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Reports of US romance scams hit record highs in 2021

China Daily Global | Updated: 2022-02-23 10:23

Victims of romance scams, also known as "pig-butchering scams", lost $547 million in 2021 in the United States, an increase of 80 percent from the previous year and the highest total since 2017, according to a report by the Federal Trade Commission.

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