Seeking romance on a dating site is thrilling but risky. There are a variety of scams abound, including the almost always “advance-fee” scams. iYogi endeavors to expose such fraudulent online dating scams. A person claiming to be a pretty woman will act flirtatious, then somehow work into the conversation a request for money. The money will allegedly be for needed medical care, or travel to see a dying relative, or emergency car repairs.
The scammer may ask that a certain telephone number be used for chatting, which will result in huge telephone bills with the money going to the scammer. It is also possible the scammer might only want to get an email address to which to send torrents of spam.
Unlike other Internet scams which merely dupe you of your hard earned cash, online dating scams have an additional fallout: they can leave the victim a psychological wreck. Being duped of your cash is bad enough but being duped by someone on whom you’ve become emotionally dependent can have devastating consequences. Only in iYogi Scam Alerts can you obtain information on these kinds of scams. With the growth of the Internet, these dating scams are becoming ever more devious with online crooks devising new methods to trap the unwary. iYogi is your source for information on such kinds of scams.
Most of these dating scams follow the same threadbare pattern with occasional new variations. The phone scam involves someone asking you to call the person only to find that you have to shell out an astronomical amount for the call. iYogi Scam Alerts has information on old and the newer kinds of dating scams. Here you can get to read about the kinds of tricks online crooks employ to separate you from your cash. But for people who have fallen for this kind of fraud, there is little solace. So, better read iYogi Scam Alerts to stay one up on these crooks! Read more…
Online Dating Scam
After a bad break up, I decided to get back into the dating scene by signing up for an online dating site. I was having fun looking at people’s profiles, and I went on a few dates and had a great time. One day I received a message from an attractive man named “Jeremy” who said he liked my profile and would like to know more about me. He seemed interesting, so I wrote him back and we began communicating over the dating site.
Jeremy said he was about to cancel his membership for the dating site, so he gave me his email address. We began talking and I was really starting to like him. When he told me that his grandmother had just died, I felt so sorry for him. He said they were extremely close and her death came as a huge shock to his family. Then he said that his parents had no money to pay for her funeral and they needed him to pay the $4000 bill. Jeremy said that money was tight for him because he was waiting to receive a settlement check from a car accident a year earlier. He asked if I would loan him the money since he needed it immediately to pay for the funeral costs.
I was nervous about loaning such a large amount, but Jeremy promised to repay me as soon as he received the settlement check. He also said he’d give me an extra $500 because I was so nice and he’d take me out to dinner after he returned from the funeral. I was excited to meet him, so I sent him the money. Jeremy never contacted me again and I feel so stupid for sending money to a man I had never met. Just then I realized I was a victim of an online dating scam.
A friend of mine registered me on a dating website. A girl living in a town nearby seemed nice and we started talking over the phone She sounded nice but within a fortnight, she started asking for money !! I became suspicious and I told her that I would pay her in person and she agreed. We were supposed to meet the next day but the girl never turned up. This was definitely one of those online dating scams.
Online chicks beware!
I registered myself on an online dating website after I broke up with my girlfriend. I started getting mails from this woman named Tracy living in the neighboring town and soon we exchanged phone numbers. She sounded nice enough but when she started asking me for money for every little thing, I became suspicious. I told her to come meet me and collect the money and she never mailed or messaged me again. I guess she wanted me to send the money online so that I could not trace her! Good luck for all your endeavors, Tracy!!
You should never believe anyone you meet over the Internet! With Google maps and translators, even someone in your town could be some Japanese middle aged creep looking for money! I had a run in with someone who claimed he was from my town but on asking for details I was able to find how he was lying. Do not go for online dates! They are all scammers.
It is sad to hear some of these stories. I am surprised people get taken, but then again I have to remind myself everyone is not as skeptical and cynical of things. Even not being cynical though people need to learn common sense when it comes to such scams. My friend used to have me run a dating website for him and it was a full time job deleting fake profiles and posting warnings to users about their scams.