FBI warns of online dating scams as Valentine's Day approaches

It pays to be aware of potential dating scammers any time of the year, but particularly around Valentine's Day.

Here are clues from the FBI on how you could be wading into scam territory, as reported by Advantage News.

Your online “date” may only be interested in your money if he or she:

• Presses you to leave the dating website you met through and to communicate using personal email or instant messaging;
• Professes instant feelings of love;
• Sends you a photograph of himself or herself that looks like something from a glamour magazine;
• Claims to be from the United States and is traveling or working overseas;
• Makes plans to visit you but is then unable to do so because of a tragic event; or
• Asks for money for a variety of reasons (travel, medical emergencies, hotel bills, hospital bills for child or other relative, visas or other official documents, losses from a financial setback or crime victimization).

Do not send money through any wire transfer service to someone you met online. The chances of recovering your money are very slim.

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