Online dating scams often follow the same script – here’s what senior citizens should watch out for and how their younger relatives can help them avoid falling victim 24 May 2021  •  , 5 min. read Recently, we looked at how older people can avoid falling victim to various flavors…

Grooming is a method of establishing a connection with a person to perpetrate a crime against them. Grooming is becoming more common in fraud, both online as well as in interpersonal interactions. What’s more, scammers are getting more sophisticated in their techniques. There is a mistaken belief that scammers are…

Millions of people use online dating apps or social networking sites to meet someone. But instead of finding romance, many find a scammer trying to trick them into sending money. Read about the stories romance scammers make up and learn the number one way to avoid a romance scam.  …

Starting today users across Tinder, Hinge, Match, Plenty of Fish, Meetic and OurTime will begin receiving messages alerting them to tips and common behaviors to watch out for to help identify potential scams. These tips were created with the help of law enforcement and financial exploitation experts. They will start…

Good Faces Agency / Unsplash Valentine’s Day is here, so naturally, the country’s premier security agency has to warn the love-stricken souls about the risks of romance scams. In case that term doesn’t ring a bell, it involves a bad actor trapping a victim into a sham love affair. In…

This week, Match Group — the parent company for Tinder, Hinge, and a slew of other popular apps — launched a campaign to help users sniff out different forms of online fraud, like romance scams. Romance scams occur when someone creates a fake dating app profile to start relationships with…

Before you go all-in on your relationship with that soldier stationed abroad, know this: Romance scams, specifically military romance scams, are increasing, and the objective isn’t love—it’s money. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, with reported losses to…

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Dive Brief: Match Group’s Tinder dating app has enlisted ‘Mean Girls’ actor Jonathan Bennett for a new marketing campaign to raise awareness about toxic behavior and online financial scams, according to details shared with Marketing Dive.   The effort was timed around Oct. 3, which is World Romance Scam Prevention Day. However,…