Romance scams
overview
Do any of these scenarios sound familiar?
Your online love mysteriously vanished, taking your savings.
A long-distance lover pressured you for over the top gifts and gestures.
Overseas sweetheart requests funds for a fabricated emergency, leaving you heartbroken and penniless.
A promise of marriage turned into a financial nightmare, funding a non-existent wedding.
You might have fallen victim to a Romance Scam.
THE PROBLEM
What Are Romance Scams?
Romance scams usually consist of an impostor creating a long-distance romantic connection with a person, establishing what seems to be a deep and emotional relationship, while making promises and grand gestures to keep the victim hooked.
After a while, as the relationship becomes stronger, the scammer starts requesting financial assistance, gifts, or makes exaggerated offers for making profit. The scammed person usually succumbs to these pressures
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