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Online dating is meant to simplify dating life, or so we thought. But meeting someone new has created more hurdles for those seeking love, companionship and romance. Many have lost money to romance scams due to desperation and the need to be loved. Ntombi Khalo* shares how she could spot that the man she had matched with was bogus.
She tells us that she joined a dating app hoping to have a meaningful connection with someone, but it ended bitterly when she realised the person she matched with was a liar and chancer.
The man’s profile picture showed a cute dog beside him. Quite a charmer, she thought. But his staged charm could not get him that far. “I am too much of an overthinking sceptic,” Ntombi says. This helped her spot that she was chatting with a scammer.
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