The Cybersecurity Evangelist: Ep 16 - Everybody Loves Love (PSA on Romance Scams)

Why Scammers Love Love Too! On Episode 16, The Cybersecurity Evangelist talks about love! Well, more specifically romance scams. I talked about the social engineering component of romance scams, a few fraud reports and financial losses due to romance scams, red flags that could indicate someone you know is caught in a romance scam, some common and practical steps to defeating romance and other types of social engineering based scams, and the importance of reporting romance scams. No matter how painful, falling for a romance scam is nothing to be ashamed of. Romance scams can happen to anyone at any age. Resources mentioned in this episode: The Gate 15 SUN https://paper.li/gate15#/ (subscribe!!) FTC https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/ & ReportFraud.FTC https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/ Stop. Think. Connect. https://stopthinkconnect.org/ Stay Safe Online (National Cybersecurity Alliance) https://staysafeonline.org/ Cybercrime Support Network (CSN) https://cybercrimesupport.org/ Fight Cybercrime https://fightcybercrime.org/ Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) https://www.idtheftcenter.org/