Department of Justice Warns of Online Romance Scams

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Oklahoma are warning of online romance scams targeting older Americans, reports KJRH 2 . This week the Department of Justice announced 10 people from Nigeria have been indicted for money laundering with funds from such scams, which managed to steal $1.5 million from victims. "What you see is when they find someone who has bitten, hook, line, and sinker that they do not stop until they have taken every last penny that they can or until law enforcement have caught up with them," says U.S. Attorney Trent Shores of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Investigators suspect the fraudsters' victims number in the dozens, and they are encouraging people to come forward and report these scams.