We've seen quite a few suspected scammers on this site recently, and while the majority of us (women and men) probably think we're too savvy to fall victim, it's always worth remembering that not all scammers are easy to spot - when romance scams net an average of more than $11,000 (more than $14,000) there are some out there who invest a little more time and effort than the usual rather obvious examples.
Here's some more info from the BBC...
Women 'victims in 63% of romance scams'
Victims of romance scams - the majority of whom are women - lost an average of £11,145 each last year, according to new figures.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm self-employed, so my telephone number is published with every document online it's also on my website and my Facebook page. So I get literally hundreds of scam and spammer calls the day. I started using a program called line2 on my phone
It's basically a phone number separate for my personal one that screens calls automatically blocks known spammers and puts into voicemail anything that is questionable.
GuitarDoctor
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Feb 10, 2019
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where theres an opertunity theres an opertunist. never forget that.
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