{"id":5200,"date":"2023-11-21T21:48:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T21:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2023-11-21T21:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T21:48:40","slug":"woman-left-devastated-after-discovering-shed-been-catfished-by-stranger-things-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5200","title":{"rendered":"Woman left devastated after discovering she\u2019d been catfished by ‘Stranger Things’ ‘boyfriend’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman has spoken out after being scammed by someone who pretended to be a\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0<\/em>actor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla, an actor and filmmaker from\u00a0Kentucky,\u00a0<\/a>met who she believed to be one of the\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0<\/em>stars\u00a0<\/a>online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Taking part in\u00a0YouTube series<\/a>\u00a0Catfished,\u00a0<\/em>McKayla explained she believed she met 28-year-old actor Dacre Montgomery – who plays the role of Billy in the hit\u00a0Netflix\u00a0<\/a>series – on an online forum for creatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla\u00a0explains<\/a>\u00a0she is ‘obsessed with\u00a0Stranger Things<\/em>‘ and despite being ‘suspicious from the get-go’, the pair ‘really hit it off’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The person she was speaking to online also made her ‘believe’ they were really Montgomery, sending her poems similar to Montgomery’s 2020 poetry collection\u00a0DKMH: Poems\u00a0<\/em>and telling her Billy’s character would return in season four’s episode titled\u00a0Dear Billy\u00a0<\/em>– McKayla seeing this an information only\u00a0the actor<\/a>\u00a0could’ve known.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla met the online user on a creative forum. Credit: YouTube\/ Catfished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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According to messages shared by McKayla, the person pretending to be Montgomery said he was still with\u00a0his girlfriend<\/a>, Liv, but they were ‘thinking about breaking up’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla says ‘Montgomery’ ‘vent[ed]’ to her about his relationship, telling her his girlfriend was ‘very controlling’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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McKayla’s ex-husband had been ‘very toxic’ so she ’empathize[d]’ with the online user, not questioning why she’d never called or met up with ‘Montgomery’ because of his girlfriend’s ‘controlling<\/a>‘ nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And after a whole year of messaging, McKayla reveals the pair confessed they had feelings for one another and the online user ‘indirectly’ asked her out. ‘Montgomery’ also gave her an ultimatum: to choose her husband or him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dacre Montgomery plays the role of Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things. Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And McKayla chose the online user.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Then the online user began asking McKayla for\u00a0money<\/a>\u00a0to help support them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Montgomery’ said he needed money to be able to fully leave his relationship – the actor and Liv ‘technically’ together in the eyes of the public, but ‘broken up’ behind closed doors – the actor supposedly left unable to access the pair’s joint bank account without arousing suspicion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So, how much did McKayla send the online user?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Well, when McKayla ‘tallies it up,’ she sent a staggering $10,000 to the online user.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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