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Relationships scams

Trust built slowly — as romance or friendship — that always, eventually, turns into a request for money or help moving it.

4 explainers in this category

The romance / 'pig-butchering' scam

A scammer builds a fake romantic relationship with you over weeks or months, then asks you to invest money or move funds into accounts they control.

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The cloned-voice family call

A scammer uses voice-cloning technology to impersonate a family member in distress, creating urgent pressure to send money quickly.

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The 'sugar daddy' allowance scam

In this scam, someone poses as a wealthy person interested in a romantic or mentoring relationship and promises regular payments, but the 'arrangement' turns out to be a way to trick you into sending money first.

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The deployed-military romance scam

Someone builds a romantic relationship with you online, claims to be deployed military, and eventually asks for money for an emergency.

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