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Is a Soulmate Sketch Legit? Soulmate Sketch Review ( Updated August 2024 )

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Ukrainians Use Fake Dating Profiles to Scam Russians for War Funds

Ukrainian scammers are reportedly exploiting fake dating profiles to defraud Russian men out of thousands of pounds, using the funds to support their nation's ongoing war effort. The operation, identified as the "Monetary Army," has been successfully deceiving Russian soldiers, police officers, and military academy students, among others, with tactics designed to extract up to £19,000 from individual victims.

The scammers, who operate under the guise of attractive women on the popular Russian dating app Divinchik, employ a variety of deceptive strategies to target their victims. Arthur, a member of the Monetary Army, detailed their approach to the Telegraph, explaining that the primary goal is to lure men into purchasing tickets for fictitious events, such as theater performances, stand-up comedy shows, or cinema screenings. These tickets are priced at around £35 and are paid for using cryptocurrencies to avoid detection.

Once the transaction is complete, the scammers inform the victims that the event cannot proceed and instruct them to seek a refund. The refund process is facilitated through a fake customer support channel, often operated by the same scammer under a different identity. Victims are then coerced into purchasing additional tickets as a deposit for the refund, further entrenching them in the scam.

Arthur disclosed that while the Monetary Army typically earns around £100 per scam, the most significant amount extracted from a single individual was £19,000. Though a portion of the funds is directed to support the Ukrainian army, the majority is used to compensate staff, with Arthur himself earning approximately £1,600 per month from the operation.

The Ukrainian military's need for financial support comes amid an intensifying conflict that has now persisted for 28 months. Recent hostilities saw Russian shelling in Ukraine resulting in the deaths of four individuals, while drone attacks by Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian oil depot in Rostov, igniting significant damage. Ukrainian officials reported casualties and injuries in both the Kherson and Kharkiv regions as the conflict continues to escalate.

In summary, the Monetary Army’s fraudulent schemes highlight a grim facet of the ongoing war, where the exploitation of digital platforms and personal interactions is used to fund the conflict. As the war rages on, both the psychological and financial toll on individuals continues to grow, with the deceptive practices of the Monetary Army representing a troubling intersection of technology and warfare.

[sifytech]

Bait, Hook & Catch Part 2: 15 more common ways cybercriminals cheat you

In the first part of this trilogy, we talked about 10 most common ways India's cybercriminals target us while here Satyen K. Bordoloi expands the crimeverse with 15 more ways in which they can cheat you and in the next part, how you can arm yourself against them. Read More. https://www.sify.com/security/bait-hook-catch-part-2-15-more-common-ways-cybercriminals-cheat-you/

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How to not get Scammed when Dating?

How to not get Scammed when Dating? If you're looking for advice on how to not get scammed when dating, then you're in the right place! In this video, we'll share some tips on how to avoid being scammed online and offline. We'll discuss the signs to watch for and the steps you can take to protect yourself from scams. From dating websites to in-person interactions, we'll cover everything you need to know to stay safe when dating! #datingscams #protectyourself #onlinedatingtips #staysafe #datingredflags source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ye5ACvaFI

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"Love at First Swipe"

Modern dating has made marriage more diverse and complex for gen-Z. 💍❤️

Find out how dating has changed the mindset of a young generation: https://bit.ly/3yhh3nk

[odessawomen]

This Ukrainian dating culture will SHOCK you! Unmute to learn more!

[maverickstories-blog]

Tinder dating scam

Well, tinder is on a roll its a great app PERIOD.

And with everything great, comes its own set of shortcomings or rather its own set of blacklistings which are too tempting to ignore and too good to come true. So well I thought it happened to me and I should share it so if it may help someone. 

Well, while swiping I came across a beautiful girl by the name of Lizz Christine and though its unlikely for her to swipe me right I did that nonetheless. Guess what she swiped me right too, well I thought a mistake and she wont message back but guess what SHE DID. 

I was over the moon that a gorgeous babe is with me on Tinder and though I could see her location as local I presumed she may be is either an expat or a traveller but rightaway she gave her no. to connect on Whatsapp, now it starts to turn into something unbelievable right!

