The vast majority of people in online dating are honestly looking for love. Unfortunately there are also scammers. With these warning signs and rules you’ll spot fake profiles early – and protect your heart and your money.
A fake profile is an account with false photos or false information. Some just want attention, but many want money: in so-called romance scams, scammers fake a relationship and after a while ask for financial help. This matters especially in international dating, because meeting quickly is often not possible.
For a ticket, surgery, customs fees or an emergency – often after just a few weeks of contact. This is the most important warning sign.
Requests for gift cards, Bitcoin or “a small transfer” are typical, because the money can hardly be recovered.
Anyone who wants to lure you off the platform onto a messenger right away avoids its safety features.
The camera is “broken”, the internet “too bad” – for weeks.
Declarations of love and plans for the future before you really know each other are meant to force trust.
Perfect profile pictures, hardly any everyday photos – often they are copied from strangers.
Age, home town or job change, answers stay vague or seem copied.
A soldier on deployment, an engineer on an oil rig, a doctor with an aid organisation – a meeting is supposedly never possible.
Tips about crypto platforms or safe returns are a widespread scam that starts with love.
Every new account has to confirm its email address via an activation link.
On every profile you can report a member – for example for a fake profile, scam or harassment. We review every report.
With the block function on a member’s profile you end contact with that person in one click.
In case of violations we suspend accounts temporarily or permanently.
Questions or a bad feeling? Write to us: support@foundmylove.com or use our contact page.
And most importantly: it’s not your fault. Scammers work professionally and deliberately play with emotions.
Typical warning signs are requests for money, gift cards or crypto, a quick switch to other messengers, avoiding video calls, very early declarations of love and photos that look too perfect. A reverse image search often shows whether the photos belong to someone else.
A romance scam is fraud in which scammers use fake profiles to pretend to be in a relationship in order to take money from their victims.
Don’t send money – not even small amounts, gift cards or crypto. End contact, save the chat history and report the profile.
Open the profile and click “Report user”. Choose a reason, for example “Fake profile / false information” or “Fraud / requests for money”, and briefly describe what happened. We review every report.
Yes. Every member’s profile has a block function. This ends your contact with that person.
Many couples switch messengers at some point – but not after just a few messages. Take your time until you’ve seen each other on a video call.
Learn more about Foundmylove on our page about international dating and in our FAQ.
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