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Online Romance Scams: a $50M Business

Those older than 40 and divorced are common targets: report

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2012 11:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Scammers conned $50 million out of 5,600 people last year who were searching for love on the Internet, says a new report. That's an average of $8,900 per victim. The way it generally works: Fraudsters hunt for vulnerable targets on dating sites...   Read full story »

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