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I Tried CheaterScanner to Catch a Cheater: Here’s What Happened

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For months I’d been collecting small things. The phone that went face-down on the counter. The gym schedule that didn’t quite add up. The way a conversation would stop when I walked into a room. None of it was proof of anything. I told myself that every time. But the list kept getting longer, and eventually I stopped being able to sleep through the night.

I didn’t want to be that person. The one who checks up on their partner, who goes looking for something they might not be able to unsee. That felt like a line I wasn’t supposed to cross. But I also realized at some point that the not-knowing had already crossed a line of its own, and that I was doing more damage to myself by sitting inside the uncertainty than I would by finding out the truth, whatever it was.

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Online Romance Scammers in 2021: Fraudsters to the left of you, Fakers to the right

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Ridgewood NJ, Love happens year-round, not only on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, romance scams are the same. So, along with sharing (or not) some chocolate, make Valentine’s Day a time to share with people you care about some ways to spot and avoid romance scams. Because, according to a new FTC report, people sent $547 million to online romance scammers last year.

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New Jersey Romeo Defrauded 30 Victims In Catfish Scam

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Millville NJ, A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges that he allegedly defrauded more than 30 victims into wiring money to him and his conspirators after he and his conspirators met and wooed the victims on online dating sites, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Rubbin Sarpong, 35, of Millville, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider in Camden federal court.

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