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The woman charmed him, and he believed everything she had been saying. One thing led to another, and after a few weeks, they decided to take the next step by moving in together. Joe packed everything up, left his house, and started the drive to his \u201cnew home.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana felt like something was off, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. Ironically, she remembered that Nev from the MTV show \u201cCatfish\u201d had used Spokeo to search for people. She thought to herself, \u201cThis actually can\u2019t be happening to us, can it?\u201d She joined Spokeo, did some research, and found out that the whole situation was a scam. Dana realized that the woman had given her grandfather a fake name and location. Joe was already on his way to Indiana, where the woman said she lived, but in reality, he was talking to a person who actually lived hundreds of miles away in New Jersey.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Discovering The Truth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana immediately called her grandfather to tell him what she discovered. At first, he didn\u2019t believe her, but he eventually accepted the bad news. He turned his car around and headed back home. He called the woman to confront her. After the girlfriend realized that he was serious about driving down to \u201cmeet\u201d her, she didn\u2019t answer and stopped responding to him. She disappeared and fell off the radar, which only further proved that she wasn\u2019t being honest about who she was.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThere was no woman, the whole thing was a scam &#8211; not sure what the scammer\u2019s end goal&nbsp; was, but she got an 85-year-old man to drive over 900 miles to an abandoned house!\u201d<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the circumstances were unfortunate, Dana was very thankful that she was able to help her grandfather avoid finding himself in a potentially unsafe situation.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family means everything, and when someone dear to you makes a questionable decision, it\u2019s only natural to be concerned. Dana has always had her family\u2019s best interests at heart. 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