I’m watching the docuseries Love Rats on Netflix, a series about people who have been scammed out of thousands of pounds by their partners / friends etc. It’s a UK series, if it’s not available elsewhere think of it like Tinder Swindler – mostly women meeting men via online dating who then aren’t who they say they are and manage to scam them out of a significant amount of money.
A lot of these people have lost so much, £50,000-£200,000, and none of them are able to get any back even if the person committing fraud against them has been arrested and charged – why is that?
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Most of the scams are international. Trying to work with 3 or 4 police departments and 3 or 4 court systems to find the right jurisdiction to sue is difficult and expensive. The small poor country that actually has jurisdiction may have corrupt courts, or they don’t actually want to spend the resources to lock up or take money from one of their own citizens, to benefit someone who is not a citizen of their country.
Also realize that in that small poor country, the “stolen” money would go directly in their local economy, so it benefits their economy even if its “wrong”….
The US could try to sanction/tariff that country, but that only works if there’s enough legit business for that foreign government to lose to make them care….
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