The 'love scam' business: 600 million a year in dating app scams

On February 9, the Guardia Civil arrested two people in Guardamar del Segura, a town located in the province of Alicante. The online dating market is constantly gaining users and increasing its profits, something that fraudsters are taking advantage of. In Spain, the website Statista reported in 2021 that 13% of the population used dating platforms or…