RED FLAGS: 1. Calls you "Fish" trying to be cute. When you fish, you bait your hook and cast your line trying to get as many fish as you can. If one bites, you reel it in and it becomes your fish. (Catfish Meaning: Scammer creates a fake profile with stolen pictures and pretends to be someone else to get you to fall in love with them quickly). 2. Wants your phone number within minutes 3. Wants you to call their Whatsapp number so you don't know their location (or Google Voice Free Number you can get with free Gmail). 4. Asks personal questions like, "What do you do for a living?", so that they know about how much you're worth. 5. Is going to start a business, invests in gold / silver / diamonds / Bitcoin or has a software program that makes millions trading stocks or cryptocurrency. 6. Is widowed or divorced and is a single parent of a young daughter. 7. Asks to borrow money within days of first contacting you. 8. Asks you to deposit cashier's check or payroll check and send them the money the next morning. 8. Asks you to open bank accounts and give them access to them. 9. Asks you for your date of birth, SSN, address, middle name and mother's maiden name. 10. Offers you money if you will receive transferred funds from Western Union and forward the rest to him. New Romance Scammers pop up every minute on Instagram! Broken English, misspelled words, very little knowledge of where they claim to live in the U.S. If you get one of these people messaging you, RUN FAR AWAY FROM THEM! GIVE THEM NO INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF! #romancescams #romance #fakeig #fakefacebook #fakeaccount #dontgivemoneytoscammers #yahooboys #nigeria #ghana #africa #scamalert #scammersofinstagram #scam https://www.instagram.com/p/BrNkNOHnmZK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=123g5mvrwabp7
