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Summary
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Scammers are using high-tech tools like bots to trick victims into developing online relationships.
In 2022 , nearly 70,000 people said they fell victim to romance scams and reported $1.3 billion in losses.
Scammers deploy bots to register new accounts and phony dating profiles at a massive scale.
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46
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48
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informal
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English
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47
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possibly offensive
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medium-lived
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