| Romance scams occur in a number of places and | | | | 2. Chat Rooms: many free email hosts offer chat |
| websites on the internet,with various methods being | | | | rooms as fora for users of their services. |
| used. The scammers target some particular sites | | | | Unfortunately, scammers have turned this well |
| where they know that they are likely to catch | | | | intentioned facility into a bad one. The chat rooms |
| potential victims. | | | | are the places where they fish for potentisl scam |
| Some of the most popular types of websites that | | | | victims. The scammers typically enter a chat room |
| they target for romance scams are listed below: | | | | and try to strike up a conversation with anyone they |
| 1. Dating Sites: This is about the largest fishing | | | | so choose out of the people in the room. They could |
| grounds for victims.The scammers join dating | | | | send instant messages to as many people as is |
| sites,both paid and free ones, in order to hunt for | | | | possible,in the hope that a few would reply and chat |
| victims. Few of these dating sites, if any at all does | | | | with them. And they usually succeed with this. |
| not have these villains as members. No matter what | | | | 3. Religious, charitable and other innocent |
| the owners try in the form of preventive or security | | | | sites:Although such innocent sites as these are set up |
| measures, the scammers are up to the task and | | | | in order to offer help to the needy, and to help |
| always manage to evade the rules. It is sad to note | | | | humanity, they do not escape the attention of |
| that some dating sites still have a non-challant | | | | scammers. The very fact that these type of |
| attitude till date to the activities of scammers and | | | | websites are set up for humanitarian or religious |
| have not taken adequate measures to prevent | | | | purposes makes the people there especially |
| innocent people using their services from the antics | | | | vulnerable to the scammers. Such people are typically |
| of the romance scammers. | | | | unsuspecting and have their guard let down. |