Fed to the lions on the Internet
Aussie coppers are worried about a trend among online
scammers to target lonely Christians.
Apparently scammers trawl Christian websites in search of
lonely hearts and generous souls to target for romance fraud, with an
insidious new religious flavour that appeals to values of faith. Queensland police Fraud Squad chief Detective Inspector
Brian Hay said that the scammers were going into Christian chat rooms
and a lot of the time when they ask for money and they always invent a
religious spin to the scam story.
In just the first six months of this year more than $4.5
million has been sent by Australians to Nigeria. Police revealed two out of three victims of romance fraud
are women, who scammers target on social networking pages, dating sites
and Christian chat rooms.
Christians are seen as a soft touch because they respond
to guilt trips better, coppers think.