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Scammers Are Using Stolen Photos Of Service Members To Catfish People On Social Media

Ashe Schow

The military and social media websites like Facebook still have not gotten a handle on dating scammers using photos of military servicemen to catfish unsuspecting women.

Last year, various media outlets reported on stories from servicemen who all told a similar story: Out of nowhere, they would receive a message from a woman they didn’t know saying they missed them or expressing anger over not hearing from them.

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