Romance & Relationships
Someone builds a relationship online, then needs money.
'Wrong Number' Friendly Opener (Pig-Butchering Entry)
A stray 'wrong number' text turns friendly and, over days or weeks, becomes a relationship that steers you toward a fake investment.
Read the guide →Fake 'Dating Safety / Verify You're Real' Site
A match insists you both 'get verified' on a safety site, which is a front to capture your card and personal details or enroll you in charges.
Read the guide →Grief / Widow-Targeted Romance
Scammers target recently widowed or grieving people with intense online affection, then exploit their loneliness for money.
Read the guide →Inheritance / 'Locked Fortune' Romance
An online partner claims to have a large inheritance or fortune tied up abroad and needs your money to release it — promising to share it with you.
Read the guide →Military 'Deployed — Can't Access My Money' Romance
An online partner claims to be a deployed service member who cannot access funds and needs your help with fees, leave, or emergencies — but never appears.
Read the guide →Oil-Rig / Overseas-Professional Romance
An online love interest is a high-earning professional stuck overseas (oil rig, doctor, engineer) who needs money to get home or free up funds.
Read the guide →Romance Scams
A stranger builds an online relationship over weeks, then invents an emergency and asks for money.
Read the guide →Romance-to-Crypto Investment (Pig Butchering)
An online partner slowly pivots the relationship into 'teaching' you to invest in crypto on a fake platform that shows fake profits — until you can't withdraw.
Read the guide →Romance-Turned-Sextortion
An online match builds intimacy, encourages you to share explicit photos or video, then threatens to expose them unless you pay.
Read the guide →Sugar-Daddy/Mommy 'Allowance Verification' Advance-Fee
A 'benefactor' promises a weekly allowance for little in return, but first you must 'verify' by paying a fee or sending a payment they'll 'refund.'
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