The fraudsters cleverly orchestrated the crime. A supposed woman from the African Ivory Coast contacted Facebook in the summer of 2021 and subsequently built a relationship over the Internet. She repeatedly described problems to the Bocholter: sometimes there were difficulties with the rent, sometimes her refrigerator was empty and sometimes drugs were found in her suitcase at the airport.
The Bocholt resident repeatedly paid to help his supposed girlfriend. The perpetrators continued to expand their criminal game - even paying for the tickets for the flight to Europe. But the woman never arrived and kept sending the man new excuses and requests for money. Eventually the injured party became suspicious and contacted the police.
Typical case of love scam
The actions of the perpetrators in this case are nothing unknown to the investigators of the Borken criminal investigation department. Experts refer to this as so-called “scamming”: the supposed path to happiness leads through advance payments to a fraudster, or “scammer”.
A variant of this: love or romance scamming. The fraudsters search for possible victims on online dating sites and social networks. The first contact is followed by a phase of intense expressions of love. The perpetrators thus lay the psychological foundation to be able to successfully ask for money in the next step. The fraudsters are inventive when it comes to describing supposed emergencies.
Unfortunately, victims often do not quickly become suspicious at this point. Because the perpetrators deliberately made her emotionally dependent. Such cases often last over a long period of time.
website polizei-beratung.de describes how the perpetrators proceed in detail, how they can be identified and what those affected should do.
Source: Press portal
Our articles on the topic of love scams: HERE
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