AWARENESS OF SCAMS IS THE BEST TOOL TO FIGHT THIS AWFUL CRIME.

 👉👉👉👉AWARENESS OF SCAMS IS THE BEST TOOL TO FIGHT THIS AWFUL CRIME.

We mean REAL and PROPER awareness. Not the online gossip type of ‘awareness’ which just makes it worse.
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💔What Are Romance Scams?
Romance scams are a form of online fraud where scammers create fake profiles on dating apps, social media, or messaging platforms to build emotional relationships with victims.
SOUNDS SO SIMPLE AND IT REALLY SHOULD NOT WORK.. BUT IT DOES. BECAUSE OF LACK OF SCAM AWARENESS.

🌐Key Statistics on West African Romance Scams
Geographic Dominance: Research indicates that West Africa accounts for over 70% of all romance scam source locations globally. This can be also those who have emigrated to other countries and carry on their fraud there.

Leading Origin Country: Nigeria is the single largest origin, responsible for over 50% of the global dataset for romance scams. It is frequently cited as having the highest number of romance fraudsters in Africa.
Financial Impact: In 2021, romance scams originating from Nigeria alone resulted in losses of approximately £12.1 million for victims in the UK, averaging over £10,700 per victim. Remember less than 5% are reported and this was 2021… it has grown a lot every year.

👉Victim Targeting: Over half (56%) of the romance scam victims targeted by West African fraudsters are located in the United States.


💔Scammers gain trust through consistent contact, affection (often called "love bombing" which devalues the lies they tell. ), and made up stories, then invent emergencies or opportunities to request money—usually via wire transfers, gift cards, or cryptocurrency.

💔Scammers often claim to be abroad because of using professional position where they can travel. (e.g., military, Doctor, pilot, construction, oil rig,business travel) and avoid meeting and also avoid video calls.

🤬Online romance fraud exploits loneliness and trust, leading to significant emotional harm and loss of money. The emotional harm lasts for life often. The financial hit can be large and trust has been shattered.

✳️✳️**The Role of Awareness in Preventing Romance Scams**

👉Awareness—public knowledge and education about how these scams operate—the most effective first-line defence. It is vital to KNOW who are the main criminals in carrying out these scams. Yahoo Boys (Nigeria) and Sakawa Boys (Ghana) make no apology for carrying out the largest percentage of worldwide romance fraud.

👉Awareness has also got to be that those in the Pictures used are victims themselves and are not the ones doing this crime. They are often used, abused and accused and this is wrong.

✳️✳️UNLESS FULL SCAM AWARENESS IS REALISED THIS CRIME WILL CARRY ON AND ONLY GROW. It does not need to be like this. With Awareness and Education we can reduce the number of victims on all sides.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦FAMILIES BE AWARE. SCAMMERS WILL TRY FOR THE ISOLATION OF THEIR CLIENT (Victim)... make sure you notice changes in behaviour of loved ones OF ALL AGES and especially look out for money being sent.