Romance Scam Story

A reddit report about a romance scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

for the past (\~3) years my grandma has been talking to this guy, who I believe she met on Facebook, but I'm not sure. hes allegedly in the army overseas and is having a lot of trouble getting back to the US. to make a long story short, he has been sending her money through various apps (Pay. Pal, Venmo, ect) to send to other people on his behalf to get him out of the army. hes sent her pictures of himself, and recently a video of him talking. this video is what really set it for me, the voice is obviously ai, and I'm pretty sure the face is also ai. the thing I think is weirdest about this is just how long it's been going on, but I'm also not the most knowledgeable about this stuff, so maybe this is typical. Id love for somebody else's input, im just very worried and I don't want my grandma to get into any legal trouble.

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