What you need to know about Romance Scams. In this day and age lots of people are turning to 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.
The romance scams was 1 of the biggest reported losses over any other scams that was reported. Romance scammers create fake profiles on dates sites and apps, or they will target and contact through popular social media sites like Facebook, Instagram extra.
Here are just some of the lies they would tell you.
I am working on an oil rig
I am in the military
I am a doctor with an international organization
Here are some ways they will ask you for money and target you to send it to them and will ask you to wire the money or send it in a gift card.
Pay for a plane ticket
Pay for surgery
Pay for a visa or other official travel document
Scammers ask you to pay by wiring money, with reload card, or with gift cards because they can get cash quickly and remain anonymous. They also know the transactions are almost impossible to reverse. Avoid losing money to a romance scammer and here is how.
Stop communication immediately
Talk to someone you trust about what is going on and get some advice
Do a search for the person job, profile, family or friends and ask questions re that
Do a reverse image search of the person profile picture
If you have any feeling this is a scammer or an uncertain feeling report it. Do not get yourself caught up losing money and braking your heart!
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