If a person you’ve only ever met online asks for personal information or offers you romantic involvement in exchange for emergency bank transfers and financial help including flight tickets this might be a scam.
While plenty of successful relationships begin online, scammers also use dating sites social media apps and chat rooms to create fake profiles. Be aware that the person seeking financial help might not be who you think they are!
Scammers will usually get to know their victim and they will not ask you for your details. They will spend a lot of time, sometimes months, building your trust and playing on your emotions until it feels safe for you to share your personal information with them or until a specific period in time when an emergency situation occurs requiring your financial assistance.
Scammers might ask you to pay for their expenses or flight tickets with the excuse of such travel being related to your romantic relationship or send them gifts or transfers because of unexpected problems they have to resolve urgently. Don’t fall victim to such tactics and always make sure you have met the person you are sending money to.
VERIFY
Ensure you know the person you are sending money to well and have met them. Always consider that if someone is located far away and you have not verified their identity, this could be a romance scam.
REMEMBER
Bank transfers cannot be harder to recover if you later find out that the person you have sent money to is a scammer.
PROTECT
Reach out to Moneybase official channels for further assistance. Moneybase’s ISO-certified customer care team is available to assist clients with any questions they might have, seven days a week, and may be reached on +356 25 688 688 or through the in-app chat.
