Here are six red flags to help detect and sidestep romance scams. 'After a while, it becomes really easy to spot them.' 'I probably hear from five scammers a night,' says Marko Budgyk, a Los Angeles financier who has frequented several online dating sites over the past 10 years.
, for instance, includes a disclaimer at the bottom of every onsite email between members, warning not to send money or provide credit card information to anyone you've met on the site. Indeed, many sites warn their customers to beware.