Woman Catfished by Bee Gees' Barry Gibb Impersonator, Scammed

A girl has been catfished by somebody impersonating Bee Gees’ legend Barry Gibb, and scammed out of 1000’s of {dollars} from her retirement fund, in addition to cash donated by the musician’s followers.

Catfished simply shared the story on their YouTube channel yesterday (Oct. 4). The girl, whose title is Wanda, believed that she was in a web-based relationship with Gibb for a while. Wanda claims she went on one in all Gibb’s internet pages at some point and clicked on a button that gave her the choice to message him.

They started exchanging messages, and Wanda admitted she did not consider it was him at first. The person appearing as Gibb declined her request for a video chat, and stated that he’d been blackmailed by a fan as soon as after talking with them by way of video.

“Then it began getting actually intimate, and we began actually chatting and speaking about visiting and stuff like that,” Wanda defined, including that she’d by no means been charmed by somebody that manner earlier than, and that his messages began to get extra sexual over time.

Wanda was conscious that Gibb was married, and upon looking, found that he was nonetheless together with his spouse, Linda Grey. The couple married in 1970 and have 5 youngsters collectively, in addition to seven grandchildren. However, Wanda stated that the Gibb impersonator advised her he was going to go away his spouse for her, and satisfied her to begin on the lookout for a home for them to maneuver into collectively in Oregon.

The particular person pretending to be Gibb launched Wanda to their good friend Aaron Williams, who was apparently a realtor, and despatched him a complete of $11,000 from her retirement fund to pay for the home that she thought she was going to reside in with Gibb.

As time went on, the impersonator made a number of excuses as to why they could not meet Wanda in particular person but, together with that they did not have entry to their cash and so they did not need individuals to find out about it. Thus, that they had followers make donations to an account that Wanda was then capable of switch again to them by way of MoneyGram and PayPal. She forwarded a complete of $20,000 to the pretend Gibb, which they advised her was going to assist get by way of the divorce.

“He ended up signing a contract to do a business, however the business by no means got here out. I assume he handed out through the business and ended up within the hospital,” Wanda continued, recalling a number of different incidents that occurred afterward.

“Gibb” continued to place off doing any sort of video name or voice name with Wanda, assuring her that they’d be collectively quickly in particular person. But, she held onto the idea that this particular person was Gibb as a result of the connection made her really feel actually good, and she or he had a “intestine feeling” that it actually was him.

Happily, Catfished was capable of persuade her to cease sending cash to this particular person. The workforce reached out to the realtor that listed the home in Oregon that Wanda and Gibb have been supposed to maneuver into, and found that it was nonetheless available on the market, and that no funds had been acquired.

Moreover, a put up on Gibb’s verified Fb web page, which was written by the musician’s son Stephen, warned that there had been different accounts impersonating his father.

“I’m posting on his behalf in the present day because it appears there are a number of profiles pretending to be Dad on Fb and different social media platforms. Please report and block these rip-off artists to the platform,” the put up learn.

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The Catfished workforce then confirmed Wanda current footage of Gibb and his spouse that proved they’re nonetheless married. Wanda was evidently dissatisfied by the conclusion.

Poor Wanda.

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