As online romance scams rise, banks ask for help to save victims billions

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As online romance scams rise, banks ask for help to save victims billions

Romance scams are run by organized criminal gangs that set up phony social media avatars and use those to connect to potential American victims.

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[evilanne]

I don't get how so many people get hooked in these scams

It isn't only in social media...last year I got 2 texts, "How are you?" then posting picture of pretty young girl asking don't you remember me?

If you get someone trying to scam you, you can report them Where to report scams | USAGov or https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/