"love scam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love scams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love scam (plural love scams)
  1. A consumer fraud that involves criminals attempting to make victims fall in love with or marry them, and tricking them into paying them money. Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-love_scam-en-noun-tlSFxRLD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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