{"id":25434,"date":"2026-10-14T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/like-being-in-a-vortex-us-report-details-extent-of-devastating-dating-app-scams\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:37:28","slug":"like-being-in-a-vortex-us-report-details-extent-of-devastating-dating-app-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/like-being-in-a-vortex-us-report-details-extent-of-devastating-dating-app-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like being in a vortex\u2019: US report details extent of \u2018devastating\u2019 dating-app scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer<\/p>\n

Mary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that cost her almost $100,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of conversation, and then it started with the constant contact, pressure and repeated asks for money,\u201d Mary, who asked that her last name be withheld, said in an interview on Tuesday. \u201cIt just escalated really, really quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nCongress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer
\nMary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that cost her almost $100,000.
\n\u201cThere was a lot of conversation, and then it started with the constant contact, pressure and repeated asks for money,\u201d Mary, who asked that her last name be withheld, said in an interview on Tuesday. \u201cIt just escalated really, really quickly.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer Mary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that …<\/p>\n

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