Online scams must be as old as the internet, but certainly Facebook has made it far easier for scammers to victimize users who are longing for connection.Lately I’ve getting a friend request on pretty much a daily basis from various dudes I’ve never heard of. Usually if I don’t recognize the name I hit delete. Something recently made me check out this stream of masculinity.
Van Steen said he worked at an energy company I’d never heard of and he only posted one image from 2021. Very sparse in the text and photo realm these guys.That’s because new profiles don’t have to use the name that these dudes go by in everyday life. Then there was Felix Nicolas, who’s supposedly from Dublin, but he posted an image where the background looks like a takeout in a California landscape.
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has reported that last year Canadians lost a total of $530 million to fraud in various schemes, scams and investment swindles. The centre noted that the second most reported scam in this country is the romance scam, with 1,056 Canadian victims losing $59 million in 2022.
Two sisters, Ginny and Penelope Skinner, have co-written a BBC drama series on the topic called The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies. The two co-writers spoke with real life victims in their research process. It sounds fascinating.Be wary of anyone you have only recently met online.
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