https://www.cnet.com/news/a-valentines-day-warning-lovebirds-lost-143m-to-romance-scams-in-2018/ > The report said scammers will create fake accounts on not just dating apps, but social media platforms as well, and eventually ask for money for things like an emergency medical procedure. They might also hit you up for money purportedly to fund travel to see you, with the scammers claiming to be abroad or far away. > "The median individual loss to a romance scam reported in 2018 was $2,600, about seven times higher than the median loss across all other fraud types," the report said.