DESCRIPTION:
Meeting a partner on the internet is common practice in this day and age — its popularity is on the rise. One group, the elderly seeking companionship, have become the preferred target for romance scammers trying to extort money…
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MUSIC:
Pure Water by Meydän
Away by Meydän
Spring by HOVATOFF
Elk by Meydän
Gently, Onwards by ELPHNT
Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher
The Three Elements by I Think I Can Help You
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
REFERENCES:
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46260729
https://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/i-just-want-someone-to-love-doncaster-man-swindled-out-of-aps100000-in-online-sex-scam-tells-all-in-bbc-documentary-44013
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/lonely-pensioners-warning-after-lost-2025582
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/lonely-pensioners-warning-after-lost-2025582
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6190351/Pensioner-claims-hes-lost-giving-away-100-000-internet-sex-fraud.html
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/i-just-want-someone-to-love-doncaster-man-swindled-out-of-aps100000-in-online-sex-scam-tells-all-in-bbc-documentary-44013
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-who-thought-shed-found-18814626
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7314041/Dating-scam-fraud-gang-scammed-lonely-women-jailed-10-years.html
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-press/articles/2018/february18/age-uk-reveals-the-huge-amounts-of-money-lost-to-romance-fraud/
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/cruel-manipulative-conmen-scam-240000-16633108
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/cruel-stoke-trent-online-dating-3852964
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20190802/281835760313984
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