By Jessica Beard Updated: 21:51 29 Aug 2023 Share or comment on this article: One in three people have been targeted by romance con artists, research finds. The number of reported cases of this type of scam has soared in recent years, with 31 per cent of adults being approached by tricksters, according to a...Read More
By Guy Hedgecoe BBC News, Madrid 23 January 2024 Image source, Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press Image caption, The bodies of siblings Amelia, Ángeles and José Gutiérrez Ayuso were found at their home last week Spanish police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of three elderly siblings and its connection to an online romance scam...Read More
Philipp Pointner, chief of digital identity at Jumio, discusses how AI verification helps dating apps and social media platforms thwart new AI fraud tactics to maintain a fun, safe, and secure digital environment for users. Americans lost $2.7 billionOpens a new window to social media scams in the last two years. As more users look...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — An NC State student lost tens of thousands of dollars after university police said he fell victim to a global dating agency scam. We’re talking about the equivalent of $41,000. A family member signaled something was wrong after they noticed the student was making “unexpected bank withdrawals.” After investigation from local law...Read More
Activity on dating apps and websites increases leading up to Valentine’s Day, and so does your risk of being scammed, according to new research. Increasingly, scammers are using high-tech tools like bots and artificial intelligence to trick victims into sending them money. Cyber security company Arkose Labs reported between January 2023 and January 2024, dating...Read More
Scores of single people turn to online dating via dating apps or social media in the hope of finding ‘the one’. But remember the shocking tale of the Tinder Swindler? Online romance scams like the one orchestrated by Israeli conman Simon Leviev might seem far-fetched, but in reality they’re quite common. The modus operative is...Read More
Susceptible women have been urged to refrain from believing in “fairy tales”, as dating scams continue to milk many women’s pockets. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has voiced its alarm at the prevalence of fraudsters who prey on single and widowed women, pretending to be after their hearts, when they’re actually only after...Read More
Tinder users are being warned that some users of the dating app are more interested in having a relationship with your money than having a relationship with you. According to EarthWeb (via U.S.Sun) the Tinder app is filled with what they call “romance scammers” who are looking to rip you off. These criminals want to...Read More
AI home assistant bot risks and vulnerabilities Chatbot threats aren’t only online – most Americans have already opened their homes to very similar interfaces. The same conversational AI powering internet chatbots is coded into virtual personal assistants (VPA) like Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Home, and Apple’s Siri. More than half of respondents in a survey we...Read More
Romance fraud – where someone is persuaded to give money to a person they’ve never met but believe they’re in a relationship with – has soared by 49% for 55-64 year olds. According to new data – collected over the last year by Lloyds Bank – the scam is mostly perpetrated online. It’s aimed at people...Read More
