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Honey trapping is a criminal investigative practice that involve the use of romantic or sexual relationships for interpersonal, political (that includes state espionage), or monetary purpose.

The honey trap, also known as honey pot involves making contact with an individual who has information or resources required by a group or individual; the trapper will then seek to entice the target into a false relationship (which may or may not include actual physical involvement) in which they can glean information or influence over the target.

The term "honey trap" is also used when dating sites are used to gain access to a victim. The honeytrap scam is a technique used to lure various induvial into disclosing information with the aid of a seductive induvial. It is primarily used from anonymous people on websites that includes dating websites.

Private investigators are often employed to create a honey pot by wives, husbands, and other partners usually when an illicit romantic affair is suspected of the "target", or subject of the investigation. Occasionally, the term may be used for the practice of creating an affair for the purpose of taking incriminating photos for use in blackmail.

There are two types of Honeytrap scams that are used online that includes: The "Nigerian" con and The "Russian" scam

The "Nigerian" con is when a man gets seduced by the money that they earned if some legal services to get a certain person, usually a female, out of their country. In return of helping the induvial, the man is promised he will receive a portion of the millions. After receiving thousands of dollars from the man for "legal services," the Internet fling vanishes into thin air.

The "Russian" scam happens when the victim claims to be impoverished and asks her future spouse for assistance. These con artists usually only go for men who are seen as wealthy and a lot of fortune to their name. These con artists steadily drain the victim of their money asking for money to pay for plane tickets and gifts until the girl will eventually disconnect to the man.

Espionage

Honey trapping has a long history of use in espionage.

During the Cold War, female agents called "Mozhno girls" or "Mozhnos" were used by the KGB of the USSR to spy on foreign officials by seducing them. The name Mozhno comes from the Russian word "mozhno" (Russian: можно), meaning "it is permitted", as these agents were allowed to breach regulations restricting Russian contact with foreigners.

In 2009, the British MI5 distributed a 14-page document to hundreds of British banks, businesses, and financial institutions, titled "The Threat from Chinese Espionage". It described a wide-ranging Chinese effort to blackmail Western business people over sexual relationships. The document explicitly warns that Chinese intelligence services are trying to cultivate "long-term relationships" and have been known to "exploit vulnerabilities such as sexual relationships and to pressurize individuals to co-operate with them."

Private investigators

Each assignment varies depending on what the agent and client decide on during their prior consultation. A common assignment consists of the agent initiating contact with the subject through face-to-face interaction. The agent will attempt to take the communication further into other outlets including: e-mail, text messaging, phone calls, etc. The step after this can be considered the most crucial moment of the assignment. The agent will propose a second meeting to the subject. Whether or not the subject agrees to further communication will determine whether the assignment will go deeper or come to an end. Hotels are often used as a meeting place to determine whether the subject intends for the relationship to escalate. Once the investigation comes to an end, the agent will turn over any record of communication they had with the subject. Other documents that are recorded include: photographs, videos, venue appointments, etc.

See also

• Extortion
• Salon Kitty – a Berlin brothel used by the SS for espionage during World War II.
• Love bombing
• Catfishing
• Robin Sage - a fictional cyber threat analyst that demonstrated the effectiveness of honey trapping within the US Intelligence Community

References

1. ^ "Fermanagh Women Deny Honey-Trap Attack Plot" Belfasttelegraph
2. ^ "Single Father Killed in 'Honey-Trap' After Meeting Date on Plenty of Fish Website
3. ^ "Honey-trap Gang Lures Victims on Dating Sites, Exports Money, Threatens with Fake Rape Case"
4. ^ Kelland, Kate. "Private Eye Defends Integrity of 'Honey Trapping'" Reuters 13 Feb. 2008. 18 Feb. 2008.
5. ^ "I Fell for Cocaine Honeytrap, Claims British Physicists in Argentine Jail" The Telegraph
6. ^ Phillip Knightley, The History of the Honey Trap. Five lessons for would-be James Bonds and Bond girls – and the men and women who would resist them, Foreign Policy, (March 12, 2010).