Catfish scam is a common technique employed by criminals who usually request to join their victims as friends through Facebook or Line posing as someone famous using an Internet celebrity's portrait. They intend to gain the trust of their victims by befriending them in order to obtain more personal information before claiming that they are US military personnel, foreigners or personnel stationed abroad and sweet-talking their way to their victims' pockets by creating an illusion of online romance. The scammers sometimes use excuses like: they have lucrative investment opportunities, they need money for their wedding or claim that their friends or family are suffering from severe illness and require funds for urgent medical treatment to ask their victims to remit large sums of money to them. When the money is remitted, the scammers will block their victims' messages and will cease all communications. Only then will the victims realize that they have fallen prey to a scam. Some victims are so convinced that they have fallen in love with the scammers that they refuse to believe the bank teller's reminder and insist to make the remittance. Often, the victims will only get a rude awakening when the police officers have arrived at the bank to investigate and communicate with them. According to the bureau's analysis, catfish scams are usually targeted at mature women, where scammers do not cut corners and play the long game by chatting with their victims over a long time to gain their trust. As a result, the victims frequently become too involved and are willing to fork out their life savings amounting to several hundred thousand New Taiwan Dollars. The bureau reminds the public: 1. Do not believe that the photo used by an Internet friend is his true identity; one should observe more carefully during the conversation and ask him to provide his everyday life photos or start a video chat to confirm his identity. If he refuses to do so, he is more than likely an imposter. 2. When making friends on the Internet, do not easily believe other people's sweet talk and provide them with your personal information. If he claims to be US military personnel, foreigner or personnel stationed abroad and asks to borrow your money or make a remittance to him, you should stay vigilant and do not agree to his demands to prevent being scammed. Telltale signs of a catfish scam:1. Using photos of gorgeous men or women as their portrait to contact their victims on social media.2. Chatting with their victims daily and sweet talking their way to create an illusion of romance. 3. Claiming to offer lucrative investment opportunities that guarantee profits and demand that their victims make an overseas remittance. 4. After they have sucked their victims dry, they will cut off all communications and vanish without a trace.