A Long Island woman searching for love online thought she found her Mr. Right, but he soon turned into Mr. Wrong The Casanova who she hoped would steal her heart wound up stealing her money instead — almost half a million dollars of it
Rotolo said it all began after losing her husband of 45 years back in 2019. Months later, beset by grief and loneliness under pandemic lockdown, the then-67-year-old from Oceanside joined the dating website Zoosk.
"There’s all kinds of love letters and poems and stories and promises of everything," she said."You took it and ran with it and thought this was going to be the love of your life now. But it turned out to be the hell of my life." It's not just The Tinder Swindler. $547 million was lost to romance scams in 2021, up 80% from the prior year. Unfortunately, dating apps can't guarantee that the person you're messaging has your best interests in mind. So we talked to sex and relationships researcher Justin Lehmiller for tips on protecting yourself from scams when you're looking for love.
She continues to receive texts from the person who she says took her life savings, promising to make it all right.
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