welcome
CBS News

CBS News

Entertainment

Entertainment

Bipartisan bill seeks to stop online dating scams at the source

CBS News
Summary
Nutrition label

65% Informative

A 66-year-old single woman had saved more than $2 million for her retirement and hoped to travel the world.

She turned to the dating app Match.com and connected with a man who used stolen photos.

More than 64,000 Americans were taken for over $1 billion in romance scams last year .

About half of people say they've come across somebody who's tried to scam them.

VR Score

57

Informative language

46

Neutral language

92

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links