Kiwi women are being conned out of millions of dollars a year in romance scams run by organised crime rings based overseas. READ MORE:* How a 'prince charming' Tinder swindler conned a woman out of $540k* 'Prince Charming' Tinder swindler targeted Kiwi women for years* There are bad dates and then there's The Tinder Swindler: Anatomy of a romance nightmarePOLICE/Stuff Police have seen the same stolen image used on doctored New Zealand Drivers Licences, such as this one. “What we can say is in situations such as this there is often layer upon layer of scams and multiple victims. The New Zealand police is the appropriate forum for victims to raise concerns about the actions of any person suspected of receiving money.”SUPPLIED The Tinder swindler used several photos of this man, who he said was Dale Plumides. There were a few scam types where customers were tricked into sending their own money to a scammer - such as online purchase scams, investment scams and romance scams.

Source: Stuff April 29, 2022 22:08 UTC