In just 2021, that number was $547 million, and the average amount of money reported stolen per person was $2,400. In 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission reported that, in the five years prior, victims of romance scams had reported losing a collective $1.3 billion. I'm not weird lol."īy just a few messages later, "Thomas Smith" had run off, refusing to respond to Holmes' follow-up requests about what body part she fancied, along with her preferred seasoning (paprika). "I was hoping that you'd let me eat a small part of you when we meet," Holmes said.
But rather than instantly ignoring and blocking the advances-as Holmes recommends everyone do in these types of situations-she first had a little fun. In January, Holmes shared on Twitter that an account with the name "Thomas Smith" had started up a random chat with her that sounded an awful lot like the beginnins stages of a romance scam. Becky Holmes knows how to throw a romance scammer off script-simply bring up cannibalism.
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