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2. Is it love, or is it lies? 10 ways to spot a romance scammer

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   Romance scams, which begin when a criminal — or group of criminals working together — adopt a fraudulent online identity to form a social connection and gain their victim's affection and trust ...

3. Victims of online dating scams speak out on what they’ve ...

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   It's one that bears repeating: In 2021 alone, according to the FTC, the median individual reported loss due to romance scams was around $2,400, with a total reported loss of $547 million from ...

4. Romance Scams: 7 Warning Signs and How To Avoid Them - AOL

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   Online dating is a legitimate way to begin a relationship in the modern age, but online anonymity also exposes users to fraud and scams.The FBI reported losses of over $956 million to romance ...

5. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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   A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim. Fraudulent acts may involve access to the victim's money, bank accounts, credit ...

6. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   A very common example of romance scams is depicted in the fraudulent activities of these boys, popularly known as Yahoo boys in Nigeria. [86] The con artist may claim to be interested in meeting the victim but needs cash to book a plane, buy a bus ticket, rent a hotel room, pay for personal-travel costs such as gasoline or a vehicle rental, or ...

7. Online romance scams are netting millions of dollars — and ...

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   Romance scams trace back centuries and have been a mainstay of internet tricksters. But some scammers have devised methods so personally brutal and financially devastating that self-harm is a ...

8. How to keep yourself safe from romance scams this ... - AOL

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   ADRIANA MORGA. February 14, 2024 at 4:19 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — When Kate Kleinart fell victim of a romance scam, what hurt the most wasn't the thousands of dollars that she lost, but the love that ...

9. Romance Scams: FBI, Zelle and Catfishing Expert Nev ... - AOL

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   To help combat the problem of romance scams, Zelle teamed up with romance scam expert and host of MTV’s “Catfish,” Nev Schulman, to educate people on how to identify red flags and avoid ...