UMKOmishinala wamaPolisa noLwaphulo-mthetho e-SURREY ubongoze abahlali ukuba balumkele abantu abaqhatha kwizithandani ngolu suku lweValentine.
U-Lisa Townsend waqhumisa abaphuli-mthetho emva kobuqhetseba "bobuqhetseba", kwaye walumkisa ukuba amaxhoba aseSurrey aphulukana nezigidi ngonyaka ngobuqhetseba.
Uye wacela nabani na owoyika ukuba angachaphazeleka ukuba eze ngaphambili athethe naye Amapolisa aseSurrey.
ULisa wathi: “Ubuqhetseba bothando lulwaphulo-mthetho olunzulu lobuqu nolungenelelayo. Impembelelo enayo kumaxhoba ayo ibuhlungu.
"Abarhwebi bakhohlisa amaxhoba abo ukuba batyale ixesha kunye nemali phantsi kwenkolelo ephosakeleyo yokuba banonxibelelwano lokwenene.
“Kwiimeko ezininzi, kunzima ukuba amaxhoba aphelise ‘ulwalamano lwawo’ njengoko etyale ngokweemvakalelo.
“Olu hlobo lolwaphulo-mthetho lunokwenza abantu bazive behlazekile yaye behlazekile.
“Kuye nabani na obandezelekileyo, nceda wazi ukuba akayedwanga. Izaphuli-mthetho zikrelekrele yaye zinamaqhinga, yaye asilotyala lomntu oye waqhathwa.
“Amapolisa aseSurrey aya kuhlala ezithathela phezulu iingxelo zobuqhophololo bothando. Ndicebisa nabani na ochaphazelekayo ukuba eze ngaphambili. ”
Lilonke, iingxelo ezili-172 zobuqhophololo bothando zenziwa kumaPolisa aseSurrey ngo-2022. Ngaphantsi nje kweepesenti ezingama-57 zamaxhoba yayingabasetyhini.
Ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sawo onke amaxhoba ahlala yedwa, kwaye ngaphezulu nje kwesinye kwabahlanu baqhagamshelwana nabo ekuqaleni nge-WhatsApp. Malunga neepesenti ezili-19 baqhagamshelwana nabo nge-app yokuthandana kuqala.
Uninzi lwamaxhoba - 47.67 pesenti - babephakathi kweminyaka engama-30 kunye ne-59. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-30 babephakathi kweminyaka engama-60 kunye ne-74.
'Nakanye ityala lexhoba'
Ngelixa abantu abaninzi - i-27.9 pesenti yawo onke amaxhoba - bengakhange bayichaze nayiphi na ilahleko, i-72.1 pesenti baqhathwa izixa zemali. Kulo nani, i-2.9 ipesenti ilahlekelwe phakathi kwe-£ 100,000 kunye ne-£ 240,000, kwaye umntu omnye ulahlekelwe ngaphezu kwe-£ 250,000.
Kwi-35.1 pesenti yazo zonke iimeko, abaphuli-mthetho bacela amaxhoba abo ukuba anike imali nge-transfer yebhanki.
Amapolisa aseSurrey anikezele ngezi ngcebiso zilandelayo Ukubona iimpawu zomkhohlisi wothando:
- Kulumkele ukunika iinkcukacha zakho kwiwebhusayithi okanye kwindawo yokuncokola
- Abarhwaphilizi baya kwenza iincoko zibe zezobuqu ukufumana ulwazi kuwe, kodwa abayi kukuxelela okuninzi malunga nabo onokuthi ujonge okanye uqinisekise.
- Abarhwaphilizi bezothando bahlala bebanga ukuba banendima ephezulu ebenza bangabikho ekhaya ixesha elide. Eli isenokuba licebo lokuphelisa ukukrokrelana malunga nokungadibani ubuso ngobuso
- Amaqhophololo adla ngokuzama ukukukhwelisa ekuncokoleni kwiindawo ezisemthethweni zokuthandana ezinokujongwa
- Basenokubalisa amabali ukujolisa iimvakalelo zakho - umzekelo, ukuba banesalamane esigulayo okanye baxakeke phesheya. Basenokungaceli imali ngokuthe ngqo, endaweni yoko banethemba lokuba uya kunikela ngokusuka kukulunga kwentliziyo yakho
- Ngamanye amaxesha, umkhohlisi uya kukuthumelela izinto ezixabisekileyo njengeelaptops kunye neeselfowuni phambi kokuba akucele ukuba uzithumele. Le isenokuba yindlela yabo yokufihla nasiphi na isenzo solwaphulo-mthetho
- Basenokukucela ukuba wamkele imali kwiakhawunti yakho yebhanki uze uyithumele kwenye indawo okanye ngeMoneyGram, Western Union, iivawutsha ze-iTunes okanye amanye amakhadi esipho. Ezi meko kunokwenzeka ukuba zibe ziintlobo zokurhwaphiliza imali, okuthetha ukuba uya kuba wenza ulwaphulo-mthetho
Ukufumana olunye ulwazi, tyelela surrey.police.uk/romancefraud
Ukuqhagamshelana namaPolisa aseSurrey, fowunela i-101, sebenzisa iwebhusayithi yePolisa yaseSurrey okanye uqhagamshelane namaphepha eendaba ezentlalo zoMbutho. Soloko ucofa u-999 ngexesha likaxakeka.