UMA iRomance isiphenduke ezezimali, ungase ube yisisulu somkhonyovu ononya, kuxwayisa uKhomishana wamaphoyisa aseSurrey noBugebengu.
Lisa Townsend usenxuse izakhamizi zaseSurrey ukuthi ziqaphele ukukhwabanisela kwezothando ngemuva kwemibiko yaleli cala inyuke ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-10 ngonyaka.
Idatha irekhodwe ngu Isignesha Yokusebenza Kwamaphoyisa aseSurrey - umkhankaso woMbutho wokuhlonza nokweseka izisulu zokukhwabanisa ezisengozini - uveza ukuthi ngo-2023, abantu abangu-183 beza bezotshela amaphoyisa ukuthi babeqondiswe kubo. Isibalo sabantu abeze ngo-2022 sasingu-165.
Amadoda akha amaphesenti angama-55 ezisulu, futhi cishe amaphesenti angama-60 alabo ababehlosiwe babehlala bodwa. Iningi lalabo abazobika icala - amaphesenti angama-41 - babeneminyaka ephakathi kuka-30 no-59, kanti amaphesenti angama-30 emibiko yenziwa abantu abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-60 no-74.
Ukubala izindleko
Sekukonke, izisulu zaseSurrey zalahlekelwa u-£2.73million.
Isenzo Sokukhohlisa, isikhungo sikazwelonke sokubika sase-UK sokukhwabanisa nobugebengu be-inthanethi, siqophe imibiko engu-207 yokukhwabanisa kwezothando e-Surrey phakathi nonyaka. Izisulu zokukhwabanisa ngokuvamile kubika amacala ngqo ku-Action Fraud, esikhundleni samaphoyisa endawo.
ULisa unxuse noma ngubani ocabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukhonjwe indlela ukuthi aphumele obala.
“Lobu bugebengu buyadabukisa ngempela,” kusho yena.
“Kungaba ngokomuntu siqu kakhulu kuzisulu, ezingase zizwe usizi lwazo zombili izenzo zobugebengu kanye nokulahlekelwa yilokho ezikholelwa ukuthi ubuhlobo bangempela.
“Uma ukuxhumana kwezothando sekugxile kwezezimali, kungaba wuphawu lokukhwabanisela kwezothando.
“Lezi zigebengu zizozama ukuvimba izisulu zazo ukuthi zingaxoxi kakhulu nemindeni yazo nabangani. Bangase bathi bahlala phesheya, noma banomsebenzi osezingeni eliphezulu obagcina bematasa.
“Kodwa ekugcineni, bonke bazoqala ukuthola izindlela ezihlukene zokucela imali.
“Kuyadabukisa kwabahlukunyezwayo ukuthola ukuthi umuntu abakhe ubuhlobo naye uyiphupho nje futhi - okubi nakakhulu - bakhe lokho kunamathela ngenhloso ethile yokubenza babalimaze.
“Abahlukumezekile bangazizwa benamahloni futhi benamahloni ukuveza okwenzekile kubo.
“Ngicela uze ngaphambili”
“Kulabo abakholelwa ukuthi bakhohlisiwe, ngithi kuwe ngqo: ngicela uze ngaphambili. Ngeke wahlulelwe noma ujabhiswe Amaphoyisa aseSurrey.
“Izigebengu ezenza lolu hlobo lobugebengu ziyingozi futhi zilawula imizwa, futhi zingahlakanipha kakhulu.
“Uma uhlupheka ngicela wazi ukuthi awuwedwa. Akulona iphutha lakho.
"Amaphoyisa ethu ayithatha ngokungathi sína yonke imibiko yokukhwabanisa kwezothando, futhi azinikele ekulandeleni labo abathintekayo."
Amaphoyisa aseSurrey anikeze izeluleko ezilandelayo ekuboneni izimpawu zomkhwabanisi kwezothando:
• Qaphela ukunikeza ulwazi lomuntu siqu kusizindalwazi noma ku-chatroom
• Abakhwabanisi bazokwenza izingxoxo zibe ezomuntu siqu ukuze bathole ulwazi kuwe, kodwa ngeke bakutshele okuningi ngabo ongazihlola noma uqinisekise.
• Abakhwabanisi bezothando bavame ukusho ukuthi banezindima eziphakeme ezibenza bangabikho ekhaya isikhathi eside. Lokhu kungaba itulo lokuqeda izinsolo zokungahlangani mathupha
• Abakhwabanisi ngokuvamile bazozama ukukunqanda ekuxoxeni kumasayithi okuqomisana asemthethweni angagadwa
• Bangase baxoxe izindaba ukuze baqonde imizwa yakho - isibonelo, ukuthi banesihlobo esigulayo noma bavalelwe phesheya. Bangase bangaceli imali ngokuqondile, kunalokho banethemba lokuthi uzonikela ngokusuka kobuhle benhliziyo yakho
• Kwesinye isikhathi, umkhohlisi uzokuthumela izinto ezibalulekile njengamakhompyutha aphathekayo namaselula ngaphambi kokukucela ukuthi uwavule. Lokhu cishe kuyindlela yabo yokufihla noma yiziphi izenzo zobugebengu
• Bangase futhi bakucele ukuthi wamukele imali ku-akhawunti yakho yasebhange bese uyidlulisela kwenye indawo noma nge-MoneyGram, Western Union, amavawusha e-iTunes noma amanye amakhadi esipho. Lezi zimo kungenzeka zibe izindlela zokushushumbisa imali, okusho ukuthi uzobe wenza ubugebengu
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, vakashela surrey.police.uk/romancefraud
Ukuxhumana namaphoyisa aseSurrey, shayela ku-101, sebenzisa iwebhusayithi ye-Surrey Police noma uthinte amakhasi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana oMbutho. Njalo shayela u-999 esimweni esiphuthumayo.