Online Dating Scam

Here are my thoughts about online dating scam.

Very often we hear of men and women to be conned by some swindlers who claim to be someone who is not. Just today I read about a group of men from Nigeria with driving the wrong person is more than $ 300,000 of his victims in just a few months.

His premise was that scam posing as American or British businessmen. Once the report is being built through an online dating site, which then had to take a business trip in Nigeria, where everything "appears" to be wrong. This memory is when they start their online dating partners for money. The problem is that since then, their partners are already in love with them and then send the money willingly, completely unknown to them that these fraudsters in Nigeria were all together!

So what can we do to protect ourselves from these online dating scams? Well, here's five quick tips to help ensure that any trapped. Invariably, these scams are mostly men cheat on women, but of course, occurs in both directions, so this advice is for everyone!

1. They demand and expect the webcam conversations. It's something I upload a photo of an interesting person online, but not be able to pull it into a webcam. Webcam only cost a few dollars these days, so if you're getting excuses as to why they can not webcam with you, you must be a big step backwards.

2. If they are claiming to hold certain positions in the workplace or a certain level of education, ask them questions about their profession. They should be able to give you a decent question and answer basic questions without having to mention, contact you on this. "

3. Observe basic grammar and spelling, which could indicate that the spammer is not writing in their mother tongue. Once again, may be an indication of their level of education.

4. Check the email you received. There seems to be too general in nature, perhaps with only a brief introduction to the customs and have a sense that is not naturally uneven progress of the e-mail before?

5. There are several online resources available to help you "navigate" in the life of your partner to make sure they are who they seem. You may feel that they are being too intrusive, but love is the most intrusive!

Love is based on trust and honesty and trust that this is your online dating scammers take advantage of this. They see their ability to love as the greatest weakness. So, following the advice above, you can help protect themselves and ensure that your life and your money is safe.