November 26, 2009

Dating fraud: scammers make the funny papers

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Thankfully our comic strip illustrator Andy Warner returned from an extended break with a new episode in our ongoing cartoon series starring  two online fraudsters Gromyko and Natasha. Every comic tells a different story of web fraud through the schemes of these two determined cyber criminals.

The latest installment is based on the very real challenge of online dating fraud that exposes millions of consumers around the world to scammers trolling dating sites using love to mask their true intent. Here it is:

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If you want to learn more about online dating scams check out this earlier blog entry Fraudster seeks SWF with loaded bank account willing to be duped then read how Chellaul uses ThreatMetrix to keep the scammers out of their dating network.

You can read all the ThreatMetrix comic installments here.

- Tom

Posted by Tom Grubb Categories: Dating fraud. Device ID. Device Identification. Online Fraud. Social Networks. Uncategorized

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