Singles Looking for Love in 2022 Vulnerable to Scams, Wells Fargo Survey Finds - Seite 3

Scammers often operate subtly

Other scamming techniques that should prompt caution for singles are, as yet, not always prompting caution, with about half or more of singles surveyed not considering it suspicious if a person they’ve met online:

• Asks them to visit their social media page (68% not suspicious)
• Has interests almost exactly like their own (55% not suspicious)
• Wants to know about where they work (53% not suspicious)
• Has few friends or followers on social media (46% not suspicious)

“While the prospect of finding ‘The One’ can be exhilarating, it’s important that people remain cautious and protect themselves from potential scammers in their search for romance,” said Long.

About the Survey

Versta Research conducted a national survey of singles on behalf of Wells Fargo. The sample included 930 U.S. adults who have never been married, divorced, separated, or widowed. Singles in older age brackets (age 40 and over) were over-sampled to allow robust comparisons by age groups. Final data were statistically weighted by age, gender, race/ethnicity, income, education, and region, to match current U.S. population estimates of single adults. The survey was conducted Dec. 13–29, 2021. Assuming no sample bias, the maximum margin of error for full-sample estimates is ±3%.

About Wells Fargo

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