UKUBA iRomance iguqukele kwezemali, unokuba lixhoba lesikhohlakali esikhohlakeleyo, ulumkise uMkomishinala wamaPolisa akwaSurrey noLwaphulo-mthetho.
Lisa Townsend Ubongoze abahlali baseSurrey ukuba balumkele ubuqhophololo bothando emva kokuba iingxelo zolwaphulo-mthetho zinyuke ngeepesenti ezingaphezulu kweshumi enyakeni.
Idatha irekhodwe ngu Utyikityo loMsebenzi wamaPolisa aseSurrey – iphulo loMkhosi lokuchonga nokuxhasa amaxhoba obuqhophololo asemngciphekweni – libonisa ukuba ngo-2023, abantu abayi-183 beza ngaphambili bezokuxelela amapolisa ukuba kujoliswe kubo. Inani labantu abeza ngaphambili ngo-2022 laliyi-165.
Amadoda enza i-55 pesenti yamaxhoba, kwaye phantse i-60 pesenti yabo kujoliswe kuyo babehlala bodwa. Uninzi lwabo baxela ityala - i-41 pesenti - babephakathi kweminyaka engama-30 kunye ne-59 ubudala, ngelixa i-30 yeepesenti zeengxelo zenziwe ngabantu abaphakathi kweminyaka engama-60 kunye ne-74.
Ukubala iindleko
Lilonke, amaxhoba e-Surrey alahlekelwe yi-£ 2.73million.
Ukunyaniseka kwezenzo, Iziko lelizwe lase-UK lengxelo yobuqhophololo kunye ne-cybercrime, lirekhode iingxelo ezingama-207 zobuqhophololo bothando eSurrey ekuhambeni konyaka. Amaxhoba obuqhetseba rhoqo xela amatyala ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Action Fraud, endaweni yamapolisa asekuhlaleni.
ULisa ubongoze nabani na ocinga ukuba ujongwe ukuba eze ngaphambili.
“Olu lwaphulo-mthetho luyakhathaza ngokwenene,” watsho.
“Isenokuba yeyobuqu ngokunzulu kumaxhoba, anokuthi azive intlungu yolwaphulo-mthetho ngokwalo kunye nokulahlekelwa koko babekholelwa ukuba lulwalamano lokwenene.
"Ukuba unxibelelwano lothando lugxile kwimali, inokuba luphawu lobuqhetseba bothando.
“Ezi zaphuli mthetho ziza kuzama ukunqanda amaxhoba azo ekuxoxeni kakhulu neentsapho nezihlobo zawo. Basenokuthi bahlala phesheya, okanye banomsebenzi okumgangatho ophezulu obagcina bexakekile.
Kodwa ekugqibeleni, bonke baya kuqala ukufumana iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokucela imali.
“Kuyakhathaza amaxhoba ukufumanisa ukuba umntu abakhe ubudlelwane naye yintelekelelo nje kwaye-embi kakhulu - wenze olo nxibelelwano ngenjongo yokubenzakalisa.
“Amaxhoba asenokuziva eneentloni kwaye eneentloni ukutyhila into eyenzekileyo kuwo.
"Nceda uze ngaphambili"
“Kwabo bakholelwa ukuba baqhathiwe, ndithi kuni ngqo: ncedani nize ngaphambili. Awuyi kugwetywa okanye uhlazeke Amapolisa aseSurrey.
“Izaphuli-mthetho ezenza olu hlobo lokwaphula ziyingozi kwaye zilawula ngokweemvakalelo, kwaye zisenokuba krelekrele kakhulu.
“Ukuba uyabandezeleka, nceda wazi ukuba awuwedwa. Ayilotyala lakho.
"Amagosa ethu azithatha nzulu zonke iingxelo zobuqhophololo bothando, kwaye azinikele ekulandeleleni abo banoxanduva."
Amapolisa aseSurrey anike le ngcebiso ilandelayo ekuboneni iimpawu zomrhwaphilizo wothando:
• Kulumkele ukunika inkcazelo yobuqu 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
• Abarhwaphilizi badla ngokuzama ukukukhwebula ekuncokoleni kwiindawo ezisemthethweni zokuthandana ezinokubekwa esweni
• Basenokubalisa amabali ukuze bajolise kwiimvakalelo zakho – umzekelo, ukuba banesizalwane esigulayo okanye bavalelwe phesheya. Basenokungaceli imali ngokuthe ngqo, endaweni yoko banethemba lokuba uya kunikela ngokusuka kukulunga kwentliziyo yakho
• Ngamanye amaxesha, umkhohlisi uya kukuthumelela izinto zexabiso ezifana neelaptops kunye neeselfowuni eziphathwayo phambi kokuba akucele ukuba uzivule. Le isenokuba yindlela yabo yokufihla nasiphi na isenzo solwaphulo-mthetho
• Basenokukucela ukuba wamkele imali kwi-akhawunti yakho yebhanki uze uyidlulisele kwenye indawo okanye nge-MoneyGram, 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.