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US report details extent of 'devastating' dating-app scams
A new US report has laid out the scale of romance scams carried out through dating apps, with lawmakers describing the financial and emotional damage to victims as devastating. The findings cover how fraudsters build fake relationships online to extract money from users, and the report is expected to feed into debate over what protections dating platforms should be required to provide.
Why now: Fresh government findings have highlighted the growing scale and harm of online romance fraud.
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