Did you know that with the exception of Christmas, people spend more money on Mother’s Day than any other holiday? The forecast for 2017 is $23.6 billion, and if you think scammers aren’t on the job, there’s a new marshmallow bridge spanning Loon Lake I’d to sell you a piece of. In order, the most-gifted recipients of Mother’s Day sentimental swag are mothers and stepmothers, then wives, daughters, sisters or stepsisters, grandmothers, godmothers, and, for […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Think Before You Click That Link! The e-card may seem romantic, but it could mask something more dangerous, like malware or viruses that can do more than just spam your computer with ads, but could remotely take over your […]
Have you had any horrible online dating stories? Did you ever meet someone online you wish you hadn’t? Share #YourBestCatfishStory! The winning catfishing story will be featured in Adam Levin’s Huffington Post column! Did you hear about the guy from Bucksnort, Tennessee, who sent a catfisher his life savings after a steamy back-and-forth on a popular dating app? The amount he lost was $4,395.45, which was the supposed cost of airfare and visa expedition for the victim’s […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Money Can’t Buy You Love. Never Give or Wire Money to Someone You Met Online. Given that the whole point for catfishers is to get money out of people, alarm bells should start going off the moment any potential […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Never Turn Over Personal Information or Pictures You Wouldn’t Want Broadcast for the World to See. It’s not love if they ask for your credit card number or for you to buy a plane ticket, or request your Social […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Drama Kings and Queens. Be Suspicious of Someone Who Is Always in a Perpetual State of Emergency. Once a catfisher thinks she or he has a live one on the line, they’ll test their mark to see how far […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. If They Sound like a Bad B Movie Over the Phone, or Send Emails Full of Grammatical Errors and Weird Phrases, Don’t Go Any Further. If your Romeo has an accent that does not match up to where […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. Phantom Daters. Be Wary of the Romeo or Juliet Who Can Never Meet. You May Be In for a Shakespearean Tragedy. He’s really American but lives abroad right now. Her phone got shut off. His webcam won’t work. If […]
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, people are looking for love more and more online. Unfortunately, hackers and scammers are waiting to prey on online daters, hoping to steal their heart, along with their cash. They Move Too Fast. If after a few email exchanges, this person wants to marry you or is talking about building a family, stop all contact. No one worth their salt wants to shack up or put a ring […]
