She also told the Daily Mail that she only recognized she had been duped after a friend informed her of the current increase in such occurrences.
Digital Desk: Meeting
someone and expecting things to work out isn't unheard of these days. Tinder,
Hinge, Bumble, and other dating apps have millions of users who are all looking
for a romantic companion. But we frequently forget that, at the end of the day,
the people we meet on social platforms, particularly dating apps, can't be
trusted because they are strangers whose identities are protected by such
services.
Another
mind-boggling occurrence occurred when a 42-year-old woman's Tinder match
turned out to be a scammer.
Woman lost USD 100,000 to
Tinder match
According
to the Daily Mail, the woman, Rebecca Holloway, was suffering from a divorce
following a failed second marriage. As a result, the woman, a mother of three
children, was vulnerable and believed she had found love yet again in her
Tinder connection.
She met the man on Tinder in March and he informed her he is a
French businessman named Fred. Fred, on the other hand, had never met her in
person and was hesitant to show his face on video conversations. He usually
communicated with Rebecca by text, and she believed their connection was
evolving into something meaningful. 'When I look back, the indicators are so clear.
But you want to believe it's true at the time,' Rebecca told the Daily Mail.
"Single women approaching middle age are so vulnerable,"
she continued. We have money, but we haven't met the proper guy yet. And then
this attractive dude starts talking to you, and you get excited."
To bolster his case and
gain Rebecca's trust, 'Fred' revealed that he had a daughter and lived in
Philadelphia. As their'relationship' grew, Fred began telling Rebecca about his
cryptocurrency investments and finally persuaded her to do the same.
Rebecca
made USD168 on her initial investments after he duped her into depositing
$1,000 in a bogus bitcoin business. Rebecca was able to withdraw her earnings
and deposit them into her bank account at first, which increased her trust in the
programme and Fred.
She
subsequently invested another $6,000, and her profits grew even more. She
eventually invested her entire life savings of $401,000 (USD 100,000) on the
platform and was unable to transfer it to her bank account.
She also told the Daily Mail that she only
recognized she had been duped after a friend informed her of the current
increase in such occurrences.
Bengaluru woman gets scammed
by Tinder match
A
similar incidence of being duped by a Tinder match was reported in India last
month. A 37-year-old lady from Bengaluru who works for a private firm accused
her Tinder match of defrauding her of Rs 4.5 lakh. The fraudster persuaded the
woman fall in love with him and told her that he lives in the United Kingdom
and is travelling to India to meet her. However, it was all a ploy, and the
woman was duped into depositing the money by the scammer. The woman then went
to the police in the hopes of reclaiming her money.
Continue Reading
