catfishing
New York, NY — A new report says people were scammed out of a record-breaking $304 million in the past year after being "catfished."
Romance scams have increased during the pandemic. A new report finds a record-breaking loss of $304 million in 20201 due to these scams compared to $202 million in...

![The report details examples of specific scams. In one case, a wife and mother "met her romance scammer while playing an innocent [music trivia] game of SongPop and started talking to him non-stop," the site said. "Even though she was married, the scammer made her question how she felt about her husband and whether or not she even wanted to stay in the marriage." Scam Alert banner](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/scam_alert_banner.jpeg?itok=Z3KoaZlW)