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    • October 23, 2022 at 10:19 am #68843
      Donna Andersen
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      Wow, this story sounds familiar. Guy pretends to be a Navy SEAL who did tours of Iraq and Afghanistan to seem “honorable,” then takes money from romantic interests and others.

      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/18/california-man-romance-scam-navy-seal/10532218002/

    • October 24, 2022 at 1:45 pm #68853
      sunnygal1
      Participant

      Those romance scams are awful!

    • October 24, 2022 at 4:16 pm #68854
      oknow
      Participant

      Glad to see he was caught. Wish there were more of these slimeballs being held accountable. My question — are the victims ever going to get their money back?? Sounds like he used all his ill-gotten money to enhance his lifestyle.

    • October 25, 2022 at 7:49 am #68856
      Donna Andersen
      Keymaster

      In my experience, the money is usually gone – spent on who knows what. And they have no assets – that’s why they are scamming in the first place. So I would say it’s unlikely.

    • October 31, 2022 at 2:04 pm #68883
      sunnygal1
      Participant

      I’m too much of a tightwad to be defrauded financially but I can be emotionally vulnerable

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