Bumble match ghosted me, reappeared months later, and asked for ₹15k the day after our first date. Scam or just massive red flags?
Hey guys, I need some outside perspective on this situation because my alarm bells are ringing, but I want to see if I’m overthinking it.
Here’s the timeline:
I matched with this girl on Bumble about 3 or 4 months ago. We moved the chat to WhatsApp, but after a bit, she got "busy" and practically ghosted me. I didn't push it and just let it go.
Fast forward to recently: out of the blue, she texts me asking how I am. We get to talking again and decide to meet up. I initially pitched just going for a walk, but she insisted we go out for dinner instead. We ended up going to a cafe in Koramangala. For context, she said she works as a Data Analyst at one of the big e-commerce companies here in India, so she makes decent money.
The date itself was... interesting. When the bill came, she suddenly got super absorbed in her phone and looked entirely distracted. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and just paid for it without asking her to split.
After dinner, we took a walk. The conversation was mostly fine, but there was a weird recurring theme: she kept boasting about how many guys hit on her, how she ignores all these dudes in her office, and basically flexing her roster.
Then comes today. I get a message from her. She’s claiming an "emergency at home," says she's out of money for the month, and is asking me to send her ₹15k, promising to return it by month-end because "I know her home location."
I obviously denied the request. I just told her I had already loaned money to some friends and didn't have the cash on hand.
But I want to know what you guys think. Is this a genuine emergency, some weird test, or just a glaring field of red flags? Has anyone else experienced this kind of scam in Bangalore?
TL;DR: Matched on Bumble, ghosted, she re-enters my life months later. Went to dinner, she dodged the bill, bragged about other guys, and asked for 15k the next day for an "emergency."