Online dating scammers are trying to win the hearts while cleaning out the bank accounts of single people all across the country.
The scary truth is every day innocent open-hearted women are getting scammed, conned and hurt through online dating. now some of the stories are absolutely heartbreaking and i don't want you to be the next victim.
I'll reveal the top five scammers tricks of the trade and some simple ways to keep yourself safe. I am the dating coach for ambitious empathetic and creative women. it's ending of 2022 and i'm excited to start sharing a whole new year of great dating.
That's why i created this simple guide to help you spot con men and fraudsters online.
The five new online dating scams of 2022
5 New Online Dating Scams:
(1) Fake Profile
(2) Sudden emergency
(3) Reverse generosity
(4) The guy who never wants to meet
(5) The chat mover.
now let's jump right into it.
1. The fake profile pic
The fake profile pic. we all want to look our best in our online photos but did you notice those guys who just look a little bit too good. it's incredibly easy for a guy to go online to grab a photo of some male model or some other you know good looking guy and just upload it as his own profile pic. in lots of cases it's obviously a fake maybe the the height or the weight that the guy is claiming in his profile, they just don't match the picture at all but here's another trick that you can try use my reverse image search trick.
it's really simple you just download the profile pic to your computer and then you go to images.google.com in your web browser and you click the little camera icon you'll have the option to upload that photo and perform a search across the entire internet and you can learn right away who's really in the photo. it'll compare that photo across the internet see if it's in any other places and tell you about it. so you might see that same photo popping up on a lot of different websites under different names and then you know right away that the guy posted a fake picture and he's a scammer.
2. The sudden emergency
Lots of women are hoping to meet mr.right online. well here's something i know about mr.right, he doesn't hit you up for money especially when he doesn't know you that well. now this is actually a pretty common scam in online dating. in fact, i hear it way too often on my coaching calls. so you'll meet a guy who claims to be falling for you really quickly and he'll try to escalate the relationship as fast as he can and then boom a sudden emergency is going to pop up maybe he needs a car repair or he's got some family crisis like a family member in the hospital and while he'll claim to be embarrassed, he'll still ask you for some fast cash now you're a good person and you want to help but don't do it never send money to someone that you don't really know. play the odds and the odds are this is a scam
3. The reverse generosity
Now some online scammers have figured out that you'll be suspicious, if they ask for money too soon so they've created a modified trick that i call reverse generosity. In this scenario, they'll actually send you money or pretend to. here's an example - a woman celia who is swindled out of two hundred thousand dollars by this reverse generosity scam. this is so horrible, celia says scammer told her, he was an israeli millionaire with a nickname the prince of diamonds but he wasn't who he said he was. According to celia their brief romance turned into a real-life nightmare celia alleges simon defrauded her out of 200 000 leaving her spiraling into debt suicidal and fearing for her safety you need to be on the lookout especially if a guy starts giving you gifts and sending you cash early on in a relationship remember money does not equate to trust.
4. The guy who never wants to meet
This con artist is getting harder to spot thanks to quarantines. a lot of dates are happening virtually right now but beware of the guy who always seems to make an excuse for why he can't meet in person or if you're supposed to meet over skype or zoom. he always seems to have technology problems or he can't turn his camera on these are major red flags and there's a very good chance that this guy is not who he claims to be.
if you're having doubts that the guy is legit trust or not, you should meet him in person before you invest too much time and certainly never invest any money
5. The chat mover
most reputable online dating sites have rules for behavior and moderators to hunt down potential scammers. so some guys may suggest that you move your communication to another app or even just email or phone and they'll make that suggestion quickly perhaps claiming that their membership on the dating site is almost expired.
the reality is these scammers are always just two seconds away from getting banned from the dating site itself. so especially early on handle all of your communications through the dating site and if someone seems a little bit too eager to move your conversation somewhere else your alarm bell should be going off.
A bit of Advice
we want to enter our new relationship with an open and trusting heart but early on trust must be earned so as you're out there. you're interacting with different people keep your own safety, your physical, your financial and your emotional safety at the top of your mind.
Trust comes from feeling safe over time and many different experiences. some men are very very good at just pulling at your emotional heart string. so make sure that you know that you're treating yourself in the same way that you would treat the woman that you love most in this world with safety with security and with awareness.
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