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Don't Let Them Break Your Heart: FBI Issues Alert For Romance Scams Don't Let Them Break Your Heart: FBI Issues Alert For Romance Scams
Don't Let Them Break Your Heart: FBI Issues Alert For Romance Scams While Valentine's Day is a time for romantic gestures, the FBI has issued an alert to the public about romance scams.  The agency said in an alert on Monday, Feb. 14, that the scams take place when a criminal adopts a fake identity online to get the victim's trust and uses the close relationship to manipulate and/or steal from the victim. "The criminals who carry out romance scams are experts at what they do and will seem genuine, caring, and believable," the FBI said. "Con artists are present on most dating and social media sites." The FBI said eventually the scammer will ask the vic…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Man Charged With Stalking, Harassment In Fairfield County Man Charged With Stalking, Harassment In Fairfield County
Man Charged With Stalking, Harassment In Fairfield County A man who harassed a woman and her family for months may have been doing so to other women using fake profiles on dating sites and texting apps, police said. The Wilton Police Department launched an investigation in January when a woman reported that she had been having incidents of harassment through someone using spoofed and anonymous phone numbers. Police said that the harassment continued for several months, and it soon spread to the woman’s family members who began getting contacted by the same person. Detectives were able to obtain a warrant of several of the phone companies that we…

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by Zak Failla