Latest news on Love Scam, another Love Scam in Malacca on the 1st September 2016 involving a housewife and a lecturer. It believed to be scammed by an African syndicate. Both were in their early 40s and lost RM 721,000 and RM 402,000 respectively.
The basically used similar modus operandi as the previous post (newspaper cuttings by The Star); the syndicate member befriended the victim on Facebook and sweet talked them before persuading for cash.
Why are there still many online love scam cases?
ReplyDeleteMost victims cannot accept the reality that they have been scammed. They find it very difficult to imagine that the most handsome/pretty looking, loving and a caring person who showered them with beautiful lovely words are no longer there or don’t even love them.
Thus the tendency for the victim to fall back for the second trap is very high. Especially if someone try to take advantage to console and motivate the victim after the incident.
Some potential victim may assume that the love scam will never happen to them and their ignorance had become one of the main contribution factor to increase the online romance scam rate.