ONLINE DATING ASSOCIATION – Two in five people (38%) who dated someone they met online were asked for money. 57% of those who were asked for money said that they gave it or lent it The average amount of money people were asked for was £345, although some were asked for ~£1000 (6%). In the first half of 2021 alone ~£15M was lost to these sort of romance scams.
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