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romance scams

romance scams is the plural of romance scam.

Meaning of romance scam

Noun

romance scam (plural romance scams)

  1. A confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim in order to commit fraud.
    • […]unlike typical romance scams — which generally target older, less tech-savvy adults — these scammers appear to be going after younger and more educated women on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge.2022 February 21, Kevin Roose, “Crypto Scammers’ New Target: Dating Apps”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    romance fraud

Questions about romance scams

What is romance scams the plural of?
Romance scams is the plural of romance scam.

Words near romance scams in the dictionary

  1. romance frauds
  2. Romance language
  3. Romance languages
  4. Romance Neolatino
  5. romance scam
  6. romance scams
  7. romance tourism
  8. romance tourist
  9. romance tourists
  10. romance zone
  11. romanceable

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