’m so glad I did.”
Blackett, who’s from Somercotes, Derbyshire, was now added to the increasing victims of fraud by people they meet through online dating. According to data obtained by SWNS, National Fraud Intelligence Bureau reports that 4,000 people had filed a report regarding scams.
The total damages of all of the complaints had amounted to 40 million UK pounds. That’s just last year.
Blackett and Raven met each other after the latter messaged the former on Facebook. The two moved in together after Blackett broke up with her former boyfriend. She started expressing concerns after he bought things using their joint credit card. The credit card was only to be used for emergencies.
Blackett said, “He told me he’d pay it back and not make a big deal.”
It was too late for Blackett. Raven had already bought enough things under her name, stacked up debt after debt, and after they broke up, collection companies began calling her.
Debbie Mason, a woman who saw Blackett’s post, said, “I wish I’d never met him. My advice to anyone is stay away.”
