New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- As Valentine's Day approaches, online scammers are ready to take advantage of unwanted persons looking for love. Fraudsters often use social media, dating apps, and messaging platforms to establish fake romantic connections, eventually enticing victims into financial nets.

Romance scams include criminals presenting as attractive and successful individuals - often to military personnel or professional professionals - to request money or to gain trust before promoting fraud investment. These scammers work on many platforms, such as using the strategy:

Sending cold messages to many people in a "spray and prayer" approach.

Creating emotional relations over time to establish confidence.

To create emergency or investme...