{"id":18656,"date":"2019-03-25T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=18656"},"modified":"2019-03-22T13:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:50:21","slug":"internet-dating-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/internet-dating-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Dating Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-18607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams-300x212.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27212%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20212%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27212%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/money-scams.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s no shortage of fraud surrounding dating these days, especially with online dating. It seems like such a great way to meet people with similar interests. Get on a dating site, they said. It&#8217;ll be fun they said. Until you find out the person you&#8217;ve been chatting with is nothing like they portrayed themselves to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/5205455\/\">Internet dating cost this woman $273,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A woman named Yin signed up for a six month membership with match.com. And she got catfished by someone using pictures of a U.S. Marine.\u00a0 He told her his name was David Perez he was deployed in Afghanistan, and they exchanged a bunch of text messages.<\/p>\n<p>They &#8220;fell in love&#8221; over text messages. He told her to keep things a secret because her friends would be jealous.<\/p>\n<p>After 5 weeks, Yin&#8217;s online &#8220;love&#8221; asked her for money.\u00a0 There was a big story about a secret mission in Afghanistan, a military attorney, a non-existent company in London, and a Chinese bank. She sent money totaling over $273,000. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So how do you protect yourself? Look for red flags. Elaborate stories that don&#8217;t seem to make any sense. Someone who wants things kept secret (because they don&#8217;t want anyone else talking sense into you). People who limit communications or won&#8217;t meet in person. Someone who is moving way too fast in the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>But the best way to protect yourself is to simply not give any money to anyone you&#8217;re chatting with or dating.\u00a0 You may not be able to protect your feelings, but you can certainly protect your bank account with 100% certainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no shortage of fraud surrounding dating these days, especially with online dating. It seems like such a great way to meet people with similar interests. Get on a dating site, they said. It&#8217;ll be fun they said. 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