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This second episode in a three-episode series on dating is about dating safely. It used to be that our biggest worry around dating was ruining our reputation, these days you can lose your identity, your life savings, your freedom, or your bodily safety by dating.
Ariel's upcoming book is The Empowered Woman's Guide to Online Dating (see pre-order link, below.)
The FTC reported recently that $1.3 billion was stolen from people in the U.S in 2021 via romance scams. This is more than the past 5 years, combined!
Source:
https://apple.news/AKZbIT_lvQ7qV8sIp9Qlekw
Tips:
www.intellius.com Do a reverse phone lookup to find out if the name of the person matches the name given to you by a dating prospect.
You can also screenshot a profile photo and do a reverse image search to see if the image is on other dating sites or other profiles (some scammers use the same photo, especially military photos stolen from actual military personnel, sometimes hundreds of times).
NPR story on Romance Scams: Grad student Tommy—Nigerian. 20 people—money sent to other accounts controlled by other people. After a while, he was sent a commission. He made $100 a month
Click Here —podcast recent episode Dina Temple-Rastin
How they are used to launder money. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/54-miss-lonelyhearts-and-the-money-mules/id1225077306?i=1000599492624
Fact check whether a message sent to you is part of a script.
Copy the message and paste into Google to see if it comes up in a search or go to https://www.scamhatersunited.com/?m=1
If you see it in a search, you know it is a script and that person is a scammer.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- If someone is intimidating you, manipulating you or pushing you into giving them money or they’re saying “I want to come and see you and I love you but my kid is hurt/my mother needs surgery/I lost my wallet…” you can be sure that is a scam. It usually starts with asking for gift cards and usually starts with first contact.
- Don’t use your real name anywhere on a dating site. People can take your first and last name as well as your cell number and do a look up. If you’re dating I recommend using Intellius to verify people’s actual identities. You can find out if they have court cases, bankruptcies, criminal records, you can find out names of their relatives and where they live. If you can look up this information about other people they can look it up about you.
- When you give out your phone number you’re going to want to put out a Google Voice number, which is an app you put on your phone, attach this to your cell phone number so when you get messages from a different number they show up on your phone. That way, if people call you they don’t have your real phone number with which to look up information about you. Some people don’t take it well when you reject them and they might show up at your house and try to hurt you or your kids.
- To avoid being scammed – especially if you’re over 50 – you need to set boundaries, check for differences in the way a profile is written compared to how they communicate (including spelling/grammar mistakes, non-American slang). If they seem shady, block and report them.
BEST MOMENTS
“More than $1.3 billion was stolen from people through romance scams in the US in 2021, this is more than the past five years combined. Last year 70,000 people reported they were the victim of a romance scam with the average loss at $4,400.”
“One of the ways to identify a scammer is that they’ll ask for your first name right away.”
“Because of data scraping on big companies and government organisations you can pretty much guarantee that your information is out there on the dark web.”
“Requiring people to meet you for a date is going to screen out all kinds of inappropriate people, like married men, scammers, people lying about their age or appearance.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Ariel is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, Empath and Psychic who has been involved in holistic healing since 1988. She is also an educator, speaker, author and mentor for empaths, spiritual seekers and medical professionals. To reach Ariel, go to www.arielhubbard.com, where you will be able to contact her directly. Please let her know you heard her on the podcast and the assistance you need or question you have.
Website: www.arielhubbard.com
Podcast: Woman Power Zone on all major platforms
LinkedIn: @arielhubbard
IG: @arielhubbard
Facebook: @HubbardEducationGroup
YT: @arielhubbard
CH: @arielhubbard
Pinterest: https://pin.it/6Z6RozS
Pre-order form for Ariel's educational, hilarious and spicy dating book:
The Empowered Woman's Guide to Online Dating: Set Your BS Tolerance to Zero
https://eworder.replynow.ontraport.net/
Access to the Mindset Reset Club: https://mindsetreset.members-only.online/
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By Ariel HubbardThis second episode in a three-episode series on dating is about dating safely. It used to be that our biggest worry around dating was ruining our reputation, these days you can lose your identity, your life savings, your freedom, or your bodily safety by dating.
