Choose a friend or someone from your church or community who is less emotionally invested than you are.
Be open to their perspective. If the request for funds is indeed a scam, it may be difficult, if not impossible, to ever recover the money.
FBI: Don't fall for Valentine's Day romance scams
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ONLINE LOVE: FBI warns public to be wary of romance scams
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San Diego woman falls for online dating scam, local FBI reveals alarming romance scam numbers. Over two years, she and Cole exchanged thousands of love letters. Montgomery says Cole slowly went after her life savings. Yet Cole apparently later confessed and said his real name was Joseph and he lived in Nigeria.