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Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress
(www.cbsnews.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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I gave up on dating/relationships because I realized 95% of it is just the fantasy someone has in their head of the other person. It has very little to do with reality of day to day life. Hence why so many people fall for these romance scams. It's fan fiction of themselves. No doubt this lady was really congratulating herself on scoring an 'astronaut'. Probably works in an office with plenty of viable real people, but they are too 'boring' for her to ever consider... no she 'deserves' an astronaut.