Online dating has become very popular these days and many people use internet to find their love. It provides a global reach for people who are hoping to find a right companion. This hope exposes them to many people, including fraudsters. Unfortunately, the internet is full of fraudsters who are waiting to hunt people genuinely looking for a partner. These scammers create fake profiles on genuine internet dating websites to target innocent people.
This Is How It Happens… 
Scammers contact people online and show interest in them. They use an attractive looking fake profile and a model-like photo. For weeks or even months, they continuously chat to form a close connection. They may even sent gifts, flowers or cards to express their love. After developing a relationship with their victim, they convince the victim to send money. The demand for money can be a one-time affair, or repeated over a prolonged period of time. Victims can even be asked to move the conversation to any private chatting or social networking site, where the talk can even turn intimate. According to researchers, the numbers of online dating scams are only increasing with time and 1 in every 10 profiles is a scam.
Similarly, online matchmaking is another side of the same coin. According to an online survey, matrimonial portals have become the most preferred option for soulmate seekers. With the extensive use of internet, the concept of a marriage agent with a huge photographs diary is slowly phasing out. Now, the search for companion starts from such matrimony sites, as these sites claims to expose you to a number of options. Matrimony scams is also known as ‘the romance scam’. On such matrimony sites, one person interacts with the other person to create a loving relationship. Unfortunately, scammers take advantage of this very emotion which is called love and request for money. The innocent lover immediately transfers the money to their supposed other half and get duped emotionally as well as financially. It is, therefore important to be careful of such scammers.
If your online date is a fraud then he/she will:
- Request you to communicate using email or personal messaging
- Declare his/her feelings of love instantly
- Claim to be from foreign a country, where he/she is traveling or working
- Send you a glamorous photograph which will actually be of a celebrity or model
- Send gifts or cards to express his/her love
- Show desperation to visit you but is unable to do so as he/she is caught up with some urgent task.
- Make thousands of reasons for not meeting you in person.
- Request for money and that the need for money is urgent and other relatives are not able to do so for many reasons.
Therefore, it is very important to be careful of such scammers. Below are some important rules to consider while searching for a partner online in order to avoid scams and frauds.
- Always carry out a clear background check of the person, both online and offline.
- Ensure that photographs posted by the person on the online dating/matrimony sites are genuine and not morphed.
- A model-like picture or an unclear picture on such sites can be tricky.
- Match the person’s online matrimonial profile with his/her general social networking profile. Make sure it matches.
- Check, who the person is associated with; it is always advisable to look at their circle of associates. A genuinely decent person will be linked with decent people.
- If the person is not from the same city, connect with his/her family and friends, especially those who live in the same city.
- Watch out for emails or messages that sound pleading in response to your refusal to send money.
Be careful! There are many online dating scams out there. Don’t become a victim. Have fun and safe dating!
1 Comments
pinky
recently i dupmed by person matrimonial site the info whatever igot was correct but d thing is that he hide his marital status from me i couldnt take any action against him