Love seems to be the most powerful force in this world, and not many people would disagree with that. Even those who have been “alone” romantically since birth would probably admit to themselves, privately, that it wouldn’t actually hurt to have someone special to share one’s life with.
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This vulnerability, this fear of ending up alone, is the gap that romance scammers have been exploiting. Government agencies like the FBI have been reporting alarming incidents and the rising rate of those being fooled by these schemes.
Social media has provided the world a means to connect and forge relationships even with people who are miles apart, but it has also exposed most users to the growing, opportunistic underbelly of the Internet. The data reveals that more than 80 percent of the victims are women over the age of 50. They are being conned by men with fake social media accounts and identities for money, and the magnitude of the transactions is not a laughing matter, based on many cases.
A blossoming relationship can easily be utilized by these con artists to their advantage. By appealing to their victims’ fragility, they could establish a situation where trust is freely given by unsuspecting targets. The victims are normally undergoing a painful life event, and that often presents a gaping hole that criminals are more than willing to fill with a pretend relationship. The scammers would sometimes make sure that they have control over their victims by recording them doing compromising sexual requests. These would in turn be used to blackmail the victims.
The ploy progresses from small amounts of money being asked by the perpetrators and could easily escalate to millions of dollars. These scammers certainly know what they are doing. Manipulating the emotions of the victims and testing their willingness to shell out money are frequently part of the modus.
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