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

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   Over the past three years, those scams cost Americans up to $210 million. Debby Montgomery Johnson signed up for an online dating service after the sudden death of her husband, Lou, in 2010 ...

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 scam - Wikipedia

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   Scammers ask their victims many questions, but share little about themselves. They often shower the victims with compliments. [4] Communications are exchanged between the scammer and victim over a period of time, sometimes months or even an entire year, until the scammer feels they have connected with the victim enough to ask for money ...

5. Beware of this growing dating app scam in SC, Attorney ... - AOL

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   It all starts on a dating app, where men in the course of meeting a “woman” are coerced to fork over money after being told they’ve been chatting with a minor, the news release said.

6. Lumen (dating app) - Wikipedia

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   Lumen was a dating app launched in 2018 for individuals over 50, co-founded by Charly Lester. [clarification needed] Her app attracted more than 1.5 million users in less than a year. The app operated on a freemium model, allowing users to join for free while generating revenue through paid "premium" features. These features included advanced ...

7. Dating apps helped me find love. Now they've turned into a ...

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   After years of stagnation, the dating-app market went into a frenzy of growth, and by 2013, online dating was the most common way for straight couples to meet. It wasn't just popular; it was cool.

8. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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   A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam, which usually but not always combines the various forms of romance scams and investment frauds, in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent ...

9. 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 ...