Tackling Online Dating Scams and Fraud

Abstract

This report is aimed at critically analysing the phenomenon of online dating scams and fraud in the United Kingdom, it causes, consequences, and mitigation measures using international initiatives. The findings of this report showed that the leading causes of romance scams are greed, lack of knowledge on cybersecurity, poverty, poor personality traits, and sensation seeking. It made revolutions of its consequences as financial losses, psychological torture of the victims, the risk of blackmail and loss of trust and suicides. The primary mitigation strategies identified include educating victims on the merits and demerits of online dating, offenders to face the full wrath of the laws, proper staff training of the investigation firms. Ensure proper punitive measures are followed to the conclusion and installation of appropriate detection software for active tracking of perpetrators. The need for proactive approaches in curtailing the menace of online dating scams and frauds is emphasised. Also, a call on the law implementation agencies to raise up to the challenge thereby remedying the psychological effect trauma victims and third, provisions of prompt online gadgets of detecting this crime will put a permanent solution to this fraud.