Millions of people worldwide use online dating apps and social media platforms to find someone. But most people, instead of finding their true love, meet scammers or cybercriminals who try to trick them into sending money.
These dating and romance scammers make profiles that are fake on online dating apps or websites like Bumble, Tinder, etc. and target their victims through social media networking sites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc. and spend their most of the time in building a relationship and also gain their trust before start making stories and asking for money.
How Dating Scammers Want You to Pay !
Dating Scammers ask for the payment methods that are difficult to track and reverse.
They will ask you to pay through gift cards/reload cards, a wire transfer, MoneyGram, Western Union etc. If they ask you for Bitcoin, then it’s a sign of impending disaster. Cryptocurrencies are very difficult to track and recover.
How To Avoid Romance and Dating Scams?
- Stop communicating with that person immediately and do not share any personal details.
- Do a research about their job or profession to check if they have similar scam stories. You can check by searching their organization name, job designation and place name where they work/study.
- Always Cross-check by doing a quick research about the person’s profile picture to check if there is some other individual with other names and details. If they do not match then there are high chances of a scam.
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