The pandemic has more singles relying on dating apps to make a love connection. All that online activity has led to an increase in the number of romance scams being reported. The Federal Trade Commission says in 2019 people reported losing $201 million to romance scams that’s a lot of broken hearts. One victim told the FBI she was…
Updated on February 25, 2021 at 8:31 pm
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Angel Arrington was newly separated from her longtime husband when she met “Josh” online.
Arrington, who lives in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, liked that “Josh” was in the military and said he had a home in West Virginia, too. But what she liked the most, she said, was the attention. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
“Everything he was saying it was just so exciting,” said Arrington, who was new to online dating when she encountered him a few years ago. “I liked the attention that I was getting because I wasn t getting out anywhere. I wasn t going places. I don t go to bars to look for guys.”
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