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Interpol has warned of a new investment scam targeting users of mobile dating apps.
As COVID-19 continues to severely restrict our daily lives and in many places, makes social interaction and meeting new people in person impossible, dating apps have experienced a surge in users.
As the only possible method of anything akin to dating at the current time, scam artists have decided to capitalize on this trend in order to push an investment-based scam that deprives victims of their cash. According to Arkose Labs research, four million online dating fraud & abuse-related attacks were recorded in 2020, with many taking place through fake account registrations.
On Tuesday, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) said the agency had issued a “purple notice” — the provision of data on criminal groups’ methods, objects, devices, and…
