HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT, YOUR WALLET AND YOUR HEART. >> TONIGHT, A TALE THAT'S GOT EVERYTHING FROM LOVE LAUGHTER BETRAYAL AND GREED. 2 GREAT FORTUNES WON AND LOST AND EXOTIC DESTINATIONS. AND ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AFTER THIS WEEKEND. THIS STORY COULD BE ALL ABOUT. YOU. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, THE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING US PROTECTING THE AMERICAN CONSUMER HAS JUST RELEASED AN ADVISORY ABOUT THE BIGGEST FRAUD ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE HEART. ROMANCE. SCAMS. YES, I SAID IT ROMANCE FRAUD. IT IS NOW BIGGER THAN BANK FRAUD. IT IS EVEN BIGGER THAN HEALTH CARE FRAUD. >> AND IF YOU'RE SAYING I WOULD NEVER FALL FOR A LOVE SCAM. WELL, THEN MAYBE CATCH YOURSELF AMONG ONE OF THE LUCKY BECAUSE BASED ON THE FTC IS WARNING IT IS HAPPENING TO FAR MORE PEOPLE. >> THEN YOU THINK IN FACT, 80% MORE PEOPLE IN 2021 WERE SWINDLED. I WANT TO BE ROMEO'S THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THEN CHECK OUT THIS NUMBER. IT CLIMBS TO 600% WHEN COMPARED TO 2017 IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS. THAT MEANS 547 MILLION DOLLARS WERE STOLEN BY LOVE SCAMMERS. JUST LAST YEAR. THAT IS OVER A HALF BILLION. AND IN THE PAST 5 YEARS REGULAR PEOPLE JUST LOOKING FOR LOVE HAVE LOST 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS AND IT'S NOT JUST A FEW PEOPLE LOSING A LOT OF MONEY EITHER THE AVERAGE PERSON LOST ABOUT $2400. SO THAT'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS. PEOPLE BEING TAKEN FOR A VERY EXPENSIVE RIDE. WHY ARE THEY BEING SO EASILY TAKEN. WE ALL KNOW THE CON ARTISTS ARE OUT THERE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR NETFLIX MOVIES ON OUT THERE IS IS A DOCUMENTARY CALLED THE TINDER SWINDLER, A TRUE STORY ABOUT A SERIAL ROMANCE SCAMMER. SO SHOULDN'T PEOPLE KNOW BETTER. THE PROBLEM IS THE INTERNET AND ONLINE DATING WHILE IT HAS DONE WONDERS FOR HELPING PEOPLE FIND THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE. IT'S ALSO MADE IT MUCH EASIER FOR CROOKS TO FIND THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE THEY CAN CAST A WIDER NET. THEY CAN POSE AS ANYONE THEY WANT AND THEY CAN LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT SWIPING RIGHT. I WANT TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO UNFORTUNATELY KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS AND ALL TOO WELL. >> REBECCA DANTONIO LOST $100,000 TO AN ONLINE DATING CON MAN. REBECCA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. >> WELL, FIRSTLY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> I'VE NEVER TRIED ONLINE DATING BEFORE AND I NEVER EVEN NO AND THAT ROMANCE SCAMS SAYING. SO OF COURSE, WHEN THAT HAPPENED TO ME. >> IT TOOK A WHILE TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT THAT THAT'S WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD DECIDED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TRY ONLINE DATING. AND SHE HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP IN A WHILE. I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FEELS LIKE A NEW THING. LET ME. >> LET ME GIVE IT A SHOT. SO I SIGNED UP ON A SITE THAT I KNEW TO BE OR AT LEAST THOUGHT TO BE REPUTABLE, WHICH WAS OK CUPID. AND I KNEW IT TO BE REPUTABLE BECAUSE I KNOW FRIENDS THAT HAVE MET THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND ARE MARRIED WITH CHILDREN. NOW SO. I THOUGHT THAT OK, WELL, I'M GOING TO BE REALLY SMART ABOUT THIS. I I REALLY DON'T WANT A ONE NIGHT STAND OR, YOU KNOW, TO BE AN OPTION. SOMEONE'S BEDPOST. SO I'M GOING TO BASICALLY PUT IN MY PROFILE THAT THIS IS THE BOX THAT I COME IN. THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT IN A RELATIONSHIP. THIS IS WHAT I WON'T PUT UP WITH AN UNRELEASED THE NUMBER RATION SHIP. WHAT I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AWARENESS IS KEY. WAS THAT I WAS CREATING KIND OF A ROAD MAP AROUND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RED FLAGS FOR ME AND ONE OF THE DETAILS THAT I ACTUALLY PUT MY PROFILE BECAUSE OF COURSE, IN DEVELOPING FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RELATIONSHIP. