Ah yes, the old bait and switch. I’ll be Natalia and Amada were hot in pics too.

Yes, we are all aware of the rules of not sending money. BUT, when the heart is involved its so much harder to think rationally. Webmasters can help prevent a scammers progress:
Warnings. These will help to serve as a band-aid to protect the organization but still allows scammers to troll its members. Many websites have an “approval” period, during this time webmasters should monitor IP addresses and trace its origin. Any reflecting the high crime areas should be further investigated or blocked. If a scammer is reported the website should make every effort to remove the culprit and notify the victim of the outcome.
Constant newsletters to members notifying them of potential predators and the tell tale signs will keep the public educated. Education is an ongoing fear of the scammers, the more people that know about them the less chance they have of receiving a payoff.
Background checks can prove costly for both the site administrator and the members but by putting in tighter parameters on who can contact a member may help to deter criminal activity.
The most vulnerable to scammers are the Free dating sites and those that do charge a fee have the risk of stolen credit cards and banking information thus causing a chargeback. Chargeback, is the word that Internet merchants fear. A chargeback is what it’s called when a transaction is reversed. In other words, rather than adding money to your account it is deducted. Chargebacks can occur for a wide variety of reasons, such as double-charging, credit card expiration, bank error and customer disputes.
Merchant concern about online credit card fraud and chargebacks is rising at a significant rate. According to the 2001 Online Fraud Report, conducted by Mindwave Research, it revealed that “41% of merchants say the issue of online credit card fraud is ‘very serious’ to their business.” As e-commerce continues to flourish the number of instances of credit card fraud and chargebacks will continue to mount higher. It should go without saying that the need to take certain measures to reduce and virtually eliminate chargebacks and fraud is certainly paramount.
In order to prevent further losses merchants need to bring more security measures into place:
1. IP collection and Trace on every order. Any orders that do not log a logical IP address will be flagged for further investigation.
2. Phone verification to card holder by issuing bank to confirm transaction.
In conclusion, the best defense is to notify the members of various dating sites of these predators. Posting disclaimers that all IP addresses are being cataloged and traced will help to deter the criminals as well as give the victims some sense of pro-activity.

Ah yes, the old bait and switch. I’ll be Natalia and Amada were hot in pics too.

Yes, we are all aware of the rules of not sending money. BUT, when the heart is involved its so much harder to think rationally. Webmasters can help prevent a scammers progress:
Warnings. These will help to serve as a band-aid to protect the organization but still allows scammers to troll its members. Many websites have an “approval” period, during this time webmasters should monitor IP addresses and trace its origin. Any reflecting the high crime areas should be further investigated or blocked. If a scammer is reported the website should make every effort to remove the culprit and notify the victim of the outcome.
Constant newsletters to members notifying them of potential predators and the tell tale signs will keep the public educated. Education is an ongoing fear of the scammers, the more people that know about them the less chance they have of receiving a payoff.
Background checks can prove costly for both the site administrator and the members but by putting in tighter parameters on who can contact a member may help to deter criminal activity.
The most vulnerable to scammers are the Free dating sites and those that do charge a fee have the risk of stolen credit cards and banking information thus causing a chargeback. Chargeback, is the word that Internet merchants fear. A chargeback is what it’s called when a transaction is reversed. In other words, rather than adding money to your account it is deducted. Chargebacks can occur for a wide variety of reasons, such as double-charging, credit card expiration, bank error and customer disputes.
Merchant concern about online credit card fraud and chargebacks is rising at a significant rate. According to the 2001 Online Fraud Report, conducted by Mindwave Research, it revealed that “41% of merchants say the issue of online credit card fraud is ‘very serious’ to their business.” As e-commerce continues to flourish the number of instances of credit card fraud and chargebacks will continue to mount higher. It should go without saying that the need to take certain measures to reduce and virtually eliminate chargebacks and fraud is certainly paramount.
In order to prevent further losses merchants need to bring more security measures into place:
1. IP collection and Trace on every order. Any orders that do not log a logical IP address will be flagged for further investigation.
2. Phone verification to card holder by issuing bank to confirm transaction.
In conclusion, the best defense is to notify the members of various dating sites of these predators. Posting disclaimers that all IP addresses are being cataloged and traced will help to deter the criminals as well as give the victims some sense of pro-activity.