Platform Helps Users Spot Online Dating Scams
Verified Love has launched a free tool that checks profiles, documents and reports to help users identify romance fraud.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Romance
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Verified Love launched a free interactive platform designed to help users identify online dating scams, including AI-powered scams. The launch comes as the FBI recorded 23,159 romance and confidence fraud reports in the United States in 2025, with reported losses exceeding $929 million.
Why it matters
Artificial intelligence allows scammers to create more convincing messages, fabricated identities and fraudulent documents at scale. Many victims do not report fraud because they feel embarrassed or remain emotionally attached to the person who deceived them.
The FBI received 23,159 reports of confidence and romance fraud in the United States in 2025, with reported losses exceeding $929 million. Verified Love estimates the actual financial toll may be about 10 times higher because many victims do not report the crime.
The players
Verified Love
Verified Love is a free website dedicated to preventing dating scams, including AI-powered scams, by offering profile checks, document verification and scam reporting.
Dimitri Berezniakov
Dimitri Berezniakov is the spokesperson for Verified Love, speaking on behalf of the platform's scam-prevention mission.
The details
The free platform combines scam pattern identification, document authenticity checks, searches of reported profiles, scam reporting tools and free manual verification. Common warning signs include requests for money, urgent financial situations, reluctance to meet in person, inconsistent personal details and pressure to move conversations off a dating service.
Timeline
2025: The FBI recorded 23,159 romance and confidence fraud reports.
November 10, 2026: Verified Love launched its free scam-identification platform.
Romance Fraud Landscape
The launch follows FBI reporting of 23,159 confidence and romance fraud complaints in 2025, a category that law enforcement has tracked as losses climb. Verified Love positions its tool as a prevention resource aimed at the underreporting the FBI figures do not capture.
Users can request document-authenticity checks, search a database of reported profiles, submit reports about suspected scammers and contact the team for a free manual verification. The tools are available at no cost, allowing anyone who is dating online to check a suspicious contact before sending money.
The takeaway
Requests for money, urgency and reluctance to meet in person are the clearest warning signs of a romance scam. Verifying a match's identity and documents before sending any funds can prevent significant financial loss.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
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