Today’s online romance scams are run by organized rings that account for the highest financial losses of all internet crimes in the U.S.
All of these scams follow a similar pattern of building trust with the victim and slowly bleeding money out of them. Scammers often work in teams, with one person acting as the fake lover, and other members assisting with the storyline of why the fake lover needs money.
HuffPost interviewed multiple victims of these online scams. A Texas woman met a man online with whom she bonded with over Christianity. The scammer called himself “Charlie” and they would often pray together online. When he first asked her for money, it seemed like an urgent situation. He promised to pay her back as soon as he was able.
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