Topic

romance-scams

How romance fraud works and how to avoid it.

5 articles

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Best dating apps for international dating

The app that works abroad is the one people there already open. Here's how to find that out, plus what location change, filters and paid tiers actually do.

Daniel OkonjoAugust 9, 20269 min read

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CountriesPhilippines

Dating in the Philippines

Courtship, family, faith, overseas work and money — how relationships actually form in the Philippines, and the questions worth asking yourself before you fly.

Two Timezones EditorialAug 6, 202611 min read

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Safety

Verifying someone is real

A verification routine you can run in about ten minutes, from reverse image search to one live video call — plus an honest account of what it cannot rule out.

Daniel OkonjoJun 14, 20267 min read

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Safety

Romance scam warning signs

Romance fraud runs on a script with eight recognisable stages. Here is what each one looks like, why it works, and what to do — including if you have already sent money.

Daniel OkonjoMay 18, 202610 min read

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Apps

Dating app red flags, calibrated

Fourteen patterns worth slowing down for, each with the reason it correlates with a bad outcome and the perfectly ordinary explanation it might also have.