GILBERT (3TV/CBS 5) — Megan Scott was in search of a special dog that could be trained as a diabetic alert dog for her daughter, Lucy. She found a Labrador retriever puppy through a company on Facebook. “Their pictures didn’t seem like they were stock photos,” the Gilbert mom told…
Beware of the Tinder swindler: How romance scams hit record high of $1.3 billion in 2021 | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
More consumers are falling prey to romance scammers. According to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in the past five years, people have reported losing a staggering $1.3 billion to romance scams. In 2021 alone, romance scammers were up nearly 80 percent compared to 2020, with consumers losing $547 million…