With many romance scammers finding their victims through dating apps or other social media, Mr Fell also said tech companies had a role to play. “They all hold information,” he told the BBC. “We need them to be working better with law enforcement as well.” Last month, 12 of the world’s biggest tech companies –...Read More
Georgina’s children signed her up to Facebook and gave her some basic lessons on how to use it. ‘They told me everyone was using it and that it would help us keep in touch and see photos of my grandchildren.’ One day Georgina received a friend request from a serviceman on peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan....Read More
The bank analysed its business and personal current account customer scam data and found a 139% increase in the total value of romance scam reports when comparing the period March to April with the period May to June. But what is a romance scam? Romance scams take place when someone pretends to be interested in...Read More
A WOMAN has revealed how she lost £80,000 in a vicious dating scam that involved fake banks. Kirsty, 42, fell victim to an unscrupulous online fraudster who won her trust when he asked her to log into his account and move money for him. 1 Surprisingly, the fraudster didn’t ask for money immediatelyCredit: Getty The...Read More
Christopher Harkins, 37, targeted single women on dating websites and worked to gain their trust, portraying himself himself as a successful businessman. He then claimed to be experiencing issues with his bank account being frozen and asked some of his victims to lend him money for a short period of time, prosecutors said. Several women...Read More
Keanu Reeves keeps me up at night, Brad Pitt wakes me up in the morning, and don’t even get me started on Liam Neeson. The thing is, all they want to do is talk. Via social media. About needing gift cards. One of my recent conversations with Liam Neeson went like this: Liam: Can you...Read More
By Perkin Amalaraj Published: 11:10 EDT, 26 August 2024 | Updated: 11:33 EDT, 26 August 2024 New data has revealed the five worst and best states for online dating. The data, pulled together by Privacy Journal, looked at factors including rates of romance scams and fraud, matches with registered sex offenders, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)...Read More
Victims, who were mainly aged 55 to 64, lost an average of £6,937 to scammers By Jessica Beard Deputy Money Editor Published: 19:16 EDT, 1 February 2024 | Updated: 19:32 EDT, 1 February 2024 Older people are falling for more and more romance scams, with many losing thousands to cruel fraudsters, it was reported yesterday....Read More
A dating app scam that targeted men in Mumbai has come to light, leaving victims with bills ranging from Rs 23,000 to Rs 61,000, reported the Times of India. According to a user on X, women use well-known dating apps like QuackQuack, Happn, Bumble, and Tinder to trick unsuspecting men into going to pricey nightclubs....Read More
South Australia Police (SAPOL) is today kicking off Scams Awareness Week by sharing awareness of romance scams, and tips to avoid being left broken-hearted and out of pocket. Last year, cold-hearted criminals stole more than $40 million from vulnerable victims across Australia, with victims 55 and over suffering the highest individual losses. In South Australia,...Read More
