Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Upstate NY woman scammed out of $718,000 on 'millionaire' dating site

The Buffalo News reports a local woman lost $718,000 after she was duped by someone she met on MillionaireMatch.com, a dating site that aims to match rich and successful people with "attractive singles." She exchanged romantic messages, phone calls and photos over three months with "Marvin Roecker," who turned out to be a work of fiction. The woman, who has only been identified as a "highly paid, white-collar professional," found out the hard way when her "match" claimed he was in the middle of a $7 million deal to sell dried cocoa beans to Kraft Heinz. He asked her to help fund the shipping and insurance, promising to pay her back when they would meet in person and began a relationship.

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