https://medium.com/the-cut/what-its-like-to-lose-1-million-in-an-online-dating-scam-226eafe4e09e

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In 2018, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 21,000 reports about online romance scams, totaling $143 million in losses. As the number of dating sites and social media apps has gone up, so too has the…