Romance Scams Embroil Elders in Smuggling Trafficking Schemes
Author: Dana Shilling, J. D.
Source: Volume 19, Number 01, Summer 2016 , pp.1-4(4)
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Abstract:
This article depicts the growing problem of a fraud that “starts like a lottery scam or a romance scam and then morphs into something entirely different.” Includes two personal accounts of scamming, reporting information for possible scams, a sidebarKeywords: Imprisonment for Drug Smuggling; frequent pattern of victimization, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tip line; suicide;
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