shawn scarlett is one of millions who use social media apps to meet new people. he's one of at least 5 people in polk count whoa met the wrong people. >> i went over there and he met me at the front... i got out. >> reporter: last week, he thought he was meeting a person named john he chatted with on the app high five. they went by jay boy. >> i got to the front and it was two other guys and they made me get on the ground, face down with a gun in the back of my head. >> reporter: the men stole what they could. >> lord help me. >> reporter: his keys, car, his family is just thankful they didn't take his life. >> my son could be dead for something as petty as a car. >> reporter: in the last month, bartow police have investigated four similar armed robberies, related to online dating apps. each time, they meet with the victims, all men. one or two suspects went on the attack, robbing them at gunpoint, stealing their car and in one case, beating the victim in the face with a bat. last week, we toalgd you about a lakeland man, in a case where the suspected were arrest