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ON UNREALISTIC. EXPECTATIONS OF EACH OTHER. WAS I LOVE CHILDREN, BUT I CAN'T BIOLOGICALLY HAVE CHILDREN. ESSENTIALLY HAPPENED WAS IN ORDER GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND CHAT ON THE PLATFORM. YOU HAVE TO BOTH LIKE EACH OTHER. AND SO ENTER MASK YOU INTO THE PICTURE. WHO WAS A SINGLE FATHER OF A YOUNG SON. HIS HAD PASSED AWAY A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE FROM CANCER. HE WAS ORIGINALLY FROM WHO HAD BEEN ADOPTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. SO HE HAD A BIT OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH COURSE I LOVED. AND WE HE WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THE PLATFORM. SO WE MOVED OFF THE PLATFORM AND TALKING ON THE PHONE, E-MAILING SENDING TEXT MESSAGES USING FACEBOOK MESSENGER. QUITE A BIT. WE HAD REALLY HIT IT OFF BECAUSE AS I NOT SO SOON LEARNED ACTUALLY, THIS THE SCAM HAD TAKEN PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THEY KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO DISARM YOU. THEY KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL VALUED. THIS IS THEIR BREAD AND BRIGHT THIS THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. SO THE VERY PRACTICED AT IT. THAT ROAD MAP, RIGHT, REBECCA. SO HE HE KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO PUSH YOUR BUTTONS AND WHERE YOUR VULNERABILITIES WERE. >> SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, MIND SOME PHOTOS FROM A NEW ENGLAND ATTORNEY AND USE THOSE PHOTOS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WHO I AM. A NICE LOOKING GUY YET. THE BIG QUESTION I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE IS IT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. YOU COULD FALL IN LOVE. I MEAN, WORDS ARE WORTH IT. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. HOWEVER, YOU'D NEVER YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM IN PERSON AND THEN THE REQUESTS FOR MONEY STARTED COMING. SO HOW DID YOU ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT AND THINK, YEAH, THIS IS OK. >> WELL, WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WOULD MEET AFTER HIS NEXT BUSINESS TRIP WHICH SHE WAS ACTUALLY TAKING HIS SON ON AND HE WAS AN OIL MAGISTRATE AN OIL CONTRACTOR. SO A LOT OF HIS TRAVEL WAS INTERNATIONAL. AND SO WHILE HE WAS ON THAT BUSINESS TRIP. THEY LOOK FOR THAT HOOK. THEY LOOK FOR THAT. WHAT'S THAT SAYING? THAT IS GOING TO MAKE A SOMEONE SEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. AND FOR ME UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS THE THE CHILD HE HAD PRESENTED ME WITH WHAT WAS TO ME A VERY PLAUSIBLE YOU KNOW, SCENARIO, WHICH IS THAT HE'S THE CARDS THAT HE WAS USING. TOO FOR HIS EXPENSES HAD STOPPED WORKING. AND I HAD TRAVELED INTERNATIONALLY AND YOU CAN NOTIFY THE BANK 5 TIMES THAT YOU'RE TRAVELING AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. STILL HAPPEN. IT HAPPENED TO ME. SO TO ME THAT WAS VERY PLAUSIBLE AND I HAD ALL THE QUESTIONS ONE WOULD ASK LIKE SHE ISN'T THERE SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU COULD APPEAL TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY NEW IN THIS RELATIONSHIP. WE STILL HAVEN'T MET YET IN PERSON. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WORK TRIP TO ENSURE YOUR WORK HELP YOU. AND OF COURSE HE'S AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. SO THAT COMPLICATED MATTERS. ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID. AND HE DID HE'S HAD ANSWER FOR. FOR ALL THE THAT GOT ME. >> WAS THE FACT THAT HIS SON WAS WITH HIM. WAS I GOING TO BE THE HORRIBLE PERSON THAT LEFT A CHILD IN A BAD SITUATION FOR US AGAIN PRESSING YOUR BUTTONS BECAUSE THE NEW ABOUT YOUR DESIRE TO HAVE CHILDREN AND AND COULDN'T HAVE THEM. >> SO HERE'S THE BIG AT SOME POINT YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE IN THE HOLE FOR $100,000 AND YOU STARTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS A SCAM. WHEN YOU CONFRONTED HIM. AS I UNDERSTAND, YOU'VE BEEN VERY PUBLIC ABOUT THIS. YOU TOLD HIM THAT YOU WERE AT SUCH A DEPTH IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS. THAT YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE. WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE. I WILL NEVER FORGET. WE WERE SPEAKING ON THE PHONE. IT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE AND. >> THE LEVEL OF DIFFERENCE AND IT IN HIS VOICE WHEN HE SAID THIS TO ME, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. HE SAID HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. IT'S JUST IT'S UNBEARABLE TO THINK THAT DATE DID ANYONE. >> EVER HELP YOU? DID ANYONE EVER TRACE WHO IT WAS. DID YOU FIND OUT WHO IT WAS. AND I GUESS MOST IMPORTANT GET YOUR MONEY BACK. >> YOU KNOW, I HAD AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS ALL KIND WRAPPING UP AND I WAS ENTERING THE NEXT PHASE OF MY NIGHTMARE WHICH ENDED UP BEING BANKRUPTCY. IT WAS A FRIEND MINE THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF HELP MY HAND THROUGH IT ALL AND SWISS HER. I BECAME BRAVER TO LET A FEW MORE OF A PEOPLE KNOW HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE MY FRIENDS KNEW THAT THERE WAS THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS THIS HIDDEN FINANCIAL DYNAMIC BECAUSE IT IS VERY MUCH AN EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL RATE. I REALLY NEEDED THAT HAND HOLDING. I REALLY NEEDED THAT THAT SHOULDER AND THAT HAND UP TO TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS AND THEY I HAD FRIENDS HAD FOUND ME A WONDERFUL SUPPORT GROUP CALLED SCAM HATERS UNITED. AND WITH THEM. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH THE SAME THING WERE ABLE TO HELP ME TO DIGEST AND TO SORT OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MAY AND FROM THERE I WENT THROUGH THE BANKRUPTCY PROCESS. I NEVER DID GET MY MY MONEY BACK FROM THE SCAMMERS. IT'S VERY HARD TO DO WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND OTHER OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME. I AND THAT THEY IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE. SO MANY OF THEM ARE BASED OUT OF NIGERIA. THEY'RE ACTUALLY CRIMINAL GANGS THAT POSES A LOT OF HER. >> YES, YES, IT WAS A CRIMINAL GANG OUT OF NIGERIA AND THEY WERE USING A SCAM. THEY HAVE A PLAYBOOK THAT THEY BASICALLY USED TO SCAM PEOPLE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE HAPPENED. BUT THEY WERE USING THIS SCAM PLAYBOOK TO SWINDLE ME OUT OF MY MONEY. THE I DID GET MONEY BACK, BUT IT WASN'T FROM THE SCAMMERS. WESTERN UNION AND MONEYGRAM WHICH WIRING CONDUITS WERE FOUND TO BE AT FAULT BY THE FTC AND THE DOJ. AND THERE'S BEEN CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS. AND I'M PART OF BOTH CLASS ACTIONS. THE THE WESTERN UNION. ONE IS FINISHED. AND THE MONEY GRAM. ONE IS IN PROCESS AND I HAVE NO THERE'S A LOT IT'S A LITTLE RIGHT AT SULLIVAN. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT THE THE HEARTACHE. YOU CAN NEVER GET THAT BACK. REBECCA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. I KNOW YOU SHARE THAT. >> OTHER PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE REAL VICTIMS THAT CAN FALL FOR BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TELLING YOUR STORY THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY TO DO IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> HOW CAN WE CATCH THESE HEARTLESS LOVE CROOKS AND HOW CAN WE BE REALLY SURE THOSE POTENTIAL ROMANCES AREN'T REALLY A SCHEMING BAND OF COMMON THIEVES IN A LAND FAR, FAR AWAY. CARD IS AN ATTORNEY AND FORMER FEDERAL AGENT AND PROSECUTOR BELA GANDHI IS RELATIONSHIP EXPERT AND THE FOUNDER OF THE SMART DATING ACADEMY AND TO MCGINNIS IS THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF CITIZENS AGAINST ROMANCE SCAMS WORLDWIDE NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS AND ADVOCATES FOR VICTIMS OF ONLINE DATING SCAMS. WELCOME TO ALL 3 OF