There is a saying that goes once bitten twice shy and fool me once shame on you fool me twice can't put the blame on you. But actually in reality this is not happening so many people are getting fooled repeatedly.
There alot of ways people get defrauded especially via the internet. And this cause not just only financial loss butore often can lead to emotional breakdown
Do give in into emotions and greed fraudster prey on them Abey feel in love with Thomas a special into sergeant on a peace keeping mission in Syria they dated for three months at least online. And more and more abey feel deeper. But soon Thomas demanded for a money as to rake a vacation leave to come and be with her, abey who is madly in love sent the money but soon to discover sergeant Thomas was actual femi a scammer.
People have seen how others get dupe as a result online dating and even social media platforms has took it upon themselves to sound the warning some stating vividly to accept requests from people you know or share mutual friends with and even some payment transfer agency sounds the scam alert warning.
But still some are adamant and still repeatedly fall victim to fraud.
How you prevent falling a victim 1. Learn from other people mistake and also from yours
2. Hide to instructions and guidelines
3. Seek to be extensively sure you dealing with the authentic person especially on social media
4. Be quick to make a report when you notice any discrepancies
5. Avoid greed and emotional sentiments