Love at First Click

 Not Just at Dating Websites Anymore.

Social Networks and Platforms are Now Weaponized.

By Dominic Alvieri, @AlvieriD

 The Dating Scene online during the pandemic is as horrendous as it has ever been.

Online Dangers Have Escalated Beyond Dating Websites During the Pandemic.

Is anyone connecting with a real person initially?

The Pandemic of 2020 has crystalized the need to differentiate between what is real is what is not.

Did that Tweet come from that person?

Did that group just incite people to "ki** or sh*** someone" in a post or video?

Is that woman/man who they say they are?

Photos are sent to entice a response from the lonely online. 
The person behind this account is not interested in a 40, 50, 60...
Actual photos sent via Match.

Who are you really?

The lure is overwhelming. You are online at the sites in question because you are lonely, tired of being alone during what seems to be the never ending year of the pandemic. 

There he or she is contacting you. Attention from a person you desire, or so you think.

People believe what you show them online. It is a dangerous assumption.

Innocent lives are falling victim to evil people online. 

The reports are real and lives are being lost and ruined in all age groups. It is not just limited to online dating anymore. That is horrendous now. The age of account manipulation is at its peak and we must inform and educate to attack this enemy.

Recent FBI Press Release below. The dangers have escalated during the health crisis.

Online dangers have escalated during the pandemic, not just on dating sites.

People need to be aware of the dangers and protected immediately.

She (he) looks amazing. 

You are in love with the first click before you know who she or he is.

Or what she or he really wants. This is even more dangerous when it comes to safety of the innocent online. The young or unaware at any age are at great risk. 

The lonely in all age groups are at great risk.

In an ongoing investigation, The CyberSecurity Show alerted and forwarded to the FBI several Instagram and TikTok accounts with fake profiles, posts and pictures communicating with minors including video communications and SMS.

Updates pending conclusion of Federal Investigation.

The Social Bubble. What is real online anymore?

The Social Bubble.

What is real online anymore?

All accounts, post, videos and communications are able to be hacked or come from a malicious person behind the message. Extreme caution is needed with impulse reactions to media online.

The Political Bubble online?

Fake accounts and groups are easier to spot and track.

If you have many followers, your views become a weapon online and weaponized when you use social media to publicize and forward those views.

The Online Dating Bubble?

Malicious accounts have proliferated as has the second wave of the virus. Online dating does not discriminate in age groups. The young and the old that frequent dating sites are blasted with initial contacts and pictures that invoke a reaction from the lonelyhearted.

They are on traditional social media platforms in different forms, versions and context in the example below from accounts on Facebook that reached out to me this past September.

Sex still sells and people try to sell it everyday.

These are all examples from my old Facebook of unwanted initial contacts.
I deleted my own Facebook in October.
Political accounts, unwanted contacts and scammers reigned during the last month.

The dating sites have similar photos with the intent of invoking an impulse reaction and establish contact. That is when the problems start. There is not limit to the ruthlessness online.

In this exclusive below, the Match account needed money on the second day for an emergency.

This was pre-virus. This account has since been deleted. I would not be surprised to see the photo floating on another account somewhere online. 

The stories continue today with the pandemic version instantly tying the crisis to a financial need. It has exploded along with the second wave of the virus around the World. Be on high alert if your looking for a date online, not to mention a friend.

Find out who is behind the account before you promise any emotions or funds.

Actual Match Fake Account Photo Profile Used.

It isn't just dating sites anymore. Every post or video can come into question if not authenticated.

 People have been falling in love with the first click on malicious posts as well as misrepresented accounts with fake pictures online. The dangers have increased exponentially with the increased pandemic time online. 

Every post, video or tweet may have a malicious or fraudulent connotation behind it. 

Proceed with caution. The election is over and we may be nearing the light at the end of the covid tunnel, but we are only at the toll gate of the social bubble of social media manipulation.

Be advised this article was written by a real person. 

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