In the wake of the Manti Te'o hoax—not too mention the growing popularity of MTV's reality drama Catfish—Washington decided to weigh in on the the rise of dating scams. In a blog post, the State Department offered tips on how to recognize common online relationship scammers:
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In the event that you do find yourself on the unlucky end of a dating scam, you can always report the incident to ic3.gov.
[via USA.Gov]