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  2. 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 ...

  3. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    Romance scammers create personal profiles using stolen photographs of attractive people for the purpose of asking others to contact them. This is often known as catfishing. Often photos of unknown actresses or models will be used to lure the victim into believing they are talking to that person.

  4. The Swindler-Proof Guide to Avoiding Romance Scams - AOL

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    Romance scams are a type of fraud where the culprit attacks one's bank account through their heart. Criminals dangle a fairytale romance to victims, transforming flowery language and frothy ...

  5. FBI warns of online romance scams: "These are experts" - AOL

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    CBSNews. Updated September 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the FBI is warning of online dating scams. The bureau received more than 15,000 reports linked to romance scams ...

  6. Love Fraud - Wikipedia

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    Showtime. Release. August 30. (2020-08-30) –. September 20, 2020. (2020-09-20) Love Fraud is an American true crime documentary television miniseries, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, about the hunt for a serial romance scammer. It premiered on August 30, 2020, on Showtime.

  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 CBS News tracked down romance scammers preying on ... - AOL

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    The Ghanaian authorities identified her as an Australian national named Rebecca Jade Silk. The CBS News team tracked her down in September outside Sydney, Australia. When confronted, she kept her ...

  9. Bride scam - Wikipedia

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    Bride scam. A bride scam is a form of romance scam - a confidence trick that aims to defraud potential grooms with the offer of a foreign bride. The basis of the confidence trick is to seek men from the western world who would like to marry a foreign woman and pretend to be willing to marry them. The woman (scammer) asks the man to send money ...