Cyber-Forensics.net
Cyber Forensic Specialist
Love-related fraud schemes are a multimillion-dollar industry costing over $40 million in losses. Look at recommended tips to protect against love scams.
— Timothy Benson
SOFIA, BULGARIA, March 21, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Love scams have seen a disturbing trend in the past few years. With reports indicating a triple-fold increase in the victim’s rate between 2016-2020, organizations are revealing losses amounting to $304 million across the United States alone.
Another report published by Pew Research Center mentions- online love scams have seen a marked increase in recent years. The amount cheated has also grown from $12 million in 2015 to $33.1 million in 2020.
Cyber-Forensics.net, a cyber forensics service for online scam victims, says, “criminals create a strange online identity and use it to lure someone into a relationship and steal hearts and money.”
“I lost everything”- A 50-year-old badly scammed finance professional Anna reported. She joined the online dating app Zoosk after surviving a four-year abusive marriage. She met a Bulgarian food importer online, Andrew living in London, and was instantly smitten.
About five weeks into the online relationship, Andrew asked Anna to lend him money due to a work crisis he…
