Romance scam
A CONFIDENCE TRICK INVOLVING FEIGNING ROMANTIC INTENTIONS TOWARDS A VICTIM, GAINING THEIR AFFECTION, AND THEN USING THAT GOODWILL TO COMMIT FRAUD
Romance scams; Love scam; Sweetheart scams; Sweetheart scam; Dating scams; Dating scam; Online romance scam; Online romance scams; Lonely hearts scam; Lonelyhearts scam; Sweetheart swindle; Online Dating Scams
A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim. Fraudulent acts may involve access to the victim's money, bank accounts, credit cards, passports, e-mail accounts, or national identification numbers; or forcing the victims to commit financial fraud on their behalf.