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SOURCE: http://www.businessinsider.com/sugar-daddy-scams-covid-19-surge-in-fake-romance-scams-2020-8
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The data shows genuine sugar daddies are relatively rare: Only 16% of members, who are background checked, are registered as sugar daddies, rather than sugar babies.A Business Insider investigation found that scammers posing as sugar daddies were quick to exploit people's isolation and financial vulnerability during the pandemic. The vast majority are temporary internet numbers, making them virtually untraceable.One person who narrowly averted being scammed, 20-year-old Briana Salcedo, said she believed her would-be scammer was posing as a sugar daddy and as a sugar baby elsewhere on Twitter. She searched for this woman's Twitter page, but it listed the sugar daddy's Cash App username as their own. On these sugar-daddy scams, I haven't seen enough data to say there's one country in particular that these are coming out of," he said.Social-media companies appear to be monitoring the trend and removing related accounts on an ongoing basis. If they're in the US, Breyault said they should file a complaint with the state attorney general, Fraud.org, or the Federal Trade Commission."Flagging these accounts as potentially fraudulent not only helps yourself, but you also help to build a record for enforcement agencies," he said.Once she realized she had been scammed, Mirah, the Massachusetts woman, filed numerous complaints but said she doubted she would ever get her money back."If I can't get my money back, let me make sure other people know what to look for if this is going to happen to them too," she said.

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