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If you do an image search and the person’s photo appears under several different names, you’re probably dealing with a scammer.And if the person’s online profile disappears a few days after they meet you, that’s another tip-off.Suddenly I had to stop doing new features and trying to acquire new users,” in order to keep up with squashing scammers.

A recently released list, by a fraud-busting company called Scamalytics, of the top lines and photos used in profiles by online dating grifters shows that while the range of sophistication may vary, the end goal is always the same: To fleece romance-seekers out of their money.That’s not to say they’re the most effective; many, in fact, perform grammatical acrobatics that barely qualify as English.It turns out that all those people parsing dating profiles for grammar above all else are protecting themselves not just from bad dates, but from bad actors.“And their targets genuinely fall in love with those individuals, even after the scam has been executed…The victim isn’t willing to accept that they’ve been scammed, or does accept that they’ve been scammed and is still in love with the scammer.”There are a few ways to protect yourself from online dating scammers, most of which are common-sense tests of whether they are who—and where—they say they are.

But most people wouldn’t blink if they saw it in a real person’s profile.