A fast-growing breed of global internet crime is revealing a troubling trend: Some fraudsters are easily infiltrating popular dating sites to fleece people out of their savings, law-enforcement officials say. Cyber-swindlers lift photos of real people from the internet, and use the images to create fictitious profiles on dating sites.

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According to the BBB (read more) catphishing, or what they call a heartbreak scam, accounted for a total loss of 15,6 million dollars in 2015. Watch this short animation to understand what relationship or romance fraud means: