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Online romance scams: Research reveals scammers' tactics – and how to defend against them

  • Written by Fangzhou Wang, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Arlington
Online romance scams: Research reveals scammers' tactics – and how to defend against themSometimes, true love is too good to be true.kate3155/iStock via Getty Images

In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist Simon Leviev, who posed as a wealthy diamond mogul on the popular dating app Tinder to deceive and scam numerous women out of millions of dollars. Leviev is a flashy example...

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