I was almost scammed by an online friend

Anonymous | 17 Jun 2020

Internet Love Scam
I met him on Tinder. we chatted for awhile there before moving to whatsapp.
he was nice, decent and very respectful. he called me briefly after a week of chatting and asked me to call back in 2 hours time. but he never answered my call and only apologised for missing the call (But never called back)

two weeks of chatting he said he is interested in me and looking forward to meeting post circuit breaker.
there was not a single suspicion that he is a love scammer/fake person as he has never asked anything other than my photos.

i questioned him for not having a video call and he said i was unstable and went missing for few days but he replied when i reached out to him - we reconnected and things get better. he declared his love and always wrote me nice words to start my day. we have planned to meet now that phase 2 is coming soon, he suggested his place so he can cook for us.
our chat turned flirty once or twice and then back to normal. although we chatted less, the quality of the conversation got better.

he left me a 'good night and sweet dreams Bae' with a heart emoticon on midnight, i replied in the morning and i didn't hear anything anymore. the following day he was no longer there and his number (digital phone number) belongs to someone else out of singapore now.

i don't know the intention of the communication - i may not lose anything material but my emotional is really affected by this encounter.
it has been almost a week but i still couldn't move on - what actually happened? this is a question i will never get the answer on.

Be careful with whom you are talking to online and if the person expresses his affection for you very early on, something is WRONG! Don't get affected like me.