Over the last few years, we have noticed there has been a very large increase in online scams with scammers manipulating the subject into giving them money and gifting them various items.
Our role as Private Detective in Leeds is to gather as much information about the perpetrator in order to provide our findings to the client. In the last month alone, we have had multiple scam cases we have worked on one particular case is where a client had sent an individual over 1.5 million pounds of his life savings after a full investigation, we have discovered the true identity of the individual, our client has now passed our findings onto the police who are now dealing with this matter.
When speaking to any person online ensure you have all of their information and you have physically seen the individual on Facetime or webcam to ensure the person you are speaking to online is in fact the same person they are portraying to be.
Scammers will often build a relationship online over a period of weeks sometimes even months to pull their “targets” in and eventually will ask for money for things such as medical bills/legal fees which will be requested to be transferred via wire transfer or cryptocurrency so there is no trace of who the money is going to.
For more information on the different types of investigations we offer feel free to take a look on our Investigations & Background Checks page. We are here to help you find the evidence & answers you require if you have concerns regarding an individual you are speaking to online we are here to help you get the truth contact us today on 0113 335 0772 for a free confidential discussion.