State Number of romance scam cases Money lost
California 3,110 $120,492,182
Texas 1,602 $42,181,951
Florida 1,603 $40,173,934
Michigan 572 $28,616,190
New York 1,103 $26,286,815
Virginia 531 $18,052,839
Washington 579 $14,839,297
North Carolina 558 $14,446,583
Illinois 688 $14,036,350
Maryland 405 $13,128,118
Pennsylvania 736 $12,235,982
Arizona 559 $12,068,910
Colorado 439 $11,802,982
New Jersey 485 $11,545,919
Georgia 515 $9,368,218
Missouri 339 $9,238,380
Oregon 308 $8,328,322
Massachusetts 361 $8,006,260
Ohio 528 $7,706,835
Louisiana 228 $7,221,414
Minnesota 307 $6,887,499
Nevada 362 $6,041,062
Utah 296 $6,036,574
Wisconsin 355 $5,664,897
Connecticut 199 $5,630,798
New Mexico 189 $5,358,676
Alabama 226 $4,999,229
Tennessee 334 $4,526,218
Oklahoma 212 $4,497,201
South Carolina 250 $4,439,116
Indiana 332 $4,180,026
Iowa 145 $3,281,307
District of Columbia 71 $3,131,734
Kentucky 174 $2,471,145
Puerto Rico 74 $2,270,610
Kansas 136 $2,186,463
Nebraska 130 $2,127,112
Idaho 130 $2,126,196
Mississippi 135 $1,906,816
Arkansas 149 $1,816,994
Hawaii 109 $1,810,905
Alaska 92 $1,672,178
Maine 57 $1,514,636
Rhode Island 80 $1,381,336
West Virginia 107 $1,232,777
Montana 68 $936,068
New Hampshire 71 $820,326
Vermont 46 $671,040
North Dakota 47 $600,571
South Dakota 32 $585,685
Delaware 58 $488,609
Wyoming 44 $377,214
Guam 8 $88,175
Virgin Islands 4 $41,100
United States Minor Outlying Islands 3 $35,100
American Samoa 1 $500
Northern Mariana Islands 0 $0