Four Dating Scams That Are Rampant In India Right Now
Scammers are getting increasingly deceitful and crafty as the years go by
TW: Mentions of rape, sexual violence, and suicide.
Introduction
Indians are no stranger to scams what with crores of company profits and employee life savings being wiped out every single year. We literally have entire scammer call centers being run out of some our very own Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. We’re also aware of how some of our citizens try to scam citizens of wealthier countries— especially Western senior citizens — using Gift Card and Tech Support scams as prominent Youtubers make it their life’s mission to prevent us from falling for their crafty and devious tricks. Thanks Kitboga!
But a few scams are gaining strong foothold within Indian territory right now. And they are dating scams.
Dating scams work predominantly for a few reasons:
- There’s a desire for external validation amongst India’s youth. We are invalidated all our lives at home and are primed to naturally seek validation outside. We’re indirectly taught that a safe space is someone else or somewhere else, but definitely not the childhood homes we grew up in. In Indian society, young adults don’t possess an inherent value unless they have a well paying job or partner by their…
