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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Julia Abrantes spent hours cleaning her house and primping in front of a mirror before heading to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. She was there to pick up the love of her life, whom she had met on the Internet.
Six hours later, she was still waiting. Nobody arrived.
Abrantes was the victim of romance fraud: a scam designed to prey on her emotions to get her money.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Julia Abrantes spent hours cleaning her house and primping in front of a mirror before heading to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. She was there to pick up the love of her life, whom she had met on the Internet.