"romance scam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: romance scams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} romance scam (plural romance scams)
  1. A confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim in order to commit fraud. Synonyms: romance fraud
    Sense id: en-romance_scam-en-noun-cT3PRPY~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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