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A graphic of a mobile phone showing an image of a dating app on the screen.

  • Text or email
  • Dating apps
  • Social media posts
  • Discussion forums

An older Caucasian male, wearing glasses and a black buttoned shirt.

A graphic explaining the process of romance scams, produced by the ACCC's Scamwatch 

Hands on computer keyboard

  • The scammers will to get you all swept up in the emotions
  • They will have , webcam or Zoom
  • They from the dating app onto an end-to-end encryption messaging platform such as WhatsApp
  • Images that are too perfect and flawless
  • They , often with an emotional reason why, such as a personal, financial or medical emergency, for example, a sick relative
  • They and invest in a fake scheme they say is real
  • They ask you to and
  • If you don't send money right away, their messages and calls becomes desperate or persistent
  • Being asked to accept a money transfer and then transfer those funds to another account

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