The most important anti-scam rule
Never Send Money to Someone You Met Online
Do not send cash, cryptocurrency, gift cards, financial information, account access, or expensive gifts to an online dating contact. Do not receive or transfer money for another person. Affection, urgency, or a promise to meet does not make a financial request safe.
Urgency Is a Tactic
A crisis may be designed to prevent you from checking facts, asking someone you trust, or reconsidering.
Romance Is Not Proof
Fast declarations of love, pet names, or promises of marriage do not prove identity or honest intentions.
Documents Can Be Faked
Passports, tickets, invoices, medical records, photographs, voices, and video can all be manipulated.
Common stories
Recognize Financial Warning Signs
Stop and seek independent advice if an online contact asks for help with any of the following.
Travel or Visa Costs
Airfare, passports, visas, customs charges, border fees, hotels, relocation, or transport to meet you.
Medical or Family Emergencies
Hospital bills, medicine, an accident, a sick relative, funeral costs, rent, or sudden unemployment.
Investments and Transfers
Trading, cryptocurrency, business opportunities, loans, inheritances, frozen funds, or moving money for them.
Accounts and Security Codes
Password resets, one-time codes, remote access, screen sharing, bank logins, identity documents, or tax details.
Secrecy or Isolation
Instructions not to tell family, friends, a bank, a payment provider, the platform, or law enforcement.
Threats or Emotional Pressure
Guilt, anger, blackmail, intimate-image threats, or claims that payment is the only way to prove love.
A clear community rule
Dating Is Not a Financial Arrangement
Cecilia Prize is intended for genuine personal relationships, not allowances, sponsorship, paid correspondence, investment schemes, expensive gifts, immigration fraud, or financial dependency. Requests and offers of this kind are contrary to the planned community rules.
If someone asks for money
Stop Before You Act
Do Not Pay
Do not send money, codes, documents, account access, parcels, or private images.
End the Conversation
Block contact where possible. Do not keep engaging simply to prove that the story is false.
Preserve What Is Safe
Keep relevant messages and transaction details only if doing so does not place you at risk.
Contact the Right Service
Notify the platform, payment provider, financial institution, or appropriate authority as soon as practical.
Anti-scam questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What if the emergency appears genuine?
Do not send money. A real hardship does not make an online dating contact a safe channel for financial assistance.
What if we have spoken on live video?
Video does not prove honest intentions. A real person can still manipulate, solicit money, or participate in fraud.
What if the person promises to repay me?
Do not rely on repayment promises, future inheritances, pending transfers, or a planned meeting.
Does Cecilia Prize reimburse scam losses?
No reimbursement program is being claimed. Contact your payment provider or financial institution promptly if funds were sent.
How do I report a concern?
Use the contact page for concerns involving Cecilia Prize. For immediate danger or suspected crime, contact the appropriate local authority.
The rule to remember
Do Not Send Money
Pause, speak to someone you trust, and report the request through the appropriate channel.