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If you’re lucky, online dating can help you find an ideal partner.


But if you’re not careful, you could lose your life savings and fall prey to extortionists and scam artists targeting those in search of affection.


Timothy Devaney, 44, a freelance journalist from San Francisco, California, became one such victim after a 20-year-old Filipina became his online "girlfriend."


He didn’t know he was being duped until he flew to Manila to meet his chatmate, a nursing student from Mandaue City, last month.


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TIMOTHY DEVANEY

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But if you’re not careful, you could lose your life savings and fall prey to extortionists and scam artists targeting those in search of affection.


Timothy Devaney, 44, a freelance journalist from San Francisco, California, became one such victim after a 20-year-old Filipina became his online "girlfriend."


He didn’t know he was being duped until he flew to Manila to meet his chatmate, a nursing student from Mandaue City, last month.


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American falls prey to chat room scam

By Michael Punongbayan | August 16, 2006 - 12:00am

If you’re lucky, online dating can help you find an ideal partner. But if you’re not careful, you could lose your life savings and fall prey to extortionists and scam artists targeting those in...

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