Finally, never click on a link within an email, as this could be an email phishing scam also intended to extract money from you in some way.

And be wary if someone online, after a short time of corresponding, professes strong feelings for you and asks to chat with you privately.Sometimes they will create a bogus, dreamy profile that sounds like the ideal mate you’ve described in your own dating profile.They will try to play on your sympathy and strike when you are the most vulnerable.Dating and romance scammers will express strong emotions for you in a relatively short period of time, and usually suggest you move the relationship away from the website to a more private channel, such as phone, email or instant messaging.Scammers will go to great lengths to gain your interest and trust, such as showering you with loving words, sharing apparently personal information and sometimes even sending you gifts.