So we connect on whatsapp and chat for a while, she keeps sending me her beautiful pics and I am like WOW, head over heels for her. Messages turned into whatsapp calls, but no video calls you see, however her voice though very unlike of a native Brit and more like an East European but in mind I was like who cares :)

Just a week into about 8-9 conversations she asks me if she can visit my country and I am like YES PLEASE, I figured its too good to be true but then she sends me a scan of her Passport to my country and I am like is this my luck working or am I that charming, which ofcourse I am well aware of ;) Anyways couple of days later she sends me her tickets that she is flying to my country in next couple of days and well now that sounds suspicious right, a girl just after 5-6 conversations wants to come to meet my in India, I start digging her name on facebook and google, linkedin, instagram and where not, but guess what she isnt anywhere, now I am cautious on one side of my brain and the other side is planning the whole trip with her, which hotel to stay where all to go and what not, like a dream coming true!

Weekend comes and sends me pictures of her packed bags and she calls me to tell me she is set to fly and well though her tinder shows she is just 10 kms away from me, but foolish me starts to dream more and believes her. She sends me a picture again sitting in the flight and I am jumping with joy. I have a sleepless night wondering how to react when I meet her and dreaming about it.

Comes next morning and am checking and waiting for her to land and comes the first cross, she says she is flying to my country via another city as it was more convenient and I am like Not Really!

Anyways her flight has landed and I get a call from a local no. and a girl claiming to be from the airport customs officer tells me this beautiful lady has come and given in my details that I am her local contact, and well I am bursting with joy inside and then comes the bombshell, the so called officer tells me lady has brought in a cheque of 100k GBP and to register that, there’s a duty to be paid, she has paid half the duty but she is short by about 60K INR and if I can pitch in. All my dreams are shattered rightaway :( I know it now!

Anyways officer says she will send me a customs bank account to do the transfer and I am saying well if its customs I can help her out, though in my mind I know now that this is a con, anyways I receive bank details of some local guy and lady claims its a senior customs officer who will sort it out, well do I still need any more proof. Ofcourse I am not foolish enough to transfer but takes me a day to recover from the shock i.e. Tinder Dating Scam. 

Happening right here, in this internet savvy world how single rich males can be lured and booby trapped to con for money. I must say guys if you are reading this and can relate to it, dont be a fool, if its too good to be true, its False, just dont do any financial transactions unless you’ve met the person.

I was lucky that I was cautious with my money and just lost my emotions, make sure you dont waste either of these on these con artists.

Hope you find your true real love on tinder!

Cheers

Mav.

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[nickbibbysculpture]

Thank you to all the lovely people who alerted me to this scamming ba***rd! Turns out that the Mark Leroy Sculptures website is registered in Nigeria and is apparently being used primarily for the purposes of impressing women on dating sites, in order to con them out of their life savings! 😳😡🤬🤬🤬 Do not be taken in!!! So for the record. This site, and Mark Leroy Sculptures are a complete con and have nothing whatsoever to do with me, or any of the other artists, whose work appears there, without their permission. I have issued a take down request to his ISP, under DMCA regulations. TAKE HIM DOWN! #scam #datingscams #conartist #givingartabadname #angry

[insidethethinblueline]

Inside The Thin Blue Line: 'Online Dating Scams' (Episode 9)

[datingcom2021]

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[letslivelady]

5 Lessons to Learn from My First Online Dating Encounter

If you just want the bottom line about the online dating lessons, go to the end of the post. But this online dating story is worth the read.  

Email and text excerpts that follow are authentic actual conversations (including misspellings) saved on my computer and cell phone.

The Last Love of Mark Rossi!

Less than 24 hours after I had put my profile on the online dating website, Match.com,  I was pleasantly surprised to get a message from Mark Rossi -- age 62 (five years younger than me -- could I handle being a cougar?).  Mark's profile showed him to be  Italian/American, a widower, a successful international businessman and very good-looking!

"This looks really promising,"  I thought.  He asked to exchange personal email addresses and send additional photos of each other.   The match was off to an exciting start. I chalked up the poor grammar to his foreign native language.

Here are a couple of excerpts from Mark Rossi

"My old friend and pastor would tell me, if you aren't ready to feel or look stupid, then don't fall in love ,lol but sincerely that is the bitter truth. When i lost my wife , he told me that the fact that something good ends doesn't mean something better cant start. Can you prove that right? I have come to realize that let a man is reduced to nothing except he has a woman to call my companion.

I don't need a super model, I rather need a very good friend, a good woman with a good heart, someone who knows when i am tensed just by looking into my eyes. The whole world may be mad at me, but if you are smiling at me, i would care less. Can't wait to read from you again dear.I wish you have a wonderful evening ahead.Till I read from you again soon, sending you morning hugs."

It all sounded great.  But...

But I was asking him specific questions like how it was that he was located out of Bedford, Kentucky?  And if Italian was his first language?  The name of his business?  But he never really answered those questions.

