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TIPS TO IDENTIFY A ROMANCE SCAM!

LET'S REVIEW THOSE  TIPS AND RED FLAGS...

They Reach Out First

Asking for Money/Gift Card

Moving the Conversation

A victim is approached on a platform first by: 

  1. A friend request, 
  2. Message request 
  3. Request from the scammer to add them as a friend. 



Moving the Conversation

Asking for Money/Gift Card

Moving the Conversation

The scammer will often times try and move the conversation to an encrypted site such as Hangouts or WhatsApp. An encrypted message site makes it difficult for law enforcement to retrieve conversations once deleted, making it more difficult to prove the scam.



Asking for Money/Gift Card

Asking for Money/Gift Card

Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Scammers are in it for the money! Nothing else!  If anyone you never met in person asks you for money, or to send gift cards, this is a scam! NEVER send money or gift cards to ANYONE online!



Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Scammers may request the victim to open a bank account for them, or ask for their personal information to open a bank or Bitcoin account. But why?


  1. Collect personal information to open not one, but many accounts
  2. Additional information to blackmail the victim
  3. To have the victim "move" money ie. Money Laundering (a Federal Offense)


Terms of Endearment

Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Working From a Remote Location

Terms of endearment early on in a conversation is very common with scammers.  "Hello Dear", "My Queen", "Hi beautiful", are just a few of their terms. They will also profess their love to you very early on in the relationship, often times within days.



Working From a Remote Location

Asks You to Open a Bank Account/Bitcoin Account

Working From a Remote Location

By claiming to work outside of the country (ex. in the Military, on an Oil Rig, Physician on a humanitarian mission) their victim is in, gives ample excuses to:


  1. Never be able to meet in person
  2. Have poor phone/video connection
  3. Conveniently difficult to prove why money is needed (hospital bills, attorney fees, bail money)



Poor Grammar

No Family/Has a Child

No Family/Has a Child

A scammers first language is often times not the same as their victims', making their incorrect grammar noticeable to the victim.  Scammers tend to also say phrases that are not known in the Country they claim to be from.  For example they often start their introduction as  "Am John"  or "Am John by name" instead of " My name is John".  



No Family/Has a Child

No Family/Has a Child

No Family/Has a Child

A spouse being killed in an accident, or by Cancer are common parts of a scammers story. There will often times be a "child" involved.  Scammers use a child as an excuse to need money for an illness resulting in medical expenses, boarding school,  nanny fees etc. 



Sending You a Package

No Family/Has a Child

Sending You a Package

Scammers will claim to send the victim a package filled with personal expensive belongings, gems, gold, and or money.  There is NEVER a package and there are a few reasons they do this:


  1. To gather your personal information (name, address) for possible blackmailing purposes
  2. Get the victim to pay a "deliver fee" to a fraudulent shipping service (money actually goes to the scammer).
  3. Excuse to have the victim pay for the "package" to "get out of customs".  There is no package, which means no customs and the money goes to the scammer. 



TIPS TO IDENTIFY A ROMANCE SCAM!

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