A single mom-of-three lost her $7,500 life savings to a Tinder crypto scammer. Natalie Foster, 42, matched with a man on Tinder three weeks ago. The pair hit if off immediately before the man, ‘James’, began talking incessantly about crypto. He convinced Natalie to get a crypto wallet – a virtual wallet which allows you … Read more
Move over, ‘Tinder Swindler‘ — there’s a new scam artist in town. A single woman was hoaxed by a Hinge match into paying for a vacation in Spain for a first date, but she claimed he ghosted her and left her to pick up the hefty tab. “It’s the real-life ‘Tinder Swindler’ but make it Hinge,” … Read more
Her mineral man wasn’t rock solid. A grieving British widow says she was conned out of $63,000 in life savings by a “romance scammer” who preyed on her via Facebook. The sexagenarian, known only as Lyn, was tricked into sending a fraudster called “Derek” cash for hospital and hotel bills — until she cashed in … Read more
Beware of the “dinner swindlers.” One self-appointed “credit card friend” — the person who foots the bill in advance with the expectation that participants will pay them back — was recently faced with her biggest fear: a dine-and-dashing friend. Bria Jones, a TikTok influencer and recovering “credit card friend,” is no longer putting her card … Read more