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

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   3. They Make Professions of Love Far Too Early. If an online love interest is unnaturally quick to say the L word, this could be a warning sign. 4. They Live Very Far Away. To minimize the chances ...

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

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   They say love is blind. And now scammers are banking on it. Romance scams — a type of con in which online fraudsters lead a person on with talk of romance (typically in the form of manipulative ...

4. Heartbreak fraudsters are trying to fleece you, but scams ...

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   Ms. Fair’s comment alludes to the fact that the number of romance scams (64,003) reported to the FTC in 2023 was far lower than business (474,731) and government (228,282) impostor scams, but ...

5. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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   Dating love scam letter. Often users will find the letter from a young and attractive female wanting to meet or relocate to the users' country. After invoking their confidence trick on the user they will require the recipient of the scam letter to pay the funds necessary for the relocation. Once paid, the correspondence ends and the writer ...

6. 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 ...

7. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

8. FBI warns of 'romance and confidence' scams ahead of ... - AOL

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   The FBI says in 2022 more than 19,000 people across the United States fell victims to these scams and were duped out of more than $700M. FBI warns of 'romance and confidence' scams ahead of ...

9. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   Romance scam. The traditional romance scam has now moved into Internet dating sites, gaining a new name of catfishing. The con actively cultivates a romantic relationship which often involves promises of marriage. However, after some time, it becomes evident that this Internet "sweetheart" is stuck in their home country or a third country ...