Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people in
that country have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says
over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of
these heartless fraudsters. The online research was conducted by the UK's University of Leicester found
that 52% of people surveyed online had heard of the online romance scam when it
was explained to them and that one in every 50 online adults know someone
personally who had fallen victim to it. The results confirm the law enforcement
belief that this type of crime is often not reported by those affected, in many
cases due to embarrassment at having been duped, or through a continuing hope
that there will eventually be a genuine romance, the study found.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Romance scams plague UK: 200,000 victims?
Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people in
that country have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says
over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of
these heartless fraudsters. The online research was conducted by the UK's University of Leicester found
that 52% of people surveyed online had heard of the online romance scam when it
was explained to them and that one in every 50 online adults know someone
personally who had fallen victim to it. The results confirm the law enforcement
belief that this type of crime is often not reported by those affected, in many
cases due to embarrassment at having been duped, or through a continuing hope
that there will eventually be a genuine romance, the study found.
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