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Currently With the use of the internet and the web for various activities, ranging from business to sporting activities. Subsequently, they have been rapid increase in internet fraud.Many have fallen victim to fraudsters online. Anyone can be a victim but everyone cannot be a victim.You can shield yourself from internet scams.
Honestly, without retraction dating scam is top of the list. Today am going to expose to you all the necessary tricks and steps to apply in order to avoid been scammed or fall victim.
Not everyone using online dating sites is looking for love, ask your Boss, he will say the same with proven facts. Scammers tends to create false online profiles using photos of other people — even stolen pictures of real military personnel, celebrities,pastors,professors, Engineers and even scientist.They profess their love quickly. And they tug at your heartstrings with made-up stories about how they need money — for emergencies, hospital bills, or travel. Why all of the tricks? They’re looking to steal your money.
Furthermore, in addition to the above scamming scheme, romance scammers also involves their victims in online bank fraud. Here’s how it works: The scammers set up dating profiles to meet potential victims. After they form a “relationship,” they come up with reasons to ask their love interest to set up a new bank account. The scammers transfer stolen money into the new account, and then tell their victims to wire the money out of the country. Victims think they’re just helping out their soulmate, never realizing they’re aiding and abetting a crime.
Here are some tips and advice to help you in overcoming such nightmare. You can overcome it seriously without doubt. Loads of people have been successful. You’re not an exception. To decode that an online love interest might be a fake. They ask you to:
· chat off of the dating site immediately, using personal email, text, or phone
· wire money using Western Union or Money Gram
· set up a new bank account
Did you know you can do an image search of your love interest’s photo in your favorite search engine? If you do an image search and the person’s photo appears under several different names, you’re probably dealing with a scammer. And if the person’s online profile disappears a few days after they meet you, that’s another tip-off.
Ignore any unsolicited calls or messages from someone seeking a date, claiming they saw your name, phone number or photo and want to start a relationship.
Be wary about announcing on a social network that you’re seeking a new relationship. Almost certainly you’ll get more than you bargained for.
Beware of people who are vague about themselves or chop and change the stories they tell you.
If their use of English is poor — bad grammar and spelling — be skeptical. Okay, so not everyone is an English major but some language abuses, such as flowery prose or use of religious phrases, are a dead giveaway for a Nigerian online dating scam.
Here’s the real deal: Don’t send money to someone you met online — for any reason. If your online sweetheart asks for money, you can expect it’s a scam.
Unfortunately, online dating scams are all too common. There may be tens of thousands of victims, and only a small fraction report it to regulated authorities. If this happens to you, please report it at ftc.gov/complaint— click on Scams and Rip-Offs, then select Romance Scams.
Online scammers can strike their victims in diverse restrained ways. With the use of trending platform like social networking and dating sites, many have fallen victim to scammers. Recently an Irish woman, age 52, started an online romance with a man whom she thought was a British engineer. She later discovered he was a 22-year old Nigerian after she has paid out $49,000.
The above case is only the few among the frequent cases of how people fall prey to scammers online.
There are numerous ways in which these internet criminals carry their acts online. So be warned and report any case immediately without hesitation.
Apart from emails, clicking on some links on social networking sites can compromise your internet security. Scammers seemingly also use adult content as an enticement, they may tell you to click on a link to view such content. When you do, they get access to your password or computer. If they gain access, they can commit so many havoc. Such as posting irrelevant nude articles with your facebook account after hacking your Facebook account.
Therefore always make sure your computer operating system, applications, and antivirus software are regularly updated. Make sure your computer firewall is always turn on.
These days, people engage in business online without having to meet their customers face-to-face. At the same time as some of such business dealings have gone well, others have resulted in severe scams. You can avert been a victim by doing business with only people and organization with known and proficient standing.
Preponderance of those who have fallen victim is primarily because of greediness and tremendous love for money, while others is as a result of extreme anxiety to make quick money online. Be warned.
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