Romance scammers arrested in Texas for defrauding elderly lonely hearts

Elderly lonely hearts are a little bit safer today after authorities in Texas rounded up a gang of suspected fraudsters who had preyed upon vulnerable elderly victims using dating websites such as Match.com, ChristianMingle, JSwipe, and PlentyofFish. The Northern District of Texas announced that it had arrested and charged 11 individuals who, it was claimed, had used fake names and sob stories to dupe their victims, siphoning tens of thousands of dollars from bank accounts.

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