And they want your money in a way that makes it hard for you to get it back. All scammers, not just romance scammers, want to get your money quickly. They may even offer to help you get started in cryptocurrency investing. Once they gain your trust, they’ll ask for your help to pay medical expenses (for them or a family member), buy their ticket to visit you, pay for their visa, or help them pay fees to get them out of trouble. They might say they’re living or traveling outside the country, working on an oil rig, in the military, or working with an international organization.
Scammers say they can’t meet you in person.Romance scammers adjust their story to what they think will work in each situation. The 2021 reports also showed that cryptocurrency payments were the most costly.
In 2021, people reported paying romance scammers more with gift cards than with any other payment method. That’s up about 80% from the reports the FTC got in 2020. People reported a record $547 million in losses to romance scams in 2021. Then, they make up a story and ask for money. The scammers strike up a relationship with you to build up trust, sometimes talking or chatting several times a day. Romance scammers create fake profiles on dating sites and apps or contact you through popular social media sites like Instagram or Facebook. Maybe it’s for a plane ticket to visit you. They say it’s true love, but they live far away - maybe for work or because they’re in the military. Soon they want to email, call, or message you off the platform. You meet someone special on a dating website or app. Identity Theft and Online Security Show/hide Identity Theft and Online Security menu items.Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts Show/hide Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts menu items.Money-Making Opportunities and Investments.Jobs and Making Money Show/hide Jobs and Making Money menu items.Credit, Loans, and Debt Show/hide Credit, Loans, and Debt menu items.Shopping and Donating Show/hide Shopping and Donating menu items."By eliminating the disruptions and redundancies that were part of this bill, we will allow one of the state's fastest growing industries to succeed. Illinois needs to encourage those types of efforts and find new ways to attract people to this market," said Vice President and General Counsel for NetChoice Carl Szabo. "The veto allows industry to continue to do what they do best - stimulate our state's economy, create jobs, and develop safe and amazing innovations. We look forward to working with Governor Rauner and the Illinois legislature on policies that will foster innovation, growth, and jobs in the Land of Lincoln."
"With this veto, Illinois businesses can continue innovating and providing robust services to their customers and users. This legislation would have created costly, and disruptive requirements for any website or app collecting location information in Illinois, without better protecting consumers," said Internet Association Vice President of State Government Affairs Dustin Brighton. "The internet industry thanks Governor Rauner for vetoing this harmful, duplicative bill. "We appreciate Governor Rauner's veto of the bill and look forward to working closely with legislators to find a solution that is easy to understand and implement for consumers while preserving all of the benefits that geolocation services offer," said Alexi Madon, Director, State Government Affairs, CompTIA. At a time when Illinois wants to attract technology-driven companies, enacting technology-hostile measures would harm the competitiveness of the state. This layer would fail to provide any improved privacy protections for Illinoisans.
HB 3449 would require an additional and redundant layer of app notifications on electronic devices and create penalties on app developers and tech companies for noncompliance. "The addition of this policy to Illinois' existing burden of red tape will hurt Illinois' growing reputation as a destination for innovation-based job creation." "This bill would result in job loss across the state without materially improving privacy protections for Illinoisans or making devices and their apps safer for children," Gov. 22, 2017) - Governor Bruce Rauner today vetoed HB 3449, a bill that would harm businesses and inhibit innovation without better protecting consumers from privacy issues.
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