What started as a bid to make some extra cash ahead of the holiday season turned into a cautionary tale and a $300 loss. That’s right. I, an editor at a business publication that often warns our readers about the dangers of online scams, fell victim to an online scam….
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“Pig butchering” operations run out of Asia but target victims globally, with scammers promising love and wealth to get their victims to invest their fortunes. The scam often starts simply with an unsolicited text message. Reported U.S. losses from investment scams totaled over $3.3 billion last year, according to the…
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Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 on Nov. 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Mazur | Wireimage | Getty Images Taylor Swift fans are not having a “Love Story” with Ticketmaster — and may fall victim to scams if they’re not careful when…
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Taylor Swift accepts an award onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 on Nov. 13, 2022 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Kevin Mazur | Wireimage | Getty Images Taylor Swift fans are not having a “Love Story” with Ticketmaster — and may fall victim to scams if they’re not careful when…
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“My goal was to get money,” said Adekunle Adedeji, a former romance scammer from Nigeria who goes by the name Chris. While Adedeji, 23, did not pose as a “Nigerian prince,” he did tap another long running internet fraud: the romance scam. Using someone else’s photos found on Instagram and…
Beware of the Tinder swindler: How romance scams hit record high of $1.3 billion in 2021 | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
More consumers are falling prey to romance scammers. According to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in the past five years, people have reported losing a staggering $1.3 billion to romance scams. In 2021 alone, romance scammers were up nearly 80 percent compared to 2020, with consumers losing $547 million…
Romance scams cost $143 million last year | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
AndreyPopov | iStock | Getty Images Many people looking for love online are finding loss instead — roughly $2,600 in lost cash that was lovingly wired to an online sweetheart who mysteriously disappeared. The Federal Trade Commission said this week it received a record 21,000 reports of romance scams in 2018,…