Of late, dating apps have become the new hunting ground of Internet predators, with romance scams raking in millions of dollars annually. — People vector created by pch.vector - www.freepik.com
If your online romance looks too good to be true, it probably is. Who would know this better than dad-of-five Sajjad Khan, who has been duped out of his life savings by a woman he met on a popular dating app, but never in real life.
Lured into a bogus crypto currency investment scheme by his potential second wife, the unsuspecting Ajman-based Pakistani safety trainer lost US$47,000 (RM209,526) in a matter of days. He had saved the money over several years to make a down payment against a house.
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