Looking for love in all the wrong places: Online romance fraud on the rise

Dating has moved from in-person to behind the keyboard and the transition has put some of you at risk to scams.

On monday.

Valentines day is over.... but for some... the search for love... is not.

Romance scams are costing americans "millions"!

News 10's jordan kudisch joins us live this morning from indiana state university's campus.

She spoke with criminology experts and has more on what "you" should look out for!

That's right... i spoke with both a criminology major and professor here at isu... and i learned that this is not only happening across america.

But right here in our backyard, indiana.

Dr. william mackey, a cyber crime professor at isu conducted a study.

He found that on average..

19-thousand dollars are being scammed here in the hoosier state.

He says this is up by 7-thousand from 2017.

And about 4 out of every 100-thousand falls victim to it.

It's called "catfishing" how it works?

Someone goes online as another persona... with an agenda.

In this case..

To get money.

Criminology major, sarah, tells me that "catfish" tend to target those who are more vulnerable.

"they're looking for affection, they're "they're looking for affection, they're looking for some communication because they probably don't have a lot of interactions with people and those scammers take a hold of that and prey on their weaknesses."

In the next in the next 30 minutes i'll break down "red flag" terms..

And what you should keep your eye out for.

For now reporting live from isu, jordan kudisch, news