After a week or so the first shoe drops!

"I have been so busy today because something came up and i have to travel tonight to Dubai for a week, i was contacted by the customs there to come over to sign some confirmation papers because some security protocol was breached by the shipper during the shipment of my cars and some incomplete paperwork from Germany. The cars are 16 in total, a total of 4 - 20ft container consisting of 4 cars in each.

The plan was to ship down to Dubai, talk to a dealership and move them for sale. We can always communicate everyday through emails and phone until i get back home, I promise to keep in touch and seeing you would be top priority on my return.

This could be the beginning of forever and i would put my mind to it and i want you to also. please have a good evening, i would talk to you soon , please leave me your phone number.

Sending you hugs. Mark.."  

So, what was so bothersome about this?

The delay did not bother me at all because I wasn't so sure I was ready to meet him anyway.  What bothered me is that there was no traceof an Italian accent in his voice during our phone conversation -- despite the fact that he was supposedly raised in Italy until the age of 12.

I asked him again why he was based out of Kentucky, but I was not satisfied with the answer as he only spoke to getting out of Florida after his wife's death.

Put on Your Investigator Hat!

Being the savvy investigator that I was, (wink, wink) I decided to check him out online.

The only Mark Rossi my google search found in Bedford, Kentucky looked nothing like my Mark.  The guy was the wrong age, very scruffy looking and it was a mug shot.

Well, that can't be him.   So, I checked in California where he supposedly first lived and I checked in Florida.  A little voice in me said that he might not be who he says he is.   But, I decided to play it out, see where it led. Maybe he was just a really great guy.

Gullible? Yes, a bit!

I asked him to send me photos of himself in Dubai (to see if he is really there).  Also, I decided I wanted to re-read his online profile as I could not remember everything on it.

After all, if I wanted to be the last love of Mark Rossi, I better double-check on what he actually had said about himself.  But, the profile had been removed from the online dating site. (Not a healthy sign.)

What Happened to Mark's Online Dating Profile?

Mark wrote:

"It was a Lovely day in Dubai and a pretty warm weather.

For your questions, I moved to Bedford to start a new life and create new memories with a new love and companion on a long term, someone i can love forever because i am commited to it and i am focusing on you alone now thats why took off my profile from match.com to ensure i can bring out the best of the relationship we have.

This busines has been lucrative since i started and thats why i invested a lot in this because its my last business trip before i retire to bring 16 cars in to sell at once to the dealership, i have two Porsche and four Ferrari among them , i wanna get into retirement because the income i get from this would establish me more and i would have agents to run this without leaving the house, my motive is to always be there for my companion, life is short m this is my last opportunity to be in love and i want to seize it .

I really dont have time for phone cameras now because this is business trip and i dont want jeopardize it for pleasure my next trip here has to be a vacation with my companion and lover and i see you as the one to occupy that position."

Mark is pretty smooth, isn't he?

The next day, I had notice of a security breach on my iCloud account and I had to reset the code. (Never really sure whether he had anything to do with this or not.)

The emails and text messages continued with romantic language and details of how the trip was going, etc.  Then, the news! Mark was not going to fly home from Dubai, but instead was going to fly right into Kansas City.

Mark was Flying in to See Me!

He wrote:

"My One and Only, I am about to sleep here. Tomorrow will be a long day for me I have to get every paper work cleared and have things back on track for the full release of all my shipments so i get to deal with the dealership that buys them before leaving for the states, can't wait as it's been a long week already.

I think of spending alot of time with you when I get back to town and holding you so close to me. Whenever you think of me, please know that no matter how many miles separate us or how much of our lives comes between us we would have many lovely times and fond memories.

Even though we're apart, this will not be the end of our commitment until i meet you and i fell you in my arms.

Just always remember that I really adore you already and I want you to be part of me and me for you too as i can feel my lonely days are over.

Big Hugs sent your way. Love . Mark"

Click on the link below to see the itinerary.

mark-rossi-klm-flight-itinerary

When I first got the itinerary, I thought

Wow, he must be for real.  He has booked a flight!  Now what do I do?

I needed advice.  I was excited that he might be for real but scared as to how to handle the situation if he actually showed up.  Should I offer to pick him up at the airport?  Should I suggest or book a hotel? Or, do I invite him to the house? What do I wear?

So, I contacted a couple of friends.

My sister-in-law recommended online dating and she has had considerable experience.  So, I asked her.

She gave  me good online dating advice.

