❓What is VoIP?
📱Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that allows voice communication over the internet instead of traditional phone lines.
🌎It converts voice signals into digital data packets, enabling calls through apps like Skype, WhatsApp, or specialized VoIP services. It’s cheap, flexible, and often anonymous, with features like caller ID spoofing and virtual numbers.
💔Why Romance Scammers Use VoIP?
Romance scammers use VoIP for several reasons: Anonymity: VoIP services often require very little l personal information, allowing scammers to quickly create both disposable and untraceable numbers.
💰Cost-Effectiveness: Free or low-cost VoIP platforms reduce operational costs, especially for international scams.
🌎Location Masking: Scammers can use numbers with area codes from the victim’s country, making calls appear local and trustworthy. Even if the person you are talking to says they are overseas, they use a number from the country, often +1 to make you believe them.
👹Caller ID Spoofing: VoIP allows scammers to fake their caller ID, enhancing deception.
👉Accessibility: Easy access to VoIP apps enables scammers to operate from anywhere with an internet connection, often outside the victim’s jurisdiction. There are many VOIP sites they can get numbers from. Good,e Voice, Onvoy, Bandwidth and more.
🌐Encrypted Communication: Some VoIP platforms offer encryption, shielding scammers from monitoring by authorities.
These features make VoIP ideal for scammers to build trust, manipulate victims, and evade detection while running romance scams, which often involve long term emotional manipulation for the largest amount of money they can get.
