Photo: Olumide Bamgbelu, via Unsplash A couple from South London duped approximately 80 people, primarily gay men, out of more than £400,000, or $482,126 in U.S. dollars, as part of an elaborate scam that had them posing as single people in need of cash on dating apps. Fredrick Diji, 37,…
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Jiankang remembers the exact date and time he was scammed while searching for love online. It was the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17 last year, and he was having dinner with his roommate in Shanghai — until a video call disrupted the evening. The caller…