[AUS] I think my dad is being scammed by a woman he met on a dating site

A Reddit user is concerned that their 62-year-old father is the target of a romance scam. The user posted on r/Scams seeking advice on how to help their father recognize the signs of fraud.

What happened

The father met a woman on a dating website whose profile said she was in Melbourne, Australia, but later claimed to be in Russia. They have spoken on the phone and via Zoom. The woman claims she cannot communicate other ways due to the "ongoing situation" in Russia. The poster is suspicious because the woman has no social media presence, and they believe the one picture they saw of her is AI-generated. The woman is supposedly traveling to Australia to meet the father, and he claims she is paying for her own ticket. The Reddit user fears that a request for money is imminent, especially because their father was recently scammed out of money online.