The lovelorn were grifted out of $547 million by dating app scammers last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
You don’t want these jerks stealing your heart– because they’ll take everything else you own too!
The lovelorn were grifted out of $547 million by dating app scammers last year, a shocking 78-percent one-year increase over the previous record $307 million in losses reported in 2020,The heartbreaking trend has defrauded hundreds of thousands of Americans out of more than $1.3 billion over the past five years.on “Banfield” on NewsNation, said the con is now bigger than bank fraud.
“They know what to say to disarm you. They know what to say to make you feel valued,” said D’Antonio, who was forced into bankruptcy by the ordeal. “This is their bread and bread. So they’re very practiced at it.”
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