How to Protect Yourself from Online Dating Scams

How to Protect Yourself from
Online Dating Scams

http://www.wegolook.com

Online dating is booming. What does this mean?
• Among other things, it means that online dating scams are also booming.
• According to Match.com there are roughly 40 million online-dating-sites
users which make up a market of about $1.9 billion.
• This is a massive market that has already doubled since 2007 and will
only continue to grow. It is no surprise that the scam artists of the world
are flocking to dating sites.


• If you’re one of the 54 million singles in the U.S. that is looking to try
online dating, WeGoLook would like to provide you with some tips so
you can protect yourself from dating frauds.
• The stories and tactics that the fraudsters use are constantly changing
and there are thousands of different scams.


A disclaimer should be given first:
• The following aren’t necessarily guarantees that the individual is a fraud;
it just means they most likely are.
• WeGoLook is not responsible for true love lost.


If your sweetheart:
• Wants to immediately leave the dating site and use personal email or
chat to continue talking. There is usually an ulterior motive for someone
wanting to immediately move to various forms of communication. They
could also be trying to steal personal information from you.
• Isn’t available to talk on the phone. While sometimes it may be difficult
to pick frauds out when communicating through a service like email,
dialing them and talking to them on the phone may easily reveal them as
a fraud.


If your sweetheart:
Claims to be from the U.S. but is overseas. While this is possible, keeping
the relationship local drastically reduces your chances of being scammed,
or at least drastically increases the chances of catching the fraud. Not to
mention, what is a relationship if you can’t see the person or aren’t
going to be able to see the person for years at a time?


If your sweetheart:
Has broken English, sentences don’t make sense or uses poor grammar.
This would occur when an individual uses a translation service. It is not
uncommon for people to use poor grammar online; unfortunately it’s all
too commonplace. If you get the trifecta, it should shoot up a red flag.


• Here goes the cliché; has a photo that looks they are out of a GQ
photo-shoot or from a Miss USA competition. If it’s too good to be true,
it probably is.

• Every time they are planning to visit, they are prevented by some
emergency or other excuse. If this happens over and over again, chances
are you have fallen for a scam.


Now here are some things you can do to protect yourself:
• Use search engines. Google is a wonderful tool; you would be amazed as
to how much you can find out about a person from Google. So Google
them.
• Check third party sites like romancescams.org. There is likelihood that if
they are scamming you, they have scammed others. If they have
scammed others, there is a good chance someone posted them for
others to see.
• Be cautious of military personnel. The reason is because scam artists
have no heart and understand that people (in general) are more
trustworthy of those in uniform. Just be weary of claims for active duty
military overseas somewhere.


Lastly, NEVER send anyone money for any reason.
• Don’t entertain any sob stories that make you feel obligated to send an
individual cash, wire transfers, or money orders.
• Don’t listen to anyone claiming there is an emergency. They are all lies.


You should always report suspicious behavior to either the website hosting
the profile, a third party site like romancescams.org or to one of the
various government websites like the Federal Trade Commission or
the Internet Crime Complaint Center.


We help prevent Online Fraud
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completed by a real person, to verify a product, person, place or thing.
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