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CRIMEJul 16 · 19:12 UTCFORTUNEJuliet Linderman, The Associated Press

‘I want to cry, I want to vomit’: Meet a 43-year-old who lost $90,000 to an online boyfriend she never met

Jean Booth, a 43-year-old woman, lost $90,000 to an online romance scam involving a non-existent boyfriend named Donnie. The article highlights the rise of romance scams in the U.S., with over 49,000 victims reporting $1.3 billion in losses in 2022.

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