Romance Scams
                      |                       |                                   |  |                                           |  |                        | Hey Alloy225, we want to give you a heads up on romance scams.
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                |                   |                                 |                                                                                            Love don't cost a thing                                                                              |                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                     |                                                   You didn't send money to that random person online. So why would you                                                  consider sending money to someone you've never met IRL.
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          |                   |                                                                     More tips on how you can date with confidence:
                   |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                         |                                         Never send money - like ever                                        Not by a wire transfer, money order, gift card or foreign exchange. Not for any                                        reason. Ever.
 
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                                           |  |  |                                                  |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                       |                                         Never trust the promise of a big return of                                          investment                                        Scammers will focus on how a large sum of returns could improve your life of what                                        you could do with this new money. When it seems too good to be true, it probably                                        is.
 
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