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March 31st, 2022
Words with Friends and Wordle are popular word games enjoyed by players of all ages. These free online word games help pass the time or de-stress after a long day. But not everyone on these apps is just looking for innocent destruction to pass time. Some of the users on these apps are actively hunting for people to trap in romance scams.
The “scam” surrounding the popular Wordle game is that it is now being imitated by other fake apps. For Words with Friends, scams take a different approach. Words with Friends scams involve chatting through the app’s chat feature.
Keep reading below to learn more about Wordle and Words with Friends Scams and how to safely avoid them.
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What are romance scams?
Romance scams are also known as love scams. This is when an internet fraud steals a person’s images from social media to catfish people for money. Over the course of weeks months, or years, the person on the other end of this scam can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. As unbelievable as this situation might sound, $1 billion dollars was reported lost to romance scams in 2021 alone. although many romance scammers target their victims on dating apps Wordle and other gaming platforms are one of the scammer’s favorite places to meet people because most people aren’t expecting to meet anyone, let alone get into a relationship with a scammer. In this article, we’ll break down wordle and words with friends scams.
Fake Wordle Apps – Potential for Scams
The original wordle game began through a website domain. There is not currently an app through the iPhone or Android app store. Be aware of the many copycat apps popping up everywhere. These are not associated with the official Wordle game. Wordle is a fun game that is attracting millions of op people to hop online and play. It is generally safe, but with the excitement around the platform, comes people looking to take advantage.
Although these could just be imitation apps, they also pose the potential risk of scams. Look-alike websites have a high risk of being phishing scams. That is a scam that steals your personal information. and uses it to commit fraud against you. If you’re looking to play the original Wordle game, you’ll have to visit the website through a browser. These imitation applications could be trying to simply copy the initial game, but they are not trusted sources. We caution against downloading these unofficial apps which could entail a scam.
How to spot a scammer on words with friends
The Words with Friends app often sees scams, specifically scams done by romance scammers. Words with friends are often linked to Facebook pages. Romance scammers may have a very glamorous profile picture, sometimes with a very low follower count.
A legitimate Words with Friends player is interested in finishing the games they play. Words with Friends scammers are not interested in the actual word game. Rather, they’re interested in chatting with you. If a person chats with you and suggests messaging outside of the app, this may indicate they’re a romance scammer. Some romance scammers suggest using Google Hangouts.
Spotting a Words with Friends Scammer
Many scammers start the chat with you by starting with a compliment or overly-nice greeting. If you receive a chat like this, it’s likely to be unrelated to anything going on in the game. The romance scammer attempts to start a conversation with you, hoping you’ll respond.
Other signs you may be speaking with a scammer include:
- Asking for personal details or asking too many personal questions
- Noticing weird or off things in their gaming profile
- Unreal profile picture or no profile picture
- Inconsistencies in their story and location
- Gives you a sad sob story to pull on your heartstrings
- The profile has been created very recently
- Asking to move to another platform to talk
Playing Word Games
Word games like Wordle and Words with Friends are fun games that can be played safely. When playing these games, always exercise caution and ignore suspicious messages. If needed, block users who ask suspicious questions or are phishing for personal information. If a person does chat with you, make sure it is focused on the game only. If you want to engage with someone on the website, run a reverse image search with the search bar below.
