‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams

“‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams”

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 cost her almost $100,000. “There was a lot of conversation, and then it started with the constant contact, pressure and repeated asks for money,” Mary, who asked that her last name be withheld, said in an interview…