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she met him online
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such a nice man he called every day got
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to know her asked about her family there
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has been a surge in online dating but
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with it comes an important warning be
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wary of con artists and be cautious
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before any money is exchanged
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as this woman found out it is very easy
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to be deceived initially it just started
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out as a friendship he would tell me
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about himself and I would tell him about
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myself then he
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started out pretty small the you know
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the money that he needed for this and
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that and then it just escalated from
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there he was
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always seemed to be
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initially it was my own money then it I
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had to take out loans to try to help him
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and it just snowballed from there she
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helped out the nice man by sending him
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over two hundred thousand dollars then
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he was gone and so was her money
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he wasn't a nice man he was a scam
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artist I just guess I was just very
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gullible and easily convinced and and
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I've been in such a bad situation myself
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that you know he promised me so much
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that you know none of his ever come come
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true help protect older Americans from
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zalto
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opponent was sentenced in federal court
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to six and a half years in prison for
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defrauding senior citizens of over 2.6
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million dollars through online romance
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scams
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take the time to reach out to your loved
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ones or someone else will
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to learn more about fraud visit
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uspis.gov