This man does not love you. But someone might be using his face to rob you

A weatherman in Austria, Sigi Fink, was shocked to learn he was in the news after a romance scammer used his photos to try to trick a CBC journalist out of money. A psychology professor says the problem of scammers using strangers’ images can hurt not just their target, but the person in the photos, too.

This man does not love you. But someone might be using his face to rob you
A white man wearing a brown suit jacket and white dress shirt sits in front of a computer screen with a full screen photo of himself on it.

A weatherman in Austria, Sigi Fink, was shocked to learn he was in the news after a romance scammer used his photos to try to trick a CBC journalist out of money. A psychology professor says the problem of scammers using strangers’ images can hurt not just their target, but the person in the photos, too.