Here are some red flags to look out for 💔⬇️
, Lisa shared a screenshot of a conversation she had with the scammer who tried to get her to join bitcoin.
Her gut instinct proved true when he insisted on introducing her to a "fast approach" to get more money, despite her insistence that she had no interest in any form of investment or cryptocurrency. In 2022, the number of internet love scam cases fell by 20.7 per cent to 868 from 1,094 the previous year, according to the Singapore Police Force last Wednesday .
"Similarly, that's why many scams have to do with instances where the offer would be urgent, such as it will only last until two hours, so you better decide within that period."Lim said there is always a "confidence trickster" - a scammer skilled at establishing confidence in many such scams, which frequently happen on social media or online dating applications.
"So when someone is kind to them, they are more likely to buy into the scam, but that also means that in the treatment, grief is very intense because they do not have social support to go on," she said.
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