Nigerian dating site scams

Growing online dating scam leaves victims with emotional trauma, drains finances

Janet Ogundepo examines the menace of romance scams and sexual extortion of both local and foreign nationals by some Nigerians who are into cybercrime Disbelief, shock and fear would hardly describe the feelings of a lady, identified as Doris Foluke not real names to protect her identity when a friend notified her of a picture message sent to her inbox. As the details of the message were shown to her, Foluke realised that a guy she met on Facebook had carried out his threat. She alleged that the guy had threatened to spread the videos and pictures of her nudes and that money must exchange hands to prevent the spread. So why should I pay him? However, that friend was not the only person to whom the picture was sent; she said other friends who got the pictures began reaching out to her. She told our correspondent that she refused to succumb to his threats, and that she made sure to live her life devoid of trauma, until he eventually left her alone. Arguably, Foluke is only one of the few Nigerian women who were victims of sextortion and romance scams.

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A new report says thousands of American men and women fall victim. Men and women looking for prospective romantic partners online should take note of these two: Laura Cahill, who described herself as an aspiring young model living in Paris, and Britney Parkwell, who pointed to her relative youth as a year-old from sunny San Jose, California. There's one big problem: Despite profiles that said they were seeking love online, they never existed. They were fake personas created as part of an elaborate scheme run out of Africa to con hundreds of thousands of dollars from vulnerable Americans, according to the California-based cyber-security firm Agari. A firm report details how men and women were targeted by fraudsters. Crane Hassold, the senior. He said he's seen farmers and religious people fall victim the most to this type of scam.

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Does he seem too good to be true? It might be because he's a romance scammer called a "Yahoo Boy" who wants to steal your life savings.

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Romance scammers are now building trust with AI-generated deepfakes. Here's how to spot them.

Nobody likes to think they could be taken advantage of, especially when it comes to online dating. Unfortunately, Nigerian romance scams are too common on popular dating apps and websites. These scams often involve someone claiming to be from Nigeria attempting to gain your trust to get money or personal information out of you. Nigerian romance scammers typically create profiles on popular dating sites using stolen photos and false information.

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