Attention: Love on the net can be expensive - this is how you protect yourself from fraud!

Attention: Love on the net can be expensive - this is how you protect yourself from fraud!

Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein - The fraud by so -called Love Scammer accepts alarming proportions, especially in Liechtenstein, where the police report financial losses several hundred thousands of francs. The perpetrators use emotional manipulation to gain trust by pretending to be romantic partners who are supposedly in a financial emergency. In order to reinforce this impression, extraordinary stories are often told, such as that money for electronics, a visa or even plane tickets is needed to finally meet. However, these stories are usually nothing but deceives, because personal meetings are still postponed or canceled completely, as Vol.at

The number of unreported cases of those affected is high because many, especially older people, do not file a complaint out of shame. An insight into the Love Scamming shows that criminal fake identities use to build emotional relationships with online dating platforms such as Tinder and Bumble. As soon as there is trust, ask for financial support under the pretext of emergency situations that are often invented. The legal classification is also clear: Love Scamming fulfills the fraud in accordance with Section 263 of the Criminal Code. The clarification of these crimes is crucial, because