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Devlin Panos
Phone number: 360-268-2677
Twitter: @Panos_Devlin
raydevlin953@yahoo.com
dragonflypoop@gmail.com
devlin.stillhere@gmail.com

Be warned if you're ever contacted by a "Devlin Panos." This person struck up a conversation with me online midway through December of 2013 claiming to be from Aberdeen, Washington. Within three weeks she professed that she simply had to meet me and would be flying to my home in Tucson, Arizona, to do so. Barely knowing anything about each other, I told her to slow it down a bit since she didn't even know my last name.

Come March, we'd been speaking daily and she was still determined to visit me. Knowing a little more about each other, I felt comfortable enough to give her the green light to purchase a ticket. She claimed to be flying into Tucson on April 5th but as more and more of her stories failed to add up I began calling her true identity into question. She told me she was 24, working full-time while attending classes to be come an RN, and that her fiancé had died two years prior leaving her with more than enough money ($30,000.00, to be exact) to afford her visit. She'd only sent me a handful of photos and when I'd ask for new ones she'd tell me her phone was "too ghetto" and that she was "too broke" to buy a new one. I found this odd considering she not only claimed to be working, but had told me numerous times that she was sitting on a pile of money. On the heels of confessing how broke she was she claimed to have purchased a brand new Nikon camera for her visit to Tucson. Yet, when I'd ask for new photos she'd put up a fuss, accuse me of doubting her, and feebly attempt to make me look like a bad guy. From speaking with her on the phone I realized that her voice simply did not match the girl in the photos, leading me to believe I was being duped.

My suspicions were confirmed when she surprised me by e-mailing me a picture of her ass for a "birthday present." A quick Google search revealed that it wasn't hers at all and simply a picture she had stolen from an escort service's website. When confronted about it, she made up a ridiculous story about sending it to see if I trusted her and when that didn't work resorted to insults at which point I cut off all communication. Beware of anybody contacting you claiming to be this girl. Don't let yourself be "catfished" like she attempted to do to me. This, folks, is why it's never a good idea to talk to random people online where a person can claim to be anybody. Stick to meeting people in the real world to avoid potential whack-jobs like Devlin Panos.

Update One: This dirtbag hilariously tried coming back into my life with false promises of flying across the country to marry me. Knowing she wasn't who she claimed to be, I jokingly went along with it fully aware that she wouldn't show. My friends and I were curious to see how it would all play out and what excuse she'd use for not arriving on schedule which, as you've probably guessed, she didn't. I played along with her attempted ruse as she told me how she'd quit her job, bought a plane ticket, and would be flying to Tucson on August 9th to make me her husband. Just as I anticipated, she never made the trip. Instead, mere hours before her supposed flight she staged her usual drama as an excuse not to arrive which I saw coming a mile away. She's a perfect candidate for the hit MTV show "Catfish." Unfortunately for her, I was too smart to fall for her game and was more so fascinated by a person crazy enough to attempt such a charade on an intelligent guy who's worked online for well over a decade. The level of detail she'd put into her bogus stories was quite staggering and amusing, to say the least. After failing to show and exchanging a few choice words, one week went by before she contacted me to apologize for cancelling her plane ticket, claiming she'd purchased another one, and this time would be arriving for sure on August 22nd. In awe of how gullible and stupid she clearly found me, I played along with her act yet again knowing fair well she wouldn't be making the trip. She spent the better half of the 21st ignoring my texts and phone calls before finally replying to tell me she'd dropped her phone in water and was letting it dry out. Texts from there were scarce until, as predicted, hours before her flight she texted me to tell me her mother had a stroke. How convenient!

Whoever this loser is, they still pathetically send me one character texts in a futile attempt to get my attention but I've ceased playing along with their games. Be wary if you receive pictures from somebody claiming to be this woman. They are a complete and utter fraud.

Update Two: After two weeks of silence, this imbecile e-mailed me once again to apologize for not arriving, claimed she bought another plane ticket, and guaranteed she'd arrive this time, promising she wouldn't bail. Curiosity getting the better of me, I yet again played along to see how it would unfold since crazy people intrigue me and, as you already know by now, she once again failed to show. The difference is, this time she was insane enough to send me a fake itinerary and text me along her fictional trip. Instead of me meeting her at the airport, she asked if she could simply rent a car and meet me directly at my home and I agreed by reserving a rental car in her name. An hour after supposedly landing in Tucson I still hadn't heard from her and after a few unanswered phone calls she finally texted me claiming the airport had conveniently lost her luggage. After another hour with no reply, I told her to just grab the rental car and we'd pick up her luggage later that evening when the airport had finally located it. She agreed, texted me a short while later to say she'd picked-up the rental from Enterprise, and then mysteriously stopped replying. Knowing she was full of it, I called Enterprise directly who informed me the car hadn't been picked-up as she'd claimed and that they hadn't even heard from her. After two hours of calling and texting her with no response, she finally did reply claiming she'd accidentally left her phone at the airport and explained away the rental car confusion by claiming she'd chosen to rent a car from a different rental company which flew in direct opposition of her having specifically told me she'd picked up the car from Enterprise two hours earlier. When I called her on in, she flipped out and insisted she truly was in Tucson, and ignored my numerous requests for her to prove it by heading to my house as planned. Instead, she blew up my phone with disparaging remarks and continued texting me well into the night claiming she was in Tucson and having tons of fun without me. The nutcase even went so far as to say she'd really arrived in Tucson with another man, never had an intention of meeting me, that she'd never told me her real last name, and that her and her lover were having a blast in my city.

