Online ‘Sextortion’ Scams up Eightfold, FTC Says – By Kirsten Errick (Nextgov) / Feb 9, 2023
Consumers paid $1.3 billion to romance scammers in 2022.
Approximately 70,000 people fell for romance scams costing $1.3 billion in 2022, the FTC warned on Thursday, with a marked increase in scammers using sexually explicit images to extort money from victims.
The data indicated that consumers’ median reported loss was $4,400.
The FTC noted that scammers are paying careful attention to the information their targets are sharing to not “miss a beat becoming [their target’s] perfect match.” However, they will never be able to meet in real life.
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