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Online Dating Scam: How to identify an online dating scam? If you want to avoid becoming a victim, follow these tips..

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In the digital world, everything is being done online. Nowadays many people use online dating. In online dating, two strangers talk to each other, after which the conversation between the two increases so much that a relationship is formed between them. But here one needs to be a little cautious. Many times the other person is trapping you and you do not even get a hint of it. Yes, in the last few years, many cases of online dating scams have come to light. In this, sometimes money is demanded from people and sometimes they are threatened.

Identify dating scam

In online dating scams, the person in front gets serious about you very quickly and starts praising you a lot. The fraudster often tries to trap you in his words and assures you that you have become very special to them.

In a dating scam, the fraudster tells a false story about himself and will ask you many questions. This kind of sequence can go on for many weeks or even months.

In dating scams, often the profile photo of the fraudster looks like a model. Often the person in front is not able to identify the real and fake by looking at the photo.

Fraudsters do this work.

In a dating scam, the fraudster keeps very little information about himself on the Internet. In a way, his digital footprint is negligible.

In a dating scam, the fraudster never talks on video call. Also, he never avoids meeting in person.

The fraudster will often describe himself as very helpless and living in very challenging situations in a dating scam.

In a dating scam, fraudsters often demand money. For this, they can also give many different types of serious excuses, in which many people easily get trapped and are ready to help them.

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These tips will be useful in avoiding dating scams.

If there is very little information about any profile in any app in a dating scam, then be careful of it. Even if the profile photo looks very attractive, be cautious.

Never share your home address, email ID, and financial information with any unknown person on a dating app or website.
If you are going to meet someone through a dating app, then first check his background thoroughly. Also, choose a place with a public plate.
If someone asks you for money, refuse him and report him on the app or website.
If anything seems suspicious on the dating app or website, then distance yourself from that person and block him.

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