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Aug 9, 2018
9:14
:58
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BYUheaven
All-American
"In 2016, consumers lost more than $230 million in online dating scams
, according to the FBI, but the amount is likely higher because it may be embarrassing for victims to report they’ve been scammed."
Wow, that's really sad
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KSL story on a woman who was scammed out of $1M+
kccougar
All-American
8/9/18 8:47am
Holy crap
Crush4
8/9/18 8:54am
Sad. Some people are so lonely. Even then, it's hard to see it getting that far.
WanderingCougar
8/9/18 8:58am
I doubt she lost $1 million...
PenrynCoug
8/9/18 9:00am
Me too. Maybe I'm too skeptical
Odysseus
8/9/18 9:50am
This lady is clearly nuts
USMCdad
8/9/18 9:01am
I can imagine $1,000 or even $10,000..but how in the world could you lose that?
Fdnman
8/9/18 9:02am
Likely mental illness was involved
USMCdad
8/9/18 9:07am
Depression
Nakedbootleg
8/9/18 9:18am
"In 2016, consumers lost more than $230 million in online dating scams
BYUheaven
8/9/18 9:14am
It is, and people actually think they are dating and in a relationship with
USMCdad
8/9/18 9:23am
If she is stupid enough to get ripped off of a million, why in the world would
byubyu
8/9/18 9:21am
You wouldn’t, any reasonable person wouldn’t. But her audience will be the
USMCdad
8/9/18 9:27am
I had pink flags at $2500 but kept going to $1m?
Mrs Featerbottom
8/9/18 9:24am
It's strange that the FBI said they couldn't do anything for her unless the scam
Odysseus
8/9/18 9:48am
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BigD Coug
8/9/18 10:09am
Probably a fair hourly rate for the "therapy" she received. Also find it hard to
AFCougK9
8/9/18 10:21am
And why didn't the scammer just keep going for the second million.
Florwood
8/9/18 10:28am
Because even at $1m the scammer was like
USMCdad
8/9/18 12:35pm
This would have been resolved so much better on Jerry Springer
darkcoug
8/9/18 10:31am
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