[Smirnoff]

So true. I used to work closely with investigations department during my tenure at Western Union. There have been so many heartbreaking stories of people emptying their retirement accounts and sending all of their money to "lovers" from Nigeria or other non-US countries.

We tried to stop these payments but they would find other ways to send cash directly. Dealing with international wires is tough. When we stopped payments and tried to protect people, the story wouldn't end there. The people would find other means to screw themselves over. That's what loneliness and desperation do to gullible people.