NO, you do not pick him up at the airport.  You meet in a public place.

No, you do not invite him to the house.  You do not even tell him where you live when you meet through online dating.  If he is an international business man, he can book his own hotel and get from the airport to the hotel on his own steam!

Why don't you meet someone local?  If a guy sounds too good to be true, it is probably because he isn't real -- he's a fake!

It didn't sound very hospitable for someone who is traveling thousands of miles to see me, but I realized she made sense.

I contacted another friend with the good news and sent her a copy of the itinerary to prove that he was really coming to see me.

We agreed to meet over lunch the next day since this online dating encounter was heating up.  My friend decided she needed to comb through my wardrobe to figure out whether I had anything suitable to wear.  We are both excited and nervous. Then ...

The Bubble Burst!

The next morning, I awoke to an email from Mark:

"My love, I have been asleep all afternoon in stumble and distress. it had been a bad day. I don't know how to say it but i just have to say it as it would ease the burden.

I was robbed on my way to the seaport at gunpoint this morning, it was the worst experience i ever had. i am sorry I didn't mean to show you this so you don't feel bad or spoil your day but i just couldn't hold it in my heart, i had to email it to you. Please download and view document, its a police report of today's event."

mark-rossi-dubai-police-report

I bet you can figure out where this is going? Right? Well within an hour or so, Mark texted me further about his plight and I offered him my prayers.

That is not what Mark wanted.

He texted "The paperwork would finalize the major dealings here and I would be back home as planned and right now I need 2900USD to solve this problem within the next 24hours.  So far no one is able to help me out. I am devastated."

After some more back and forth he said:

"Honey is there anyway you can give me a short loan and when I return on Monday I would pay you back, I can double it for you. I feel so ashamed of myself asking you. I never wanna creat a wrong impression. I just wanna get out of this mess. Deadline got me so worried."

What a load of crap!

I asked him why he didn't just call his bank and get them to wire the funds to him.  And, how could it be that he, an international business entrepreneur, had no one at his age of 62 who he could call besides a lady he had never even met? He had an answer for everything.

I told him I would have to think about that.

It  took me about a minute to decide.

That was it.   Mark had finally revealed the real reason that he had contacted me thru online dating in the first place.  The gig was up.  He called a few more times, but I did not take the calls.  And my wardrobe make over could wait.  The take away is this --

5 Online Dating Lessons:

You need to meet someone in person, if you want to have any hope of  knowing who they are.  Otherwise, you only know what the online dating profile says and what they want you to know.  a) They might still be hiding something that would be very obvious if you were to meet them in person.  b) Some people have long distance relationships with what turns out to be a fantasy.  The person is not what they think.

Do a little research to find out about a person who might make a potential match from an online dating service as soon as you have a name.  Try doing a search on your own name. It is surprising how much you can find out yourself that is actually out there and available if someone searches for it.   a) Although it never occurred to me at the time, Mark Rossi probably was the guy in the mug shot.  I just had never in my wildest dreams guessed that someone would go to the lengths that he did to perpetrate a fraud.  b) The flight itinerary looked authentic at first glance.  Reading it more carefully,  KNS is not the symbol for Kansas City International.  The symbol is MCI. When I checked the flight numbers through the airline, they do not exist.  So, what looked real was just a fake.  If Mark (or whoever he was) had used his skills for something positive there is no telling how successful he might have become.

Read the online dating safety tips below. There is something similar on most websites.  The links below are safety tips from Match.com which are buried at the bottom of their website.  You can click the links below and copy them for a quick reference:  Online-safety-tips and Offline-safety-tips   As you read the tips you can see that if I had followed them, I would have easily avoided the situation.

Be real when you put together an online profile.  I was advised, for instance, not to list myself as a widow.  But, to say that I was divorced instead.  The premise is that gold diggers are looking for a recent widow because they think she probably has life insurance money.  But I really would rather keep my radar up than start off by presenting myself as different from who I really am.  I have met gentlemen that have shaved a few years off themselves in their profiles, probably this is true with ladies too.  You don't want or need to tell them everything, but whatever you do say in the profile of yourself, I would try to be honest.  You want to find someone who likes YOU -- not an image of someone you wish you were or someone you think is more desirable.

Have fun with online dating!  Don't take yourself too seriously.  If you are sitting home alone and would rather be in a relationship; if you want someone to share a meal or a drink with you, if you want to find your own "last love" go online and meet someone.

If you have done any online dating, I bet you have some great stories to share.  We'd love to hear about them.  Meanwhile, live your life to the fullest!