- We all probably have tales about romance scammers and their love fraud.
- Dating apps are waiting to be utilized by oil riggers, military men and doctors on hospital ships, engineers and so-called businessmen. All of which are willing to pay a dating site just so they can scam money out of innocent victims.
- Anyone who is lonely, widowed or needy may fall victim to the many online romance scams.
- Women scammers are almost as prevalent as male scammers.
- Depending on the type of love fraud you become involved in determines the outcome.
- I have heard so many romance scammer stories that will break your heart. The one thing that is evident about them is they use the same lies and follow the same script to get your money.
- They have no conscience or fear of getting caught.
- For example Dr. Romance Scammer is with the UN and serving in another country .He lost his wife in an accident or to cancer.
- General Romance Scammer lost his wife in a divorce to his best friend. Now all he wants is someone to share his millions with when he retires.
- Oil Rig Romance Scammer lost his wife and now has a nanny taking care of his children.
- Regardless of which one you engage in conversation with they all use the same tactics to love bomb you and steal your money.
- Initially they will greet you with a friendly message, but after a couple of weeks, they will start to express love for you.
- Endearing words and pet names, along with beautiful poems and love songs are next.
- Don’t flatter yourself if he doesn’t love bomb you too quickly, because eventually the romance scammer will go for the kill.
- Romance scammers will ask you a lot of questions simply to learn where you are the most vulnerable. They are doing a psychological profile of you!
- Weakening your defenses are part of his love fraud. Asking you to send a game card for his child is the first test.
- Another game he plays is to tell you he also lost his children. Then he will ask you to send him a gift card because he cannot access his bank account.
- Be leary of a romance scammer when he tells you his children want to email you.
- Suddenly the romance scammer’s child wants a picture of you and sends you emails calling you mom.
- Suddenly you find yourself falling in love with this beautiful man and his children.
- Are you in love with this romance scammer or his PICTURE? They steal pictures of handsome people, and even dead people to love bomb you with.
- Online Romance scams like this continue as long as you send them money.
- If you tell them, you don’t have any money at the time to help them out, the romance scammer will tell you that he will have a friend send you some money to your bank account.
- Caution this is a trap.
- Never give any banking information to anyone you have never met. He is trying to make you a MONEY MULE.
- Once you deposit a check or money from someone else, he will then ask you to take out a certain amount and send it to him. If you do that, you have just laundered money, and it is a crime. The funds will be insufficient, and you will be overdrawn at the bank.
- Next thing that will happen is that the bank will freeze your account because they think you are laundering money. You will never get your money back.
- Romance Scammers do not get caught because they are in other countries that we have no jurisdiction over. That is why you would be prosecuted and they wouldn’t.
- Bit coin is difficult to trace and that is why they use it so often.
Anyone who tells you they can get your money back is a scammer as well.
- Another online romance scam they use to try and get money is by sending you all of their banking information for a virtual bank account they have.
- You are the only person in the world they can trust. After all, they love you so much.
- It will seem so real because you even have the password to the account and the name of the person to contact at the bank.
- Beware of this online romance scam because you will have $50,000 deposited into your account but not until you send the bank $5000.
- Cash app and zelle are other sources they are trying to use lately to get you to send them money.
- Doesn’t it seems strange that he never can do a video chat with you? Either connection is too bad. Or the rig may blow up .They will even tell you it is against the law in the country where they are. Maybe not allowed because they are in the military on a secret mission.
- Do you have documents like their driver’s license or passport as proof of who they are? They are fake and can be obtained by anyone on the dark web for the right price.
- If you question any documents they send you they will say it must be something wrong with the computer
- They have a distinctive accent when you speak with them on the phone. They try to compensate for their accent by saying they have parents from a different country or because they are always traveling and learning the language of the country they are in. All part of the romance scammers love fraud.
- You should always report a dating site scam to the site where you met the romance scammer. They will immediately block them, but the sad thing is they will come back on a site with a different name and picture and perhaps scam you again if you are not diligent.
