Romance Scams
From the FBI:
Romance Scams
Romance scams occur when a criminal adopts a fake online identity to gain a victims affection and trust. The scammer then uses the illusion of a romantic or close relationship to manipulate and/or steal from the victim.
The criminals who carry out romance scams are experts at what they do and will seem genuine, caring, and believable. Con artists are present on most dating and social media sites.
The scammers intention is to establish a relationship as quickly as possible, endear himself to the victim, and gain trust. Scammers may propose marriage and make plans to meet in person, but that will never happen. Eventually, they will ask for money.
Scam artists often say they are in the building and construction industry and are engaged in projects outside the U.S. That makes it easier to avoid meeting in personand more plausible when they ask for money for a medical emergency or unexpected legal fee.
If someone you meet online needs your bank account information to deposit money, they are most likely using your account to carry out other theft and fraud schemes.
If you suspect an online relationship is a scam, stop all contact immediately. If you are the victim of a romance scam, file a complaint with the FBIs Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
IMPORTANT: Who complains about medical issues and lack of money here????
Romance scammers weave all sorts of believable stories to con people, but their old standby involves pleas for help while claiming one financial or health crisis after another. The scammers stories might involve a sick child or a temporary inability to get to their money for a whole range of reasons. People who lost money to a romance scammer often report sending money repeatedly: they believe theyre helping someone they care about. But its all a lie.
Thats all very well, but what about all the genuine bisexual 18 year old girls who love older men and only want your bank details to get a better laptop to send you nudes?
Reply with this email:
Hello Good Day,
My name is Downer Alexander,I am Financial Consultant, I have client who has interest in Investing in your country into a Joint Venture/Partnership. He has funds available meant for investment.
Please contact me if you are interested.
Regards,
Downer Alexander
The scammer's intention is to establish a relationship as quickly as possible, endear himself to the victim, and gain trust. Scammers may propose marriage and make plans to meet in person, but that will never happen. Eventually, they will ask for money.
LOL: I propose marriage and undying love to anyone who will send me $1000 now LOL
Some of the profiles I get "likes" and messages from are so obviously fake, I'm surprised anybody falls for them - the ubiqituous "nude69" ones especially. But you see other members have accepted friend requests and left messages on the wall, and if they weren't getting some victims, I guess they wouldn't bother farming profiles on here.
Very true and some here are determined to get scammed out of money regardless of how many warnings are sent to them. Scammers are also getting more sophisticated as they steal adult entertainment photos from private pay to view sites and these photos do not show up on TinEye, etc. The sad thing is that there are many lonely, old men as well as perverts here who seem to thrive on getting scammed and the scammers know this. As bad as it is here, the dating sites are worse.
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