YOU. TIM, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH YOU. I JUST LISTENED TO REBECCA STORY AND IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE THIS THESE ARE REAL EMOTIONS AND SHE CALLED IT AN EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL RAPE. AND I THINK THAT IS A VERY APT DESCRIPTION. BUT IS THERE ANYONE WHO FALLS VICTIM TO THIS MORE THAN OTHERS. ANY DEMOGRAPHIC WOMEN. IS THAT MAN OR IS EVERYBODY AT RISK. >> THEY'RE SLIGHTLY MORE MEN THAN WOMEN BUT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THIS IS. IT'S A RELATIONSHIP SCAM. IT'S BASED UPON TRUST RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SCAMMERS. THERE IS NO HE BY THE WAY, IT IS A BAY SCAMMERS WORKING TEAMS OF PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE PART OVER THE LIFETIME OF BUT IT IS A PROFOUNDLY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE VAST NUMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE LIKE THE ONE MENTION THAT ARE NOT LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO SUPPORT SCAM VICTIMS ARE ORGANIZATIONS REGISTERED WITH DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY. DO OKAY. AND WE ARE IN FACT A FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, SENTINEL REPORTING PARTNER. SO OUR ORGANIZATION IS A GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS. SUPPORT SCAM VICTIMS WERE WHITE A LITTLE OVER 7 MILLION VICTIMS IN THE LAST 6 YEARS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC USE. THAT IS THE AS SPECTRUM RUNNING FROM TEENAGERS ALL THE WAY TO THE ELDERLY. THE YOUNGER TEND TO BE SCAMMED MORE OFTEN AND THEIR RESILIENCY IS STRONGER. SO IT HAS LESS TRAUMATIC IMPACT ON THEM. BUT AS YOU GET OLDER, THESE RELATIONSHIPS OR EAT FOUND LASTING YOU WANT TO THE LEGITIMATE HAS BEEN IN SPOUSE RELATIONSHIP AND AS A RESULT WHEN IT TERMINATES ITS PROFOUNDLY TRAUMATIC ANY CAN LEAVE VICTIMS IN SEVERE. LITERALLY UP TO AND INCLUDING PTSD AND WHATEVER SUPPORT AND. RECOVERY PROGRAMS MUST INCORPORATE TRAUMA, INFORMED PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. >> YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE AVERAGE LOSSES, BY THE WAY, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, YES, ACTUALLY, IT'S A THAT'S LOW. DOES OR LOW NUMBERS YES, THE ADDITION OF >> AVERAGE FOR AN ADULT IS $14,500 FOR THE FBI. SO THE PROBLEM WITH ALL NUMBERS THAT WE REPORTED IS THEY'RE GROSSLY LOW. NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT IT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY REPORT WHAT IS ACTUALLY REPORTED TO THEM. 2 YEAH. THAT MAYBE ONE PERCENT OF ADAMS REPORT. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE NUMBERS AND MULTIPLY THEM BY 100 TO 200 TO COME UP WITH REALISTIC NUMBERS. >> TO GET THE REAL STORY BELLA. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE VICTIMS. ACCORDING TO THE FTC. AND AGAIN FOR FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN RISKY DECISIONS. APPARENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO ONLINE DATING, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS THAN WOMEN. >> AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO LET A STRANGER PICK THEM UP AT THEIR HOME AS EVIDENCE BY THIS STATISTIC HERE, MEN UP 36% OF THE TIME WILL SAY, SURE, GO AHEAD, PICK ME UP AT HOME. WHEREAS WOMEN WILL ONLY DO THAT. 14% OF THE TIME. IT'S USUALLY PRETTY OLD TRUMP THAT THE CON MAN IS PREYING ON THE WEALTHY WIDOW ABELA. BUT DO WE DO. WE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES TO MEN AND WOMEN MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WHEN IT COMES TO BEING CONNED AND SWINDLED AT THIS LEVEL. >> YEAH, WE'VE SEEN BOTH MEN AND BOTH WOMEN GO TO HEARTBREAKING AND TRAUMATIC THINGS TO YOUR POINT, RIGHT, EVOLUTION MEN ARE WIRED TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE AND ALONG WITH THAT. SO MANY CAN FEEL MORE AND MORE DOLCH AND INVINCIBLES. SO WE WERE DATING. CAN THEY WERE ALWAYS CAUTIONING ARE MALE CLIENTS. DON'T AGREE. IT'S VERY CHIVALROUS AND GENTLEMEN LEASH TO ASK SOMEBODY TO PICK THEM UP AT THEIR