Roses are red, violets are blue. Watch out for tinder scam otherwise it may
happen to you!! Types of cyber crimes associated with online dating and how to
protect yourself!
Nothing can compare the feeling of falling in love, but before you let yourself
fall (Not literally), check out this statistics related to online dating scams.
[1] 10 % of online dating profiles are fake, 90 % are dead.
[2] Approx. 1 billion amount Americans lost to scammers since 2015.
[3] 57% of daters lie to each other about their demographic details
Cyberspace has become a new avenue for exploring romantic endeavors. The rapid
development of Internet and communication technology offers an alternate medium
to find, socialize and date people of different personalities. Several factors
make online dating attractive to prospective customers. There is no need to
visit various places to socialize and meet people- bars, pubs, parties,
weeding’s and even the library, Yes, I have visited the library too!! The
anonymity feature in online dating allows people to participate in dating
without the fear of stigma or shyness.
But the very feature of anonymity and convenience catalyze romance scam in the
cyber space. After all, not everyone is looking for love on the internet, some
are looking for money too. A romance scam[4] is a confidence trick involving
feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining their affection, and then
using that goodwill to commit fraud. There are various ploys used by scammers to
steal your money along with your heart.
Some tricks used for deception are:
In the name of Proposal: Scammers target widows or single people looking for a
second chance at love. They propose the victim profusely about their love
towards them and trick them to transfer money to them mainly via western union
transfers or any other transfer mechanisms with security loopholes. In a similar
case, a divorced woman was tricked by a scammer posing as a doctor to transfer
money to him by western union. Later, the scammer was arrested in Noida after a
thorough investigation.
Pretty lady turns out to be a man: Man pose as women via using stolen photos of
pretty girls from the internet and blackmail young daters to extort money due to
stigma attached with online dating.
Making money of LGBT community: Due to stigma involved with dating practices
among LGBT community, many LGBT person take help of online dating platforms for
their romantic endeavors. Scammers feed on this need of LGBT community and,
often blackmail them to leak their identities among masses. Although the scams
have reduced after the repeal of Sec 377, the cases of extortion and blackmail
are still prevalent due to fear of public shaming.
Rampant presence of escort services on dating apps: Rampant number of escort
agencies use stolen photographs of pretty girls to lure young singles and extort
money and blackmail them in the name of public shaming and stigma attached to
avail escort services.
Venue promotion scams: Many fake profiles are active only to lure customers to a
specific place for an expensive date, After the date is over, your match is
nowhere to be seen.
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