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A Norfolk County resident is out more than $200,000 in a romance scam that police say started several months ago.
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The resident began an online relationship with someone in 2021. From November of that year to January 2023, the resident was defrauded of more than $200,000, said Norfolk OPP.
Police were contacted about the incident on January 9.
“Several emails and phone calls were exchanged with details of the suspect’s history and employment status and during the course of this correspondence, several requests were made for funds after the suspect claimed that they were having several emergencies and requested money,” said a media release from Norfolk OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk.
This is not the first time people in the county have lost sizeable sums of money to such scams.
In March of 2022, police reported a Norfolk resident was out $250,000 over a one-year period in a romance scam.
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During a four-month period in 2019, another Norfolk resident sent $300,000 to a scammer.
Between November 2018 and July 2019, a resident was defrauded of $120,000 after establishing an online relationship.
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