A balanced approach to curbing online love scams

Raising awareness on online love scams: Experts stress the importance of stronger safeguards and public education to protect users from digital fraud.

PETALING JAYA: While regulating dating apps could help in ensuring accountability of platform providers to curb “love scams”, experts suggest a balanced approach.

Cybersecurity Research Centre director at Universiti Sains Malaysia Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam suggests that implementing identity verification processes within dating apps could deter scammers from creating fake accounts.