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What is a ‘Catfish’?
What is a Catfish? Urbandictionary.com defines a ‘Catfish’ as: ‘Someone who pretends to be someone they’re not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly…
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Sextortion
Sextortion: Understanding its Origins and Safeguarding Your Digital Life The rise of technology has undeniably transformed the way we communicate and interact with others. Unfortunately, it has also…
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Pig Butchering
Pig Butchering Pig butchering is a term used to describe a type of investment fraud that is combined with romance fraud. This type of scam typically involves a…
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The trouble with technology
I started talking about the use of ‘deepfakes’ in the use of romance scams over 2 years ago when we started to see evidence of them in fake…
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Changing the stigma around Romance Fraud.
Romance fraud victims have always been treated with contempt, belittled and held in the opinion of most (including those that should know better) as naive and gullible. The…
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So you think you know about Yahoo Boys and Romance Scams? Part 4
Yahoo boys or Gee boys have their hands in with many scams. New ways of making quick money are being tested all the time and once something is…
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So you think you know about Yahoo Boys and Romance Scams? Part 3
When a victim realises what is going on, maybe a friend has broken through the conditioning instilled by the scammer or they have come across other profiles with…
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