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Bad romance

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and love is in the air.

But the Perth County OPP has a warning for people looking for “The One”: don’t fall for the Romance Scam. In the last few years a number of local people have fallen victim to this fraud.

Typically what happens is the scammer will use dating and social media sites to find victims. They’ll spend time forming a false relationship and building up the victim’s trust and feelings.

Then they’ll take advantage of that to steal the victim’s money. The scammer usually comes up with some sob story about an emergency or may say they need the money to come visit the victim.

The OPP says you need to be suspicious of anyone who professes their love to you quickly over the internet and never, under any circumstances, send money.

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