Internet scams originating from Ghana and West Africa have been around for quite a while. Local Ghana investigators and international police and authorities have been fighting internet fraud from Ghana for a long time, trying to track down the scammers and alerting the public about the risks. Far from shrinking the problem, the amount of […]
Romance scam impact is greater than most people imagine. The direct victims grow every year, especially within senior citizens. According to the latest annual report from Internet Crime Complaint Center in the U.S., over 18,000 people reported being victim of romance fraud in 2018, with losses accounting more than USD $362 million. But, this is […]
Every day hundreds of people around the world receive fake notices of an inheritance that a claimed distant relative has left for them. “The fake inheritance scheme has been used for long, and although it seems an obvious fraud, it isn’t” says Stephen Garcia, VP of International Private Investigations at Wymoo International. The versions of […]
Have you met someone on Facebook that professes strong feelings for you? Social media platforms have become the new favorite tool for romance scammers to find their victims. Facebook is well known for not protecting user’s privacy, and with so many users worldwide, it is impossible to verify all the users. Although there is no […]
Have you met a soldier online? Are you trying to verify if the person you met online is a real soldier? Thousands of people are in the exact same position because the trend for online romance scammers pretending to be a soldier is rising significantly. Romance scammers know that people in the military are often […]
Most people might think that spotting a scammer is an easy task, but it is not, especially when you are dealing with professionals. Wymoo investigators in the Ukraine have been working for more than a decade to prevent romance fraud cases and maintain highly trained investigators in Kiev. Ukraine’s internet romance scam industry is still […]
