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What to Know About Romance Scams

Plain-clothed police officers detain Chinese nationals following a raid on a shophouse in Batam, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. Indonesian police said Wednesday they have arrested a number of Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from the Chinese security ministry. Police officers present evidence as Chinese nationals detained following a raid sit on the floor during a press conference in Batam, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. BATAM, Indonesia AP — Indonesian police said Wednesday they have arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from the Chinese security ministry. The suspects, including five women, were arrested on Batam island, next to Singapore, said Riau Islands police spokesperson Zahwani Pandra Arsyad.

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But its charismatic lead, Simon Leviev, could do perfectly well as a crypto dating scammer — all it takes is some trust building, promises of lucrative crypto gains and gullibility that many of us are prone to. Indeed, scamming daters out of their crypto has become something of a cottage industry. They may message you on Instagram, or even WhatsApp, and pretend it was by mistake, as a screenshot of what later turned out to be a crypto dating scam shared with CoinDesk shows below. Crypto dating scammers invest a lot of time in their victims, maintaining a relationship until they feel that trust has been established, and the victim is ready to be exploited. In many reported cases, scammers spend weeks or months in a relationship before bringing up crypto and the potential it offers.

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Millions of people around the world use online dating sites and apps. And there are many success stories of people finding love and companionship online. But as well as the successes, there are also online dating scams — and these are on the rise. Online dating scams — also known as romance scams or romance fraud — take place when someone believes they have made a connection or match through an online dating site or app — but the person they are talking to is, in fact, a scammer using a fake profile. The scammer manipulates or grooms the other person to gain their trust over time — ultimately so they can either ask them for money or obtain enough personal information about them to steal their identity. This type of crime is on the rise.

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Crypto Romance Scams: Don't Fall for These Dating App Swindlers

China has launched a crackdown on cruel 'pig butchering' scam networks - which ensnare thousands of victims every year across the globe - including Americans. It works by scammers posing as love interests on dating sites then convincing their matches to invest in bogus cryptocurrency schemes. These cyber scam networks are run by powerful Chinese syndicates in Southeast Asia - with many operations based just over the border in Myanmar. Many of the scammers are themselves victims of human trafficking: young people lured in by fake high-paying job adverts and held captive in prisonlike complexes.

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