Thanks for that. It’s an example of why AI search results are still not to be trusted.
“Due to Love’s false social media representations, search engines and artificial intelligence occasionally stated that Love was a bonafide 49ers players,” court documents state.
This also happened to one of The Eagles (bass player, I think?). Caused the guy lots of grief as I recall.
My question about the guy in the OP is how the hell a 49-year old guy can pass himself off as an NFL player???
Umm, according to BigT’s link, the fraudster was 35 years old.
People told me I should really learn to read, but did I believe them?
No!
Hey, of course a 49er must be 49 years old. That’s the rule, right?
I have a direct quote from that man shortly before his arrest.
Oh, mama…
OP here, in fairness to @Gatopescado , I did mention a second con, from a few years ago, when 49 year old James Turner was telling women he was Dante Sir Foster, a football player on the Broncos.
I met that guy. He wore very nice clothes, expensive cologne, and worked out regularly, but he was far too old to plausibly be a player. How did he manage it?
Well, for one, he clearly lied about his age,
But he also preyed on women who weren’t football fans - anybody who was at all shrewd called him out pretty quick. Those he conned (even if only out of sexual conquests - a sexual assault charge was dropped when it came out that she discovered he was lying because she was boasting about who she had slept with, and actual fans quickly pointed out the ruse) were just aware that he was rich and famous and an athlete.
And here’s video showing how this happens. It’s rather ouroboric:
I’m guessing that a lot of these scammers are hot, and some of their marks really want to believe their stories.
They have charisma all right, but hotness is not a requirement.
I give you Daejon Love’s mug shot.
If he were smiling, i bet he’d be cute. Yeah, i think he’s probably hot when he’s on his game.
(I’m guessing you are a straight male.)