{"id":6001,"date":"2020-01-03T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T18:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=6001"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T18:20:05","slug":"romance-scam-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/romance-scam-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance Scam Stories: Top 5 We Covered This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering what the Top 5 Romance Scams of 2019 were? Unfortunately, for victims and unsuspecting internet users, 2019 was filled with many cons. Romance scams were some of the most successful.<\/p>\n

While the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3<\/a>) continues to combat and catch cybercriminals, Social Catfish have been detailing their shocking crimes. These are the five romance scams you’d never want to encounter.<\/p>\n

Top 5 Romance Scam Stories<\/h2>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”jKefx0W7XrU” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”off” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

#1: The Tinder Swindler<\/h3>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”c5PkAinQ_gE” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”off” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Celine wasn’t one to be easily fooled. Simon looked and acted like the real deal. Their first date involved taking a private plane to Bulgaria, and the mix of money, chemistry, and adventure meant that she soon fell in love. However, Simon wasn’t the son of a Russian diamond mogul like he’d claimed.<\/p>\n

He was a 28 year old Israeli con-man with past criminal allegations against him. Celine started out their love affair as a beautiful 29 year old student with limitless potential. After the Tinder Swindler<\/a> was done with her, she would end up suicidal and in a mental hospital. Learn how he stole her money through cons and made her realize he’d never loved her at all.<\/p>\n

#2: John Meehan<\/h3>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”MVqA7ypAkcs” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”on” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

When your nickname is “Dirty John”, people get suspicious, so John Meehan<\/a> told people he was a doctor. Debra Newell was a successful divorced mother from Orange County and didn’t know that John was a fraud. Instead, she thought she’d found lasting love. Her adult children were far more suspicious.<\/p>\n

Their instincts were right, as one of them would end up in a deadly battle with John, which only one of them would survive. The story of John Meehan is shocking enough that it was turned into a popular Podcast called “Dirty John”, as well as a Bravo anthology.<\/p>\n

#3: Jette Jacobs<\/h3>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”5Kkf3tvXKcc” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”off” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Jette Jacobs<\/a> was a grandmother. When she fell in love online, she thought it was a dream come true, but she was the target of scammers looking to steal her cash. While the EFCC would find and seek justice against 28-year-old Nigeria suspect Omokoh, who took 90k from her, that was not the end of her story. The rest is tragic and could have been avoided if only Jacobs had received a letter from the Western Australia Consumer Protection in time.<\/p>\n

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