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The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a spate of online romance scams across the UK
Posted 04 September 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|National
UPDATES: Isolation, furlough and social distancing created fresh opportunities for romance fraudsters, prompting renewed warnings about emotionally manipulative scams that exploit loneliness before persuading victims to hand over money.
Many people experienced feelings of loneliness and isolation during the COVID-19 lockdown, leading them to venture online in search of romance. But as has happened all too frequently with other aspects of the coronavirus emergency, fraudsters have sought to exploit the situation for their own gain.
Romance scams are not new, but sadly the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has u...
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