romance fraud
Our reporter’s in relationship trouble after fake girlfriend loses $10,000 on a World Cup bet
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Master Blaster
Dec 8, 2022 - Tweet
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Four foreign men arrested near Tokyo under charges of “international romance fraud”
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Dale Roll
Jan 26, 2019
The men allegedly misrepresented themselves as U.S. military members to cheat victims out of money.
- Japan
- (fraud • police arrest • romance fraud • scam • scam artists • scammers)
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