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>> norah: jim axelrod, thank you. more traces of bird flu are found in america's milk supply. what's being done about it, next. ♪ ♪ can't filter out the real yo. so go ahead, live unfiltered with the one and only sotyktu, a once-daily pill for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and the chance at clear or almost clear skin. it's like the feeling of finding you're so ready for your close-up. or finding you don't have to hide your skin just your background. once-daily sotyktu was...
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>> reporter: good, jim axelrod from cbs news. after six months of asking for an interview, we finally approached bernard kim, the ceo of match group, which operates at least a dozen dating platforms, including hinge, okcupid, and tinder. we have talked to scammers in africa. they say there is no issue. there is no problem setting up fake profiles. >> i mean, if you have looked at our community standards, our guidelines, we have reshifted the way that we address people that can come into our platforms. we are working really, really hard every single day to make sure that people are authentic. >> reporter: match told us they remove 96% of improper accounts within a day and use both ai and human moderators to remove bad actors. to your customers who have lost a lot of money, hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of dollars, life savings, or the relatives of people who have even lost their lives, what do you have to say to them? >> look, i mean, things happen in life. that's really difficult. i have a tremendous amount of empathy
>> reporter: good, jim axelrod from cbs news. after six months of asking for an interview, we finally approached bernard kim, the ceo of match group, which operates at least a dozen dating platforms, including hinge, okcupid, and tinder. we have talked to scammers in africa. they say there is no issue. there is no problem setting up fake profiles. >> i mean, if you have looked at our community standards, our guidelines, we have reshifted the way that we address people that can come...
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in our final installment, cbs's jim axelrod takes a look at what law enforcement can do to combat this billion-dollar crime wave. >> i never thought that this could happen to our family. >> reporter: when kelly gowe's widowed mother, laura kowal, went on match.com, she eventually was scammed out of a maland a half dollars. laura's life would end at 57, her body found in the mississippi river. >> we are constantly chasing our tails. >> reporter: david parish is the sheriff in lewis county, missouri, where laura's body was discovered. >> online romance scams are a scourge. we deal with it every other week. >> reporter: but like law enforcement in small towns across america, sheriff parish says he doesn't have the resources to fully investigate these online scam cases, even when a body washes ashore. >> we are always behind the eight ball on this. >> reporter: but it's not just sheriff parish who's frustrated. >> it's a substantial problem, and it's one that's rapidly accelerating. >> reporter: arun rao, the justice department in washington overseeing romance scam cases, says his main cha
in our final installment, cbs's jim axelrod takes a look at what law enforcement can do to combat this billion-dollar crime wave. >> i never thought that this could happen to our family. >> reporter: when kelly gowe's widowed mother, laura kowal, went on match.com, she eventually was scammed out of a maland a half dollars. laura's life would end at 57, her body found in the mississippi river. >> we are constantly chasing our tails. >> reporter: david parish is the...
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cbs news chief investigative correspondent jim axelrod meant her daughter who is searching for answers. >> she started looking for clues, sifting through bank records and discovering her mom had wired frank about $1.5 million, just about everything she had. >> i think as i went through and started uncovering this, i became sick with the depths of all of it. >> in the last year, 2023, our best estimate is losses in the range of $1.3 billion related to romance scams alone. >> that represents an increase from 500 million in 2019. >> the consumer protection branch at the department of justice investigates online romance scams. >> it has been a rapid rate of increase but we believe that is also substantially in accounting the true extent of the problem. >> jim axelrod joins us now. you have been digging into this for many months now. is it getting better or is this problem getting worse? >> liz, you were talking about those numbers at the top where it is now a billion-dollar problem meaning more than $1 billion in losses if you count up what has been reported by people. you just heard more
cbs news chief investigative correspondent jim axelrod meant her daughter who is searching for answers. >> she started looking for clues, sifting through bank records and discovering her mom had wired frank about $1.5 million, just about everything she had. >> i think as i went through and started uncovering this, i became sick with the depths of all of it. >> in the last year, 2023, our best estimate is losses in the range of $1.3 billion related to romance scams alone....
