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When Romance Is a Scam

January 1, 2021 by Paula Span

Lyndon French for The New York Times

Ellen Floren was not looking for love.

The criminals who lured her into an online scam last summer approached her not on a dating site, where she might have been wary, but through the neighborhood hub called Nextdoor.

A man who said his name was James Gibson said he’d noticed her profile on the site. He also lived in her Chicago neighborhood, he told her, specifying a street. Could they have a conversation?

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