‘Doing this to women for years’: Woman meets ‘Irish’ Delaware man. Then his ‘sister’ comes up in her suggested people

A woman said she dated someone who deceived her for months. Now she thinks he's moving on to his next victim. 

Beth (@BethD_0603), a content creator who says she is a cosmetologist, posted a video that received more than 43,000 views. In it, she said that a man weaseled his way into her life — fake Irish accent and all — only to block her after she discovered he wasn't being truthful with her. Now she's warning others to avoid him.

Everything is golden at first

Beth met a man, David, in March. She said that she did a few background checks on him to make sure he didn't have a criminal record, as she has two children at home.

“They come first always. I wanna protect myself. I wanna protect them, obviously,” she said.

When nothing came up, Beth figured he was all clear. David swept her off her feet, which made it even harder to tell if he had any red flags.

According to her, David was always there to provide reassurance. “He always had … a valid answer to anything, any concerns that I had,” she said.

Beth thought she had found a serious person whom she could spend time with.

Beth starts to notice red flags

David and Beth continued dating for a few months, but she noticed something strange. He met members of her family and integrated himself into her life. She said she hadn't met any of his family members. She also found it unusual that he never invited her to his home.

“He always came to my house because he had a roommate that could watch his dog, and I live alone, and I have two dogs, so it was just easier for him to come to me,” she said.

The content creator asked David directly if she could come to a family function, and he told her he'd ask if he could bring a plus-one. That raised alarm bells, as she didn't understand why he had to ask for permission.

Eventually, David met her children. He further involved himself in her life and continued developing their connection.

Then she got a Facebook notification that recommended a person she might know. She said she realized it was David's sister, whom he had mentioned in passing. David had said that he was close with her and that they regularly had dinner. So Beth sent David a screenshot of the profile without thinking much of it. That's when everything went wrong.

The Facebook notification reveals a deeper truth

David immediately denied that his sister used the Facebook account. He said that her profile was a “scam.” Then he added that his sister doesn't use Facebook at all.

But when Beth clicked through the profile, she saw that there were posts on the page that aligned with David's descriptions of his family. Years prior, the “scam” account had posted an obituary. She recognized the name. David had told her about his father, who had died. She realized very quickly that the obituary might not be fake.

So Beth sent him a screenshot of the obituary. Then David started calling her.

“I think he's freaking out because he tries calling me several times,” Beth recalled. “I was in a bar with one of my friends. It was loud, so I didn't answer.”

She texted him to let him know she couldn't answer. Then he sent a text with a lie in it.

“He texts me back and says, ‘My name is Ralph Georges. I'm going through a divorce. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner,' and he immediately blocks me. I have no valid answers from this man because that is the last conversation that we had,” Beth said.

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Beth tries to figure out what happened

In the aftermath of her encounter with David, Beth tried to figure out who he really was. She said she was able to confirm that the man's legal name was David and that he lied to her in his last text. He was not “Ralph Georges.”

Then she dug further, which revealed more lies.

“I find out through this man's lovely ex-girlfriend who I have found … that not only has he done this to multiple women, he lied about his Irish accent,” Beth said. “He told me when we first started dating, he immigrated here from Ireland in 2006. His mother made him take dialect classes so that his speech was more well-spoken and whatever. Who [expletive] fakes [an] Irish accent for four and a half months? Who does that?”

Beth said that she now doesn't know where David is or whom he is lying to. But she's convinced he's found someone new to trick.

“I think that he is trying to weasel his way into whoever this person's life is, and he's gonna do this again,” Beth said. “He's gonna do it again. My only hope is that maybe this gets out. Maybe she finds this. Maybe I can save one woman's heart and home and life from this trash human being.”

‘It's crazy how common these romantic liars are'

In the video's comment section, viewers said that Beth's experience is unfortunately common. A few TikTokers shared similar incidents they encountered over the course of years or even decades and concluded that there are many types of “romantic liars.” Some even reported they may have run into the same person. Or at the very least, a similar one.

“I'm in NC and had a similar experience with the fake Irish accent, dog and all,” one user said.

Another commenter said, “Maryland has a lot of this. I got scammed by one. Had a whole family/gf etc. we lived an hour and 15 minutes apart. He had a unique situation with his oldest daughter, and he used that to keep anyone from getting close and finding out about the girlfriend.”

Other viewers took the video as a warning not to trust easily and to look into potential partners thoroughly. Many people prescreen at least some aspects of their potential partner's life before meeting in person for the first time. Some commenters said it's OK to take it a step further, especially when seriously considering a relationship. According to one viewer, the first step can be doing a quick check through any given state's court system for any relevant files associated with a potential partner.

“Internet searches are not reliable,” one commenter said. “Yes, that is a start but always look in the local court systems. It's free, it's public and oftentimes there is always a case. Civil, state, superior, federal, magistrate.”

But sometimes background checks cannot protect against scammers or “romantic liars.” Beth replied to the commenter who recommended a further deep dive and said, “I did all of this. It all checked out. The problem is he has lived and moved all over the place.”

What Beth experienced may not have been avoidable. But the content creator is hoping that someone can escape experiencing the same thing she did.

Buzz News reached out to Beth via TikTok direct message for comment.