With the growing
popularity of dating sites and social media in general, scams can never be too
far away. Especially over the last 5 years, there has been a huge increase in
girlfriend scams as a lot of people had their hearts broken. To make matters
worse, these victims also lost thousands of dollars through the scam.
On the other hand,
there have been many instances where girlfriend scams resulted in violence and
in some cases even murder. Users tend to meet new people social media sites and
dating platforms and then decide to meet. However after arriving at the agreed
upon meeting place, the guy is confronted by a bunch of goons who take all his
money. This type of incident has also resulted in murder when the guys tried to
fight off the attackers. So when it comes to girlfriend scams, there are number
of variations to it though the final outcome is to make money at the victim’s
expense. To prevent this from ever happening to you, read some of the tips
listed below.
When you develop an
online relationship with some one through a dating site, you are bound to text
and chat with each other often. However if the person seems to be very quick
with her responses every time (typically within 5 minutes) you send her a text,
you need to start being a little cautious. She could be a fraud or could be
obsessed with you and both scenarios are not healthy for a relationship.
Another common way of detecting girlfriend scams through dating sites is to check for poorly written messages. According to research studies, a lot of scammers are known to
originate from poor countries in Asia and Africa where English is not the first
language. So if you find a lot of issues with grammar and the guy says he is
definitely from the US, you obviously have a problem that needs to be dealt
with.
Another common tip
to figuring out girlfriend scams is that the person would start opening up to
you rather early. You might have hardly been chatting up each other for a few
days and the women on the other end would have already started to share
personal stories. There is only so much a scammer could wait before getting to
his game. So you need to especially cautious with such people cause you know
what is coming next- sob stories that are supposed to tug at your heart
strings.
The person would
give all kinds of tragic reasons to explain why her life is nothing but misery.
Then to make you feel connected, she will say how you made things for her
better and how she has already fallen in love with you. She would then go on to
explain how she is facing a major financial crunch because a family member is
very sick and needs immediate doctor intervention. Finally she will ask you to
lend a few thousand dollars which she can use for the surgery.
Never ever fall for
these stories because the moment you said the money, she will completely
disappear leaving you high and dry. You will not only look like a fool for
helping a scammer but also be left heart broken. If you come across such a
person, you are better off reporting the person for orchestrating girlfriend
scams and then move on with your life.
One useful tips a
lot of people do these days is to check for background information once the
member meets somebody interesting. Then go to sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and
Twitter to cross check the profile facts provided by the person. This is one
idea way to detecting girlfriend scams as well.
For more
information on topics related to scams and how to stop them, go to the site www.bigscammers.com
