Released: March 31, 2020

When romance is a scam

Source: Paula Span - N.Y. Times (Paid Registration)

Con artists now find victims on any social media platform — Instagram, Facebook, games like Words With Friends.

But “they quickly want to remove you from the platform,” said Amy Nofziger, director of the AARP Fraud Watch Network. The romancers ask to switch to text, phone or messaging apps that offer more intimacy and less security monitoring. The exchange of personal contact information also makes both parties appear trusting.

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