"Romance Scams Soar as Victims Become Unwitting Money Mules"

It has been discovered that losses from romance scams soared by over 71% from 2017-18. Victims of romance scams are increasingly recruited as money mules. In 2017 15,000 victims reported romance and confidence scams, and cost the victims 211 million dollars.  By the following year 18,000 victims were reporting being apart of a romance and confidence scams.  The 18,000 victims in 2018 reported losses of over 362 million dollars.  

InfoSecurity reports: "Romance Scams Soar as Victims Become Unwitting Money Mules"