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Today is the National Rx Day of Action! He was the answer to her prayers. Before she knew it, her savings were gone. And the man of her dreams? He might not even exist. A short message sent on a Thursday evening in early December , under the subject line: Match? Check my profile.
Nigerian scammers slide into DMs, so Ars trolls them
I've got a history with Internet scammers. I've spent hours on the phone with tech support scammers, and I've hunted down bot networks spreading fake news. But for some reason, I've lately become a magnet for an entirely different sort of scammer—a kind that uses social media platforms to run large-scale wire-fraud scams and other confidence games. Based on anecdotal evidence, Twitter has become their favorite platform for luring in suckers.
Romance scams are one of the oldest grifts around. The scammer feigns romantic interest in the victim and uses their emotions against them, preying on the victim's affections to gain money, personal information, and more. Now, with the invention of the internet , these criminals can access an even wider pool of potential victims on dating websites , social media accounts, online forums, and more.