People Still Fall for Romance Scammers

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I found a documentary called, "Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam." With all the information out there about scammers, it's amazing men and women continue to fall for the scams. Many of the romance scams go after those that are older and lonely. Social engineering is something scammers are very good at and even intelligent people will fall for them. I wish there was a way to stop those scammers. So many are hurt by them. One lady in the first episode, lost something like 1.2 million to the same one that was scamming several more. She sold her childhood home and gave him all the money too. It just boggles my mind. With AI becoming a norm, they are getting better at convincing women and men they are real. I have those "military" and "oil rig" scammers popping up on my social media and I ignore them or report if that is available. Unfortunately, they just create new names and new "faces." I was able to stop a friend of mine falling for a "distinguished gentleman in his military uniform" that sent her a message on Instagram and told her she likes Mustangs and travel like he does. I warned her he was a scammer. She almost didn't believe me! Later, she thanked me when I showed her the same photo was sent to me and I did a reverse photo. If you ever get something like that, do a reverse photo. Be careful out there.