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Article #161: Where Romance Scams Occur On The Internet

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






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