When Anne* found herself suddenly single and looking for a partner last year, her friends encouraged her to 'put herself out there' with online dating. 9News
When Anne* found herself suddenly single and looking for a partner last year, her friends encouraged her to "put herself out there" with online dating.To Anne's surprise, she was matched with quite a few men, and not all of them seemed like the usual sleazy types."There were about four of them I was chatting with. They seemed business-oriented, mature, and just like gentlemen really, not so interested in sex," she said.
The scammers took their lines from written scripts specifically designed to manipulate the vulnerable and extract as much cash as possible from their victims.READ MORE: about pig butchering scams, which are described as a cross between a romance and cryptocurrency scam. Anne first put $1000 into the account with the website, before withdrawing it to test the funds would be returned to her.
"I couldn't withdraw until I put more money in, and that was pretty much a big red flag to me," Anne said. Anne said when she contacted ANZ, the bank originally informed her she would be unable to get any of her money back. "For example, if you are a bit overweight, they will compliment you and say you look really good in that photo - it builds their victims' confidence and trust.
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