{"id":49848,"date":"2023-03-28T06:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=49848"},"modified":"2023-03-28T06:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:45:02","slug":"from-dating-to-defrauding-online-romance-scams-surge-as-criminals-cash-in-on-lonely-south-africans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=49848","title":{"rendered":"From dating to defrauding: Online romance scams surge as criminals cash in on lonely South Africans."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February is the month of love and it\u2019s important that online daters know how to protect themselves in the digital dating space. 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