Internet dating scams asking for money

For weeks, even months, you may chat back and forth with one another, forming a connection. But ultimately, it’s going to happen—your new-found “friend” is going to ask you for money.

So you send money..rest assured the requests won’t stop there.

The profiles were fake as well, carefully crafted to match your interests.

"From just a purely legal perspective, it's more difficult to prosecute people for doing this overseas," Hood said.

"A lot of countries have economic conditions that drive people to do these types of things.

We strongly recommend, however, that if you think you’ve been victimized by a dating scam or any other online scam, file a complaint with our Internet Crime Complaint Center (

Before forwarding the complaints to the appropriate agencies, IC3 collates and analyzes the data—looking for common threads that could link complaints together and help identify the culprits. Here are some tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of an online dating scam.