Whilst the psychological manipulation is taking the victim on the journey to compliance, the fuel that powers that are the chemicals and hormones that are being released or depleted in our bodies. Acting as it was designed to do for survival, our body works against us.
Last minute interview for ITV yesterday as 3rd October marked the end of our Romance Fraud Awareness Week U.K. and the new campaign by @metpoliceuk & @WMPolice. @cityoflondon’s Datesafe was a resounding success, bringing together hundreds of passionate individuals across sectors
Save the date for Day 2 of Romance Fraud Awareness Week U.K.
Social Media and Dating Platform Day.
Webinar in the evening with Simon Newman from the @ODDAssociation
Any questions you’d like to ask?
How do we become victims? Abusers and fraudsters alike, use the most basic of human traits to grasp opportunities which have made us situationally vulnerable and as a consequence, more open to psychological manipulation. https://t.co/4QthLjJL94
Just managed to get most of the subscribers from the old hosting platform added to the new one- blog published (it’s been written for about 2 years but never too late 🥴).
https://t.co/aBtGaLx6q2
Celebrity scams are on the rise and much of that is due to the advancement in AI technology, creating voice clones and shallow fake (face swap software) for live video calls. All of these tools give legitimacy to the criminals story. #romancefraud#celebrityscams@GMB
This past year’s statistics are in. Reporting is up, average loss is down, most interesting change is the ages reporting with the youngest band of 20-29 remaining the highest reporters but also older ages in comparison to last year. #romancefraud#onlineawareness#statistics
Happy International Women’s Day!
Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and brilliance of women everywhere. To every woman I know—you are powerful, you are worthy, and you are making a difference in ways seen and unseen.
#IWD#EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen
#Valentinesday is fast approaching! To help people protect themselves from romance scams and fraudsters, @AnnaRowe123, Co-founder of @LoveSaidOrg, has give us the 5 warning signs to watch for when meeting someone online.
https://t.co/Uvt70QEp6H
#RomanceScam#APPFraud
Thanks to @BBCScotland and the Disclosure team for asking me to contribute to this amazing documentary on the prolific romance fraudster Christopher Harkins. #romancefraud#notcivilcases
Last week, we spoke to Nikki MacLeod who was scammed out of £17,000 by ‘Alla Morgan’ who supposedly worked on an oil rig - she sent deepfake videos to convince Nikki of their authenticity.
GMB has tracked down the identity of 'Alla' - who is actually a woman called Sophie - a French navigation officer. Sophie reveals how the scam has impacted her.
That was a very very early start. Car picked me up at 5am after waking up 1:40am because I was worried about not waking up! 😵💫
Thanks to @GMB, @susannareid100 and @richardm56 for having Sophie and I this morning to chat about romance fraud. #romancefraud
Let’s make this year about more education and educating!
We look forward to working with others organizations and creating more tools to help build every individual a anti-romance fraud shield to help prevent online romance scams! Happy New Year fellow fraud fighters!
#romancefraud #scams #romancescams #advocatingforu