USA TODAY – June 14 – HighSpeedInternet.com has issued a new report "When Love Bites," in which the Internet service provider comparison website identified the states where singles are most likely to fall prey to romance scammers. Alaska turns out to be the state where they are most likely to be catfished, based on data from the 2018 FBI Internet Crime Report, and U.S. Census population estimates. Nevada, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Colorado round out the next most likely states. The BBB has reported that online romance schemes cost victims as much as $1B over a three-year period.
by Edward C. Baig
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