Darknet Forums and Marketplaces Offer Romance-Scam Targeting Tips and Services

Summary

DarkOwl describes how fraudsters discuss finding romance-scam targets, sell related data and services, and share e-whoring guides and tools on underground platforms. It also offers FBI-recommended steps to avoid romance scams.

Key points

• DarkOwl observed discussions and offers related to romance scams on underground forums, including advice to use adult-site SEO traffic to find potential targets.
• The article describes scammers advertising traffic services and tutorials, and seeking collaborators for romance scams.
• Telegram fraud markets reportedly advertise romance-scam services, including personal information associated with dating sites.
• DarkOwl says e-whoring guides, image and video packs, databases, bots, and mentorship services are offered across underground forums and messaging platforms.
• Offers and data volumes cited in the article are attributed to forum users or sellers and are not independently verified in the supplied content.
• The article recommends limiting public personal information, checking profiles and photos, proceeding cautiously, and never sending money to someone known only online or by phone.