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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 was actually really surprised that this happened in Japan. I immediately thought southern states, or Alberta π
People are people all over the world. I wonder if there has been any research into the psychology of people who get scammed this way? They seem so blind to what is really obvious to their friends and relatives.
πΆ All the lonely people, where do they all come fromβ¦ πΆ
Got to be more to it than loneliness.