It is very possible that you have a friend, acquaintance or relative who met their other half online. Everyone seems to be doing it, and clearly some people have had great success! Maybe you have even decided to give online dating a try. Granted, everyone regardless of the age has the same risks when dating […]
Between June 2012 and June 2013, the UK’s National Fraud and Internet Crime reporting centre received 1,483 reports of online dating scams, a figure that was only surpassed by lottery scams and lender loan fraud. In the United States, the Internet Crime Complaint center revealed that the losses on romance scams for 2012 were close […]
Online dating is a global and booming industry. Everyone has heard of dating scams in countries like Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Malaysia, Romania, Philippines, Russia and the Ukraine, and chances are it couldn’t happen to you, right? Especially if you’re in the U.K. or U.S. and just mingling with people online in your own country, […]
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) receives hundreds of reports of victims of military scams every day. So does our investigation team. Online criminals claiming to be U.S. military service members serving in Afghanistan are all around the web luring their victims into a romance scam. No social network or online dating site is […]
Online dating is a rapidly growing industry in the U.S. — more people than ever are turning to the internet to find their soul mates. Research shows that 1 in 5 marriages are a result of online dating. While that number indicates “happily ever after” endings, the world of online dating is not always a […]
As online scams go, the gay community is not immune to thieves that try to “phish” their way past your heartstrings and into your wallet and bank accounts. Scammers are even using bots to jump on new apps pretending to be someone that they aren’t. However, there are a few telltale facts below and signs […]
