How to protect yourself from the Romance Scam

• Some illegitimate dating websites make you pay for each email or message. Scammers will send vague-sounding emails filled with love and desire to keep you writing back.
• Scammers will try to build a relationship with you and exploit your compassionate side. They ask for money to help a sick family member, deal with a personal emergency, or to pay for travel expenses to visit you – and then they disappear.
• Check website addresses carefully. Scammers often set up fake websites with similar addresses to legitimate sites.
• Never send money, or give credit card or online account details to anyone you don’t know and trust.
• Ask yourself, “Would someone I have never met really declare their love for me after only a few letters or emails?”
• Always talk to a trusted loved one before you send money to people you have met online.