INVESTIGATION
ROMANCE SCRIPT INSPECTOR
Compares pasted message text against known romance-fraud script patterns. Romance-fraud playbooks reuse recognizable message patterns across many different targets, which makes comparison against known scripts a genuinely useful check.
Related Defense Scenarios
- Pacing a Match Who's Moving Too Fast
- Verifying a Video Call Is Live, Not Recorded
- What to Do If They Refuse Video
- Safely Video-Chatting for the First Time
- Using a Video Call to Cross-Check a Claimed City
- Requesting an Unscripted Photo to Test Authenticity
- Keeping Your Home Address Private Before Meeting
- Choosing a Safe First Meeting Location
- What to Do If Someone Shows Up Uninvited
- Protecting Elderly Relatives From Financial Asks
- Talking to Someone About Being Catfished
- Responding to a Request to Keep the Relationship Secret
- Talk to a Match Without Exposing Your Real Number
- Muting a Suspicious Match Without Alerting Them
- Never Sending Money to Someone You Haven't Met
- Freezing a Transaction in Progress
- What to Do If Explicit Images Were Shared
- Keeping Your Last Name Private Early On
- Cross-Checking a Name Against Public Records
- Preparing Questions That Are Hard to Fake
- Safely Declining a Financial Request
- Deciding When to Stop Talking to Someone
- Cross-Checking Claimed Circumstances for Consistency
- Verifying a Claimed Workplace Location
- Verifying a Claimed Military Deployment
- Verifying a Claimed Medical Professional
- Declining to Vouch for Someone You Haven't Verified
- Setting a Personal Financial Firewall Rule
- What to Do If Asked for Gift Cards
- Verifying a Claimed Investment Opportunity
- Spotting a Commercial Mail-Drop Address
- Protecting Your Bank Account From a New Contact
- Recognizing a Request to Receive and Forward Money
- What to Do If You've Already Sent Money
- Reporting Financial Fraud to Your Bank
- Blocking Without Losing Evidence
- Reporting a Profile Effectively
- Documenting a Conversation in Case You Need to Report It
- Reporting a Catfish to the Platform
- Warning Others Who May Be Targeted by the Same Profile