‘Don’t put your life on social media, criminals are watching’ – gardaí warn of fraud threat

Over €800,000 stolen in 31 romance fraud cases in just five months

From left, Omowale Owolabi, Samson Ajayi and Raak Sami Sadu were jailed this week after a woman lost €282,000 in a romance fraud. Photo: Collins Courts

July 30 2022 02:30 AM

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The danger of posting too much personal information about yourself online has been highlighted by gardaí after three criminals were jailed for a €282,000 romance fraud in which a 66-year-old woman lost her life savings.

While the modus operandi of the fraudsters involved in this particularly cruel type of crime is to wait for the victim to come to them after they set up fake profiles on dating websites, it is when their prey is lured into their web of deceit that the “research” begins.