Could your Valentine be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance

This article warns about romance scams and other cyber risks on dating apps, covering catfishing, phishing/malware links, data collection that enables blackmail/sextortion, and location-based threats, and offers practical tips such as verifying identities, avoiding unsolicited links, limiting shared data, and managing location settings; it underscores the growing scale of these scams with statistics while emphasizing user vigilance and in-app reporting.