As online dating has grown over the years, so have the number of instances of internet dating fraud. This type of activity is aimed at people who have a profile on a dating site. The fraudsters often posing as military personnel or perhaps high standing company executives are often criminals from the UK and overseas.

Increasingly such fraudsters are becoming better at appearing genuine. They will devise stories that they need money now to travel to meet the potential partner or they are in financial difficulties so need to borrow money straightway. Some have a tendency to engage in a long cone whereas they will build up an online relationship with their target in some cases refusing initial offers of financial assistance, in order to hook their target at a later date for a substantial amount. Recent cases of internet dating fraud have seen people lose in excess of £60,000 to internet dating fraud. .

Contact Zazinga today if you believe you are being targeted or if you are in any way unsure of the person you are corresponding with and would like our private detectives to carry out a background check on your potential date to prove if they really are who they claim to be. This can help prevent you becoming a victim of internet dating fraud. Such investigations are wholly discreet.