As a single person who's also a professional information gatherer, I sometimes have trouble asking

questions of potential romantic partners. If they start to squirm, does that mean I'm asking

too much too soon? Or does it mean they're hiding something?

Are they as wonderful for me as they seem to be?

Or are they actually a liar, liar, pants on fire?

That's what we're talking about on this episode of Dating While Gray,

The Grownups Guide to Love, Sex,, and relationships. I'm Laura Stasi.

Have you ever been on a dating site and someone asks you to help them out by sending money?

Maybe with a wire transfer or a gift card? Yeah, that's a big red flag.

And sadly, people are falling for it. I read an FTC report that said online dating scams

added up to $200 million in 2019. That's a 600% increase from four years earlier.

And though I can't imagine it ever happening to me, I wonder if as an older person, I actually am more susceptible to scammers.

I think that everyone is more susceptible to online dating scams.

I think that, yes, in the past, scammers did target people who are a little older because

they were a little less familiar with technology.

However, that isn't really the case today.

A lot of seniors are very compatible with different devices.

That's Kim Key. She's a security analyst with different devices. That's Kim Key.

She's a security analyst with PC Magazine.

She wrote an article that caught my eye.

It's on how to spot online dating scams.

I got in touch with her to find out more.

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