Ariel's upcoming book is The Empowered Woman's Guide to Online Dating (see pre-order link, below.)
The FTC reported recently that $1.3 billion was stolen from people in the U.S in 2021 via romance scams. This is more than the past 5 years, combined!
Source:
https://apple.news/AKZbIT_lvQ7qV8sIp9Qlekw
Tips:
www.intellius.com Do a reverse phone lookup to find out if the name of the person matches the name given to you by a dating prospect.
You can also screenshot a profile photo and do a reverse image search to see if the image is on other dating sites or other profiles (some scammers use the same photo, especially military photos stolen from actual military personnel, sometimes hundreds of times).
NPR story on Romance Scams: Grad student Tommy—Nigerian. 20 people—money sent to other accounts controlled by other people. After a while, he was sent a commission. He made $100 a month
Click Here —podcast recent episode Dina Temple-Rastin
How they are used to launder money. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/54-miss-lonelyhearts-and-the-money-mules/id1225077306?i=1000599492624
Fact check whether a message sent to you is part of a script.
Copy the message and paste into Google to see if it comes up in a search or go to https://www.scamhatersunited.com/?m=1
If you see it in a search, you know it is a script and that person is a scammer.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- If someone is intimidating you, manipulating you or pushing you into giving them money or they’re saying “I want to come and see you and I love you but my kid is hurt/my mother needs surgery/I lost my wallet…” you can be sure that is a scam. It usually starts with asking for gift cards and usually starts with first contact.
- Don’t use your real name anywhere on a dating site. People can take your first and last name as well as your cell number and do a look up. If you’re dating I recommend using Intellius to verify people’s actual identities. You can find out if they have court cases, bankruptcies, criminal records, you can find out names of their relatives and where they live. If you can look up this information about other people they can look it up about you.
- When you give out your phone number you’re going to want to put out a Google Voice number, which is an app you put on your phone, attach this to your cell phone number so when you get messages from a different number they show up on your phone. That way, if people call you they don’t have your real phone number with which to look up information about you. Some people don’t take it well when you reject them and they might show up at your house and try to hurt you or your kids.
- To avoid being scammed – especially if you’re over 50 – you need to set boundaries, check for differences in the way a profile is written compared to how they communicate (including spelling/grammar mistakes, non-American slang). If they seem shady, block and report them.
BEST MOMENTS
“More than $1.3 billion was stolen from people through romance scams in the US in 2021, this is more than the past five years combined. Last year 70,000 people reported they were the victim of a romance scam with the average loss at $4,400.”
“One of the ways to identify a scammer is that they’ll ask for your first name right away.”
“Because of data scraping on big companies and government organisations you can pretty much guarantee that your information is out there on the dark web.”
“Requiring people to meet you for a date is going to screen out all kinds of inappropriate people, like married men, scammers, people lying about their age or appearance.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Ariel is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master, Empath and Psychic who has been involved in holistic healing since 1988. She is also an educator, speaker, author and mentor for empaths, spiritual seekers and medical professionals. To reach Ariel, go to www.arielhubbard.com, where you will be able to contact her directly. Please let her know you heard her on the podcast and the assistance you need or question you have.
Website: www.arielhubbard.com
Podcast: Woman Power Zone on all major platforms
LinkedIn: @arielhubbard
IG: @arielhubbard
Facebook: @HubbardEducationGroup
YT: @arielhubbard
CH: @arielhubbard
Pinterest: https://pin.it/6Z6RozS
Pre-order form for Ariel's educational, hilarious and spicy dating book:
The Empowered Woman's Guide to Online Dating: Set Your BS Tolerance to Zero
https://eworder.replynow.ontraport.net/
Access to the Mindset Reset Club: https://mindsetreset.members-only.online/