The government is considering putting a law into place that helps stop online dating scammers.
Sharing the story of a 66 year old woman who had “saved more than $2 million for her retirement and hoped to travel the world” and then lost all of it to someone she met on Match.com, CBS wrote this week that two lawmakers have introduced the Online Dating Safety Act.
She met a man on Match.com claiming to be a UK private equity investor named Santos. After weeks of romance, he asked her for $40,000 to renew a professional license.
“I was in a position, I could help a person. Why not? I never thought he was stealing or scamming. There was no reason,” the woman told CBS. From there, Sue faced relentless lies, deception, and emotional abuse that ultimately cost her $2 million in savings, according to CBS.
Romance scams cost over 64,000 Americans more than $1 billion last year, double the $500 million reported four years ago, per the FTC. Nearly half of dating site users report encountering scammers, prompting bipartisan concerns from lawmakers, the article says. […]
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