Romance scam victim pushes for dating app reforms
Hamish McLaren, a serial romance scammer convicted of defrauding 15 victims out of $7.6 million, is set for release after almost a decade behind bars. His victim Tracy Hall, who lost $317,000 in life savings, has launched a petition calling for mandatory identity verification on dating apps to combat romance scammers. With $140 million lost annually to love scams in Australia and a third of Australian singles using dating apps, advocates are pushing for stronger online safeguards to protect vulnerable people from psychological and financial devastation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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