This includes payments to "prove your loyalty" or to cover transaction fees. If a sugar daddy or momma asks you to pay them before they pay you, be immediately alert. Watch Out for Sugar Baby Loyalty Tests and Fee Requests Such people abuse the system to scam financially-desperate people out of their hard-earned money. Therefore, the problem rests more on weeding out those who don't want to support you. Whenever you feel stuck in such a scenario, you should always try and recognize gift card scams by analyzing the symptoms of the request. This is why phone scammers always ask for payment via this method. Unlike money transfers, gift cards have less of a paper trail and are easier to send. Gift card payments are a huge red flag that you're in the middle of a scam. They'll then ask the victim to pay them back a little bit (say, $100), usually in gift cards. Then, the scammer will say they want a token of appreciation or payment to fund a special occasion. They can exploit this window and ask for money back before it disappears.įor instance, a scammer may send a victim $2,000 in checks to cover the victim's bills.
If the check doesn't clear, the money vanishes from the account again.īut if the scammer pays a victim with this temporary money, how are they making money off them? The key here is that a scammer has a small window between the payment and the money evaporating where the victim truly believes they've been paid. Once cashed, the check will appear in a bank account, but it won't truly "count" until the funds clear. They may also choose to use a check that they know will bounce. Once the scammer gets the money, they vanish without sending the promised money and leave the victim out of pocket. Of course, the initial payment isn't for anything: it's just the nuance of a sugar baby scam. Some will play the power card and say the small payment acts as a "proof of loyalty." Others will use an excuse such as payment fees or other expenditures involved in sending the money over. The reason can change from scammer to scammer. The scammer then declares they're ready to help the victim escape the mess they're in, but there's a catch.įor some reason, the sugar daddy scammer will require payment from the sugar baby before sending the money. This leads the victim to believe that the scammer has the solution to their problems. The scammer will send the user a message, telling them they're willing to pay off any bills or buy expensive goods. They then approach people on websites and social media who are looking to become a sugar baby. The scammer begins by posing as a sugar daddy or momma.
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