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I'm struggling to show much sympathy /empathy here
dobiesdraw
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It's mind boggling to me , how people of both sexes , get duped time after time ...I think as a species , we are getting dumber , not smarter.
NI women lose £105,000 in online 'romance scams'
Two women from Northern Ireland caught up in romance scams have lost a total of nearly £105,000 in the last fortnight, police have said.
They had been befriended by men online who duped them into sending money.
In the first 10 months of last year, police received 39 reports of dating scams in Northern Ireland, when more than £218,000 was taken.
This was "alarming", they said, but they believe romance scams are significantly under-reported.
"We think many people are simply too embarrassed to tell us they have been scammed in a romance fraud," said a spokesperson.
In one of the two recent cases, a man claimed he was in the US Army. He was in touch with a woman in Northern Ireland for about a month before their relationship became romantic.
From May 2018, he told her he was being held by authorities in Africa and needed money to get out.
"She truly believed this man was genuine as she had found a profile online that matched his details," said police.
She was conned into sending him £65,000.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47208797
NI women lose £105,000 in online 'romance scams'
Two women from Northern Ireland caught up in romance scams have lost a total of nearly £105,000 in the last fortnight, police have said.
They had been befriended by men online who duped them into sending money.
In the first 10 months of last year, police received 39 reports of dating scams in Northern Ireland, when more than £218,000 was taken.
This was "alarming", they said, but they believe romance scams are significantly under-reported.
"We think many people are simply too embarrassed to tell us they have been scammed in a romance fraud," said a spokesperson.
In one of the two recent cases, a man claimed he was in the US Army. He was in touch with a woman in Northern Ireland for about a month before their relationship became romantic.
From May 2018, he told her he was being held by authorities in Africa and needed money to get out.
"She truly believed this man was genuine as she had found a profile online that matched his details," said police.
She was conned into sending him £65,000.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47208797