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Internet Romance Scams Cost Victims $50 Million in 2011
Being the victim of Internet fraud is a tough pill to swallow no matter how it happens. But to be a lonely and vulnerable person who thinks they've found love only to find out they've actually been the victim of an online romance scam surely adds insult to injury.
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Bad romance: Internet scammers prey on the love-struck and lonely
On an average day, 15 Americans get scammed for $8,900 each.
arstechnica.com
$50 Million Lost To Online Romance Scammers Annually
A just-released report shows how fake debt collectors, fake state troopers, and fake soulmates are responsible for a new wave of highly complicated online scams. Forget your broken heart and wounded pride. The true cost of Internet romance scams is $50,399,536.16, the amount of losses reported by Americans in 2011 to the The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a low-key quasi-project of the ...
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Tis Better To Have Loved? Online Romance Scams Cost Victims Million Last Year
Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all - Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1849 Do you think Lord Tennyson was also talking about loving and losing in the realm of online dating? Based on figures …
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Annie: Woman should close book on Internet romance
DEAR ANNIE: A year ago, I fell in love with "Bobby" over the Internet. Two months later, he said he loved me. I was stunned. But a little later, he told me he was in a relationship and the girl was suicidal.
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Nick at Nite Heats Up The Summer With Stardom, Romance And Deceit With The Premiere Of Nightly Primetime Drama ...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick at Nite adds sizzle to summer weeknights with the debut of the original primetime drama Hollywood Heights on Monday, June 18, at 9p.m. (ET/PT) . ...
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Grand Forks woman loses $20,000 in romance scam
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police say a North Dakota woman has been bilked out of at least $20,000 in a romance scam.
www.devilslakejournal.com
Digital media brings erotic books out of the closet
It seems like yesterday that women's erotica was something to be read in private under the sheets. But no more.
news.yahoo.com
UPDATED: Va. & W.VA., Losing millions to Internet scams
Virginians lost more than $11 million and West Virginians nearly $2 million to Internet scams in 2011.
www2.timesdispatch.com
'Mummy porn' surge driven by e-books
It seems like yesterday that women's erotica was something to be read in private under the sheets. But no more.
www.canberratimes.com.au
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