The number of Scots being targeted by ‘Tinder Swindlers’ and romance scammers is rife in the run-up to Valentine's Day, a charity has warned.
Advice Direct Scotland has urged people to learn lessons from the new hit Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, adding: "If you believe you have been the target of a romance scam, you should contact your bank."
The charity, which runs the national consumer advice service consumeradvice.scot, has launched a new campaign that aims to understand the tactics used by scammers to exploit situations of loneliness or isolation of their targets.