Unbeknownst to her, it was my best friend's day off and out of boredom and curiosity we actually had been waiting for her at the airport since it's close to my house. We staked out the terminal but nobody even remotely resembling her likeness stepped off the plane. We only called Enterprise to see if she'd simply been lying about her appearance but even that wasn't the case. Hence, I knew for 100% certainty she had never been on any flight and certainly never arrived in Tucson. Of course, I didn't tell her that because I wanted to see if she'd keep up the ruse of being in Tucson and see what other outlandish stories she'd tell. Obviously the reason she wanted to get a rental car and just meet me at my place was so she could claim she arrived when in reality she was back home in Washington state checking flight statuses online. The flights were real, it was her ticket that wasn't, and a giveaway she wasn't truly en route was her texting me at the exact minute the airline's website updated with flight arrivals.

I'm sure she's just some lonely, overweight, middle-aged woman who sits behind a computer screen concocting fake identities for herself since she likely has no life of her own. From day one she claimed her name was "Devlin Panos" which I always suspected was a pseudonym since a Google search yields no results for that name. I'm posting all of this online as a warning to those who might be more gullible than me. Be careful, people! There are lots of crazy people out there, and in today's world most of them have access to the internet. Watch your back!

The 360-268-2677 phone number is a pre-paid phone registered to a male in Westport, WA.

Update Three: Upon reading this and texting me to insist she really had been in Tucson, this moron sent two pictures of her supposed trip along with the lovely message, "Proof, bitch!" A quick Google search revealed what I already knew: that she'd simply stolen the pictures from the internet and is completely and utterly insane.

 
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
"Devlin Panos" (Who this really is remains a mystery.)
 
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
Picture she claimed was her.
Actual picture. Obviously not her.
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Devlin Panos
Supposed flight itinerary.
 
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
Picture from her "trip to Tucson."
Actual picture stolen from this website.
   
Devlin Panos
Devlin Panos
Picture from her "trip to Tucson."
Actual picture stolen from this website.
 
For all you men out there, if you absolutely insist on talking to women online be sure to use these tried and true methods for avoiding scammers, fake profiles, and/or drama. These are "Doug's Red Flags" that should send you running for the hills.
 
1.) Profile pictures of a gorgeous girl. Let's face it; hot chicks don't need the internet to find men. Use common sense. If a girl looks too good to be true, she definitely is.

2.) Old pictures. If a girl doesn't have recent pictures that's a sure sign that something's a bit off. Proceed with caution.

3.) Unable to take new pictures. In 2014 everybody has access to a digital camera. In this day in age the whole "I don't have a camera" excuse isn't valid. A person unable to take new photos is likely hiding something. If they send you pictures that don't clearly show their face, that's another sign something's off.

4.) Broken English. If a person claims to be from America yet can barely speak a lick of English, put two and two together and realize they're obviously full of crap.

5.) Living far away but wanting to meet within the first three weeks. A normal, rational person won't want to hop on a plane to meet somebody they've only been talking to online for less than one month. If a woman has it bad to come see you right off the bat, definitely be wary.

6.) Not asking questions. Any sane person would want to know everything about the person they're interested in. If they don't ask questions they're either self-absorbed, mentally vacuous, crazy, or all three of those things.

7.) Planning a life together within three weeks. Only mentally unstable women do this. Also avoid women who use the phrase, "I'm a great catch." Nine times out of then they're absolutely not.

8.) Dead spouse, boyfriend, or fiancé. Beware of women claiming to be widowed. This is an old ploy used to garner attention by playing on your sympathies.

9.) No social media under 35. In today's society most socially inept women have at least a Facebook profile, especially if they're attractive and under the age of 35. If they don't, that often means they're hiding something or complete and total drama queens who can't handle using social media.

10.) Blowing up your phone. You and her should be texting or calling each other an equal amount. A woman who calls you non-stop clearly has issues. A woman who sends ten texts for every one text you send is also no good.

11.) No profile picture. This one's fairly self-explanatory.

12.) Kid they don't have custody of. Any normal woman who isn't a complete fuck-up will have custody of her kid(s). If she informs you that her child is living with her ex or, even worse, with her parents... bail! She's damaged goods.
 
It's best to avoid meeting somebody online all together, but if you must remember to follow those twelve simple rules. We live in an age where scammers and frauds run rampant. Be careful!
 
 
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