Just when you thought dating couldnt be any more annoying.
And the number is only expected to increase.
Dont move to a convent just yet.
Thereareways to spot a romance scam and even get your money back if it happens to you.
If someone says theyre abroad and cant meet, you should tread carefully.
If they continually make excuses about why they cant meet, its best to move on.
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Thats how one womanlost over $50,000in an online-dating scam.
The 2.5-month relationship included over 10,000 text messages, 400 phone calls and zero first dates.
Do a Google image search for their profile pictures to see if theyve been used anywhere else.
Scammers will post well-groomed pictures with nice things in nice places.
If their speech reads like abad Google translate, then it probablyisa bad Google translate.
And asuddenemergency is always a telltale sign of a scammer.
Even if they dont ask for money, scammers have guilted victims into giving to not-so-worthy causes.
FTC reports ofromance scamsjumped from 8,500 in 2015 to more than 21,000 in 2018, so youre not alone.
Money-transferring services are making every effort to protect victims of fraud.
The BBB recommends reporting scams from as far back as 2004 to the FTC.
Probably not as good as youd like.
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