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How desperate and wealthy babes are losing money to online love scammers

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By now, most Kenyans are familiar with stories of Tinder and Twitter scammers who have left numerous Kenyan women nursing heartaches and financial losses after falling victim to sophisticated love scams.

This question deserves serious reconsideration, as several women on social media dating sites continue to complain about losing their hard-earned money to fraudsters posing as love interests.

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