Are you on a dating app? The Better Business Bureau encourages users to research, ask specific questions and never send money to avoid scams. With Valentine’s Day looming, romance is in the air. If you seek love via a dating app, watch for scammers who only love your money. Scammers are using…
With Valentine’s Day looming, romance is in the air. If you seek love via a dating app, watch for scammers who only love your money. Scammers are using people to funnel stolen money out of the country. This con may look like a classic romance scam, but victims are tricked into illegal activity…
Are you on a dating app? The Better Business Bureau encourages users to research, ask specific questions and never send money to avoid scams. With Valentine’s Day looming, romance is in the air. If you seek love via a dating app, watch for scammers who only love your money. Scammers are using…
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ATLANTA — Plenty of people still throw around the 16th century proverb “all is fair in love and war,” but the Renaissance never had to contend with mobile dating apps. Eye-opening new research by a team at Georgia State University reveals just how treacherous the world of online dating is becoming,…
China has launched a crackdown on cruel ‘pig butchering’ scam networks – which ensnare thousands of victims every year across the globe – including Americans. ‘Pig butchering’ scams involve victims being effectively ‘fattened up’ with a fake romantic relationship before being ‘butchered’ by fraudulent investment advice. It works by scammers…
A former Morgan Stanley financial advisor has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering in what prosecutors said was a $7 million scam. Victims filed arbitration claims against the firm, alleging that it failed to reasonably supervise its employee. Morgan Stanley said it fired the advisor after the fraud was…
By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia 01:53 30 May 2023, updated 02:06 30 May 2023 Hacker sends message posing as a friend Victim clicks link about the supposed death Scammer steals data and locks user out of account Australians are among billions of Facebook users being warned of a…
Online dating scams are all too common.Sweet-talking and typing swindlers, wooing unsuspecting, hopeless romantics. Not for love, but lover boys or girls looking to steal your money.”She put money into my wallet, into this app, and this app is super crazy, where its like a shadow. So everything appears to be working,…
Victims of romance scams lost an estimated total of around $736 million last year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These scams are still going strong, said Guy Williams, president of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust. He explained the complicated, international web that fuels certain romance scams this week…
