The infographic warns that romance scammers scale on dating apps using bots to create fake accounts or take over real ones, then “bait” victims into sending money. It cites FTC data showing romance scams cost victims $1.3B in 2022 and notes ongoing exposure because many users reuse passwords. In 2023, Cequence observed 660M bot requests on popular dating apps and 12M unique accounts impacted by ATOs on a single platform, with 58% of detected bot activity originating in the US, 9% coming from common hosting providers, and 28% of transactions spoofing an iPhone app. It lists red flags and urges never sending money, and recommends bot defenses that are agentless, fast to deploy, resilient to retooling, broad across web/mobile/APIs, and integration-friendly.

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