Before You Swipe Right This Valentine’s Day, Read This Scam Warning

Valentine's Day is coming in a few days, and this is the time when scammers also work extra shifts to trap people looking for love online. And with AI in the picture, a lot of people are getting easily

trapped in search for a partner on dating apps and social media platforms. Now, a few scams will be on the rise this Valentine's week and you need to be extra careful. On that note, here we have mentioned the types of scam you can face. Money Requests scam: Imagine someone connects with you on a dating app or a social media platform, and you develop feelings for them, but never get to meet. Now, just when you are planning to do so, you get a request from them asking for money, citing personal reason, visa issues, travel issues, or a medical emergency? This is the script for money request scams, and they feel so genuine that you end up losing money if you trust people way too much. AI and Deepfake Calls: Let's say you connect with someone on a dating app, and after having long conversations, you are finally ready to get on a video call. And the call could be completely AI-generated, and these calls can be used to either blackmail you or even persuade you in thinking that they are real and then comes the asking for money part.How To Silence Unknown And Spam Callers On WhatsApp? Fake Dating App links: Multiple datasets from different surveys suggest that the fake dating app subscription links are circulated aggressively two weeks ahead of Valentine's Day. If you click on a malicious link that claims to provide you a premium dating app subscription for low prices, then you are signing up for danger, which can result in identity theft, financial losses, and more. Romance investment scam: Let's say you found a partner on one of these social media or dating apps, and you are connected to them online only. After a while, if they pitch you an investment project, then the first thing you should do is block them. This is how the investment scams start, and there are chances you will first make some profits, and then you will be stuck in a loop where you will end up giving a lot of money.