Never apologize to a scammer.  I don’t care if you think it will extend the bait.  Don’t debase yourself like that.  

That’s the position I was put in as “Diane”.  As much as I wanted to string this out so that he’s on his knees begging for receipts by the end of the 5-7 period, I had hit a wall.  Normally I would have dodged the request for an apology had I wanted to string this guy along, but in this 16+ series this guy has done nothing but earn my contempt.  So fuck him.  Everything after this part is the aftermath after I reveal I know who he is and what he was after.

We’re still in the middle of an argument about IRS deductions and Danylo attempting to shame me for allegedly being more concerned about tax breaks than donating to his fake charity.  Even though I tell him the tax breaks doesn’t come anywhere near the $35,000 I am donating to him with ZERO STRINGS attached, he wants to shame me anyway.  This is how much of an asshole this guy is.  He’s getting $35,000 for nothing and he still attempts his game of manipulation so that I drop asking for Roman’s fake name and false information that he would have provided.  He wanted it all his way and he wasn’t going to let this old lady tell him different.

Diane keeps telling him she’ll cancel the transfer if he keeps this up.  Finally he snaps with “Are you threatening me?”.  I would have said yes, but as I was never sending it anyway it was a hollow threat.  This after telling me several times (as “Roman”) to cancel the transfer.  

Danylo tries to calm things down so as to ensure the transfer is not cancelled, but by this time I had enough.  I really was eating and I kept getting these notifications from him.  I set him straight on a simple truth - when someone tells you they are eating, shut the fuck up and stop texting.  He still tries one final time to ensure the transfer is going through but I called it “nonsense” which seems to trigger him.

After sleeping it off, Danylo decides to go full-asshole on Diane and extract an apology.  I had fully expected him to diffuse the situation and go back to the money ask and relate how another kid died last night.  Being someone with family members in the military, having this Nigerian fraud telling me his stolen valor was protecting me in America sealed his fate.  I wasn’t dodging his request for an apology.

I call him out on his bullshit Roman story and outline the layers of manipulation he had just attempted on me.  It goes about as well as I expect and he again tells me to keep his money.  The remaining posts after this are the reveal and epilogue.  

Asher/Danylo the Ashhole - “I think you owe me an apology” (Part 16b)