OK - back from my (well deserved) vacation. Happy 85th Birthday to my great dad! And now, back to the depressing world of Love is Cruel, aka the Sweetheart Scam.
We are discussing how to prevent being a victim of these sweetheart scams. We are now going to go over some ground rules when a person gets involved with an "international beauty" online.
1. First, don't post your real email address. Get a disposable email address just for this purpose. If things begin to work out and you feel that this person may be genuine, you can always reveal your "real" email address. Until then, keep it safe.
2. Many dating sites will ask for a profile. When giving your profile, just give the basics and give only general information about yourself. Don't give specifics about where you live or work.
3. When you start getting responses to a profile or ad, be extremely cautious if a respondent brings up an issue of money.
4. Be very wary of respondents who quickly press you to "meet" them in other chat rooms or exchange instant messaging information after only one or two meetings. This should be at a later step.
5. NEVER give anyone your bank account numbers, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, home address, phone number or credit card numbers. Don't laugh and say "it will never happen to me. I would never do this." If no one did it I would be out of a job.
6. When it comes to meeting someone personally, there are more steps that need to be taken, and we will discuss this more tommorrow.
It's great to be back.
As always, have a great and fraud-free day.
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