Romance scams are increasingly becoming an issue across the American continent, especially in various Caribbean islands and Colombia, where victims—mostly men—fall for attractive young women who drug them and rob them.
A recent spike in police reports shows that this popular scam has now reached Argentina.
On August 22, the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires issued a Travel Alert warning Americans visiting the country’s capital about women drugging tourists to steal their money and other belongings.
Although an incident like this can happen with random women that travelers meet at bars and nightclubs, reports indicate that most of these scammers operate through dating apps like Tinder and other
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