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Taking the Brain – July 15
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Oxytocin: the ultimate scam power game – Feb 2018

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Romance Scam Survivor: the whole sordid story

Jan believed she was ‘in love’. She accepted a proposal of marriage, and then sent money - ALL her money - to a professional scammer. She courageously shares the details of her devastating experience, in order to help others to recognise such devious swindlers who prey on trusting souls. Jan is one of the rare few survivors of a romance scam who has the courage to speak up, and she does - loudly, eloquently and frequently in her latest book Romance Scam Survivor: the whole sordid story! More info →

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Doug Shadel, head of AARP’s fraud watch team and state director of AARP Washington, said the scammers seek to get the victim “under the ether,” so that “the thinking part of their brain just goes numb.” He interviewed a woman scammed out of more than $300,000, who described the experience like this: “I felt like something ― a power outside my control ― took over my body.”

From How a billion dollar internet scam is breaking hearts and bank accounts, by Ann Brenoff, Huffington Post Australia http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/romance-scams-online-fbi-facebook_us_59414c67e4b0d318548666f9

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