Cyber-crime is one of the down-sides of our online lives. Cyber-crime comes is lots of different variations, but the overall objective is to harvest our personal information and to steal our money. Phishing is when you send a fraudulent communication pretending to be from a legitimate institution — such as a bank or a government agency — aimed at getting the user to unwittingly reveal sensitive information to you or to instal malware on their device or IT system.
However, the type of cyber-crime that has the highest financial impact on individual victims is Romance Fraud. Romance Fraud is where someone uses online dating or a hook-up app to establish a connection with you, build rapport, and then plays on your loneliness, need for intimacy, or emotional blackmail to trick you into giving them money. Hunter Schafer, star of Euphoria, has sparked international conversation after revealing that her new US.
It consists of racialized women. Instagram Facebook Youtube Spotify Podcast. Search for:. Do they look like a model? Are they dressed in a military uniform? Is there a dog featured in their photo? Once you leave the dating app message system, the conversation is harder to trace if you have trouble later on.
A romance scam is unlikely to immediately ask you for money. They will take time to build rapport with you. Also, the requests might start small. Tweet Facebook Email Print. Queer Mais Trash is back. French Dutch English.
