Nice Click Beware Of Online Dating Fraud Crypto Latest Weapon

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's tempting to start looking for a partner This is increasingly happening online.

But beware, sometimes the love of the digital other only goes out to the contents of your wallet Dating fraudsters make millions.

Tell victims "I can't believe I fell for it, but everything he said seemed to be right.

" Lucia* (58) met a handsome man on Tinder in June of last year He managed to charm her into not paying her rent and utility bills, canceling insurance, pawning her jewelry, borrowing money from her daughter, and even starting a crowdfunding campaign to help him out.

“I transferred about € 8500 to him, and it also cost me thousands of euros to restore everything ” The man with whom Lucia supposedly had daily contact, would be an engineer on an international ship.

He kept telling her that he had problems with customs, for which he needed money It wasn't until she was completely grounded that she realized she would never get it back.

Lost € 20,000 Scammers make millions of dollars by capturing Dutch people through dating apps or sites The Fraud Helpdesk received 454 reports last year, 204 of which were successful attempts.

Together they lost about € 4 4 million: an average of more than € 20,000 per victim.

A new way in which scammers make victims is by persuading them to invest in cryptocurrencies, says a spokeswoman for the Fraud Helpdesk For example, they lead the people with whom they have contact to a fake investment website.

If they transfer money there, they will never see it again Emergency What do you have to pay attention to if you have a nice click online? The fraudsters usually try to leave the dating website as quickly as possible to communicate via email, Skype or WhatsApp.

The person is above average attentive, there is a lot of contact and he or she quickly declares your love Then suddenly there is an emergency and you need to transfer money quickly.

Preferably via Western Union or Money Gram Plans are made to meet, but something always suddenly comes up.

Also calling or video calling is often not possible, due to all kinds of so-called problems The Center for Crime Prevention and Safety has a number of tips.

Check photos via Google Images Talk to friends or family about your new love.

And in no case do not transfer money to someone you have not seen in real life Lonely Rob* (66) has even fallen victim to dating fraud several times.

He felt lonely when his wife died four years ago and was open to the women who approached him Several times he allowed himself to be persuaded to transfer money to them.

In total it cost him about €10,000 “Somehow I knew I was being scammed.

But you still build a bond with such a lady and get texts every day I really liked that.

” It often starts with a small request, he says “Then they need €50 or €100 to buy food, or school books for their child.

Then I thought: go ahead ” Eventually, of course, more and more requests for money followed, and ever larger amounts.

Until the woman in question asked Rob to pay for a ticket so she could visit him, which of course never really happened The swindler or swindlers always managed to find him afterwards.

He was approached through social media such as Facebook and Instagram, through a dating site and even through his company's website On dating sites, he now knows what to look out for.

“These scammers often have pictures of pretty women They then look for a man between 30 and 80 years old, or say that age does not matter to them.

That is of course suspicious ” Just like the request to maintain contact via another medium such as WhatsApp as soon as possible.

Porn actresses “Maybe I was texting with a man,” Rob now realizes He did a little research and found that the photos he was sent were of porn actresses.

That was also the case with Lucia Her handsome Canadian engineer 'Gabriel Martin' turned out to be a porn actor.

his bank account led to Turkey "Although my conversations with that man remained very neat, it was not about sex or anything.

" Both are done with dating sites “It is behind me,” says Rob now.

“It was a wise lesson Fortunately, I'm not the only one this happens to, even women fall for it.

" Lucia can confirm that “Tinder? No, I'm done with that.

Never Again " *surnames Known To Editors

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