Is your Date asking for a Dating Pass ID, Hookup ID, Intimate ID, or GOLD PASS ID? Send them crypto or gift cards? READ THIS FIRST!!!
This is an example of a male Ghanaian fraudster who used a US Military personnel picture to extort a middle-aged woman.
Most of these scams came from African Countries. African men who use stolen pictures to prey on weak hearts. They pose as White Men or even White Woman who wants to have a date with young or middle-aged men. These Scams are still rampant which is why our Institution keeps tabs on these activities but many of these Scams use different strategies to be on trend with the latest technological advancement in Online Dating.
It may not strike you as an obvious scam
Unlike the so-called Nigerian prince scams, where a stranger emails you with an offer of money, crypto dating scams aren’t obvious at first. Research shows that Nigerian prince scammers consciously make their scams glaringly obvious to filter out anyone who wouldn’t fall for it anyway. Crypto dating scammers invest a lot of time in their victims, maintaining a relationship until they feel that trust has been established, and the victim is ready to be exploited.
The majority of crypto dating scams follow the pattern called "pig butchering," or “sha zhu pan” (ĉçŞç) in Chinese – so-called because scammers continuously flatter and make their victim feel good before conning them, just like a farmer fattens a pig before slaughter.
In many reported cases, scammers spend weeks or months in a relationship before bringing up crypto and the potential it offers. Anyone who uses the web is at risk of crypto scams – not just those who have crypto investments. In fact, scammers put a lot of effort into walking you through your first crypto purchase through legitimate exchanges like Coinbase or Binance, as the screenshot shared with CoinDesk shows below. Things only go downhill from there.



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