HOUSE. BUT BE WARY OF DOING THAT. DON'T DO DON'T GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR. WE LIVE IN THIS WORLD AND YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE IN A SAFE MANNER. BUT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. WHEN THEY'RE ESPECIALLY WE'VE BEEN THROUGH 2 YEARS OF COVID ISOLATION. AND WE'VE BEEN ALONE AND AND WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THAT DARK PLACE AND THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO LOVE YOU. THERE'S NO LET YOUR POT OUT THERE. SUDDENLY BOOM WHEN YOU GET IT'S A MATCH AND IT SEEMS TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S AN OIL MAGNATE OR A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. WHOSE 25 YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU. PEOPLE CAN GET SOCKED IN REALLY EASILY BECAUSE IT APPEALS TO THEIR DEEPEST DESIRES, WHICH IS TO FIGHT LOT. WE JUST WANT TO FIND LOVE. AND BOY, THERE'S A DRUG RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, LOVE IS A DRUG AND IT CAN MAKE YOU THINK CRAZY THINGS AS WELL. >> DAN, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF YOU HEARD HER SAY THAT SHE COULDN'T GET HER 100,000 BACK. BUT SHE GOT SOME THINGS BACK FROM SOME AGENCIES THAT WORK A PART OF THIS CRIME, UM. AND THAT IS THE WIRING AGENCIES AND BANKS. BUT BUT REALISTICALLY DAN, HOW HARD IS IT AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO GET BACK OF WHAT YOU LOST. IF YOU GO THROUGH THOSE AGENCIES. >> IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIMES. MOST OF THESE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED BY OVERSEE GANGS SUMMER IN AFRICA. WE'VE GOT JAMES AND A FORMER SOVIET BLOC COUNTRIES. THE CLEARING HOUSE FOR THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO THE FBI. IT'S THE INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER, WHICH IS A WEB SITE WHICH IS REALLY PROBABLY THE FIRST PLACE YOU GO IS GO TO THE FBI'S WEBSITE. YOU MAKE A REPORT AND THEY WILL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, COMBINED THIS INFORMATION WITH OTHER VICTIMS. THE OTHER PLACE TO GO TO YOUR BANK. INTERESTING ENOUGH BANKS HAVE INFORMAL CHANNELS WHERE THEY CAN GO BACK TO BANK AND TRY TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THESE FUNDS OF INSTANT QUICKLY. THAT'S END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE PROBABLY OUT OF LUCK. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE GET THAT MONEY BACK BECAUSE OF SOME PLACE. IT'S BEEN TRANSFERRED NIGER THEM BACK TO CHINA. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHERE. OK. I JUST WANT TO READ OFF A LIST SOME OF THE THE THE FOR BEST TIPS. >> FOR ANYONE OUT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE RED FLAGS. AND THIS COMES COURTESY OF THE OF THE FTC AS WELL. NOBODY LEGITIMATE IS EVER GOING TO ASK YOU TO SEND THEM CRYPTO CURRENCY OR GIVE GIFT CARD NUMBERS OR WIRE THE MONEY. ANYBODY WHO DOES IT? BIG RED FLAG LIKELY A SCAM NUMBER 2 NEVER SEND MONEY TO A STRANGER. IF YOU HAVE NOT MET THIS PERSON DO NOT SEND MONEY, DON'T PHOTO WAS THE SAME AS MEETING SOMEONE IN PERSON AND EVEN AFTER MEETING THEM IN PERSON, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CAUTION, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY EMPLOY DON'T TAKE INVESTMENT ADVICE OR COUNSEL OR INVEST IN THINGS THEY RECOMMEND EITHER TALK TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IF YOU'VE GOT A NEW LOVE PAY ATTENTION. THEY MIGHT BE CONCERNED AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. JUST BOUNCE IT OFF. SOMEONE ELSE. DON'T BE ALONE IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND THEN THIS ONE MIGHT BE THE BEST ONE. DO A REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH. >> OH, BOY, CAN YOU CATCH PEOPLE IN A LIE WHEN YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO STEAL THE PHOTOS FROM SOMEWHERE AND CHANCES ARE THEY HAD TO STEAL THE PHOTOS FROM THE INTERNET AND CHANCES ARE YOU CAN DO THE REVERSE PHOTO SEARCH AND FIND THOSE PHOTOS SOMEWHERE ELSE BELONGING TO A LEGITIMATE. PERCENT.
