Genevieve Noakes, Head of Compliance of Wise offers tips to safeguard your heart and wallet
FINDING Mr. Right in the 21st century can be a daunting task. Digitalisation and bots have taken over our lives and made almost every aspect of it have a virtual counterpart, and dating is no exception.
The Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler reminds us that there is often more than meets the eye when it comes to modern-day dating.
It chronicled the bizarre and shocking tale of Simon Leviev, a serial scammer who posed as a billionaire on the popular dating app, Tinder, who victimised numerous women by stealing more than a million dollars from all of them to fund his outrageous lifestyle.
With that said, Malaysians too can potentially fall into love scam traps set up by irresponsible opportunists using fake identities, sob stories and empty promises using dating apps or social media platforms – all to talk the lovestruck out of their savings.
Authorities reported 1,582 love scam cases in 2020 amounting to a loss of RM58.33 million, and in 2021, 549 love scam cases were reported in the first four months of the year, valued at RM20.58 million.
We turned to Genevieve Noakes, Head of Compliance for Asia Pacific at Wise to provide a unique perspective on romance scam prevention, given her experience working at the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).
Here are some guidelines lovestruck Malaysians can follow to avoid getting scammed.
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