Scammers on dating sites and ways to deal with them
The simple and natural desire to find a soul mate on the Internet often results in a very disastrous outcome. Many people have met the right candidate for a relationship, but have thrown caution to the wind and become victims of scammers. To avoid such situations, it is recommended to familiarize yourself with the schemes used by scammers on dating sites.
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Types of scammers
All scammers can be divided into several types. Each of them is distinguished by its own behavioral model. To an unenlightened user, this may seem completely harmless and does not entail anything bad.
Petty scammers
Content, including small amounts of money from fraud groups and victims. They are essentially young girls, but few of the scammers are men. The scheme is simple. After a short but fruitful conversation, the interlocutor mistakenly mentions a small financial problem. The unexpectedly approaching cold of online payments, the lack of food for the next few days are necessary expenses in an amount not exceeding several thousand rubles.
Breeders usually become uncritical victims of losses of 2-3, 000 rubles. The main pressure lever is nice. Not all men can refuse a clean girl, demanding that she pay for drugs or pay for goods.
There are other schemes:
- Visit another site to continue chatting or exchange intimate photos. As a rule, the cost of entering the site ranges from several hundred to several thousand rubles.
- Requests to send SMS messages to a small number of people also cost several hundred rubles.
- Paid requests. The scammer acts out a scene in which he allegedly prepared a gift for the victim, but was unable to pay for it. Since we are talking about small amounts, the victim is careless and falls into the scammer’s hook.
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Mid-level scammers
As a rule, representatives of this type are in no hurry to start extracting money from the victim. They are waiting for the moment when the woman gets used to her “chosen one” and begins to feel serious sympathy for him. Subsequently, several acute events occur in the life of the impostor. Often of a negative nature. Illness, arrest, or near death are serious reasons for extorting money from a victim.
Another common reason why a “lover” asks for a loan is to pay the cost of a ticket. The scammer tells the victim about his endless desire to see her, but at the moment his finances do not allow this. After the money for the ticket is transferred, the scammer disappears.
“big fish”
The most dangerous category of scammers. Their only goal is big money, but working with the victim in this case is also of great importance. This type of scammer can communicate with their victims for years. However, at the last moment something happens in life that requires a large sum of money, which the victim rushes to provide.
Marriage scammers are very rare, but it is very difficult to identify them, as they cleverly disguise themselves.
Blackmailers
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Special features
Scammers on dating sites often behave in the same way. Their events are designed for a wide range of people.
There are several main reasons for concern:
- Interactors only use cute nicknames, not their real names.
- Long letters in which the interlocutor talks only about himself. Often the text of such letters is taken from the Internet, so it is worth checking it for uniqueness using one of the professional services.
- A quick declaration of love. Most scammers try to deceive their victims as quickly as possible. This means that they are in a hurry to confess.
- The interlocutor is of foreign origin and is in a hurry to report this.
- Fraudsters often use reputable professions such as doctors, airplane pilots or captains to scam their victims.
How to avoid danger
To avoid falling into the trap of scammers on dating sites, you should adhere to the following rules:
- Do not send intimate photos or videos.
- Do not send money to your interlocutor.
- Check your passport details.
- Ask your interlocutor for a personal meeting or Skype conversation.
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