Hoping to find companionship during the pandemic, a Florida woman signed up for Facebook Dating. Within a half-hour, she met “Damian.” He was an orthopedic surgeon who lived a town away, but at the time, he was in Yemen on a four-month UN Peacekeeping mission. “He’s very handsome. He’s very…
Hoping to find companionship during the pandemic, a Florida woman signed up for Facebook Dating. Within a half-hour, she met “Damian.” He was an orthopedic surgeon who lived a town away, but at the time, he was in Yemen on a four-month UN Peacekeeping mission. “He’s very handsome. He’s very…
ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) — Investors fear they may have been conned out of hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars from a high-stakes deal introduced to them by attractive women. The Federal Trade Commission says it’s seen an uptick of complaints involving romance and cryptocurrency. Kevin Sam, of Antioch,…
“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…
GARDAÍ HAVE WARNED the public to be wary of an increase in romance fraud, in which fraudsters will use online dating sites or other social media to ask people to send them money. In September of 2021 Gardaí were contacted by Hungarian Police about a case of romance fraud where a…
When Sunita Brittain connected with Michael through Facebook Dating in January, she couldn’t believe how much they had in common. Not only did they have the same birthday but he also claimed to be adopted too. The mom-of-two, 51, from Harworth, said: ”My story parallels with the Tinder Swindler, it…
Blaire Wortley just wanted to make a connection. Instead, she found herself uncovering a online dating scam involving a man police say swindled more than $25,000 from dozens of victims. Calgary police said the man, 36-year-old Bryan Christopher Syryda, was reported to CPS back in 2020 after several people at…
Trying to find your love on online dating apps? Beware of romance scams! Just don’t do this. There has been a huge surge in online dating apps romance scams! Users of Tinder, Bumble, and Facebook have suffered big losses due to these so-called romance scams. While online dating apps are…
It could be the cruelest form of online scams – the romantic kind. People are preying off the vulnerability of people who feel lonely. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Better Business Bureau is warning that romance scams are on the rise. “I mean, we are a lot more…
It is the hidden part of dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid, Match or Grindr that you should know before you swipe right. Online dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid, Match and Grindr are very popular, but before you actually swipe right, you should know about the hidden parts of…