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cbs's jim axelrod reports on a sinister new twist when the victims themselves become accomplices. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating, and it felt safer. >> online dating felt safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: if it wasn't painful enough that kelly gowe's mother, laura kowal, was scammed out of $1.5 million, then found dead in the mississippi river, when kelly started investigating what happened, she discovered her mom's role in something criminal. >> she got so deep into the scam, and when she tried getting out of it, she became what is known in these scams as a money mule. they got her hooked into it. >> reporter: laura wasn't alone. >> my name is glenda. >> reporter: it's the latest scammer tactic, now so widespread that federal agents have broadcast warnings. >> police officers told me that my love was a scam. >> reporter: this feels like it moves to a whole other level of sinister. >> they use victims till the end. >> reporter: retired postal inspector natalie rita investigated cases where victims fell so hard for their scammers, they'd do anythin
cbs's jim axelrod reports on a sinister new twist when the victims themselves become accomplices. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating, and it felt safer. >> online dating felt safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: if it wasn't painful enough that kelly gowe's mother, laura kowal, was scammed out of $1.5 million, then found dead in the mississippi river, when kelly started investigating what happened, she discovered her mom's role in something...
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cbs's jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: from colorado -- >> he's always very romantic. >> reporter: -- to california -- >> i messed up my life. >> reporter: cbs news searched court cases across the country to find scam victims with the courage to share their stories. people like connie in new york, who say for too long this crime has carried an unwelcome stigma. >> every day i beat myself up. how stupid are you, connie? you're an educated person. >> reporter: the federal trade commission estimates last year, 64,000 americans fell for dreamy but fake identities online. 40% of the victims are men. >> i believed this person. that's why i fell for her. >> reporter: anyone looking for love can fall victim. >> they come from all walks of life. it's all ages. it's, you know, 20s to 70s, 80s. >> reporter: all education levels? >> all education levels. you're talking doctors and lawyers to ditch diggers. >> reporter: it happened to karenna, a california woman with a ph.d. >> i clearly so badly wanted to believe in the dream he was telling me. >> these organizations are sophisticated. they know
cbs's jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: from colorado -- >> he's always very romantic. >> reporter: -- to california -- >> i messed up my life. >> reporter: cbs news searched court cases across the country to find scam victims with the courage to share their stories. people like connie in new york, who say for too long this crime has carried an unwelcome stigma. >> every day i beat myself up. how stupid are you, connie? you're an educated person. >>...
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cbs's jim axelrod meets a daughter whose mother was ensnared in a romance scam that cost her far more than her life savings. >> reporter: gao is a daughter searching for answers. >> i have an appointment with detective jeff phillips. >> reporter: about what happened to her mother. a 57-year-old retired health care executive, who was widowed in 2015, and moved from chicago to the small town of ga lena, illinois, to start her next chapter. >> oh, i love you, honey. >> she had all these buckets full in her life, but there was this one bucket that was missing of having a relationship. >> reporter: so laura, like 3 in 10 adults have done, turned to online dating, creating a profile on match.com. >> it felt safer to do it that way than to go to a bar and meet somebody. >> online dating felt safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: she matched with someone who called themself frank bourke and who used these two pictures stolen from a chilean doctor. frank claimed to be a swedish businessman. >> clearly my mom felt the emotions of feeling loved, and i know there's a lot of people out there saying, well
cbs's jim axelrod meets a daughter whose mother was ensnared in a romance scam that cost her far more than her life savings. >> reporter: gao is a daughter searching for answers. >> i have an appointment with detective jeff phillips. >> reporter: about what happened to her mother. a 57-year-old retired health care executive, who was widowed in 2015, and moved from chicago to the small town of ga lena, illinois, to start her next chapter. >> oh, i love you, honey....
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jim axelrod has this cautionary tale. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating. >> online dating felt safer. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it's ironic. >> i know. >> reporter: ironic because after kelly gau's mom laura found a partner on the dating site match.com, she was scammed out of $1.5 million by someone posing falsely online as frank. did she show you her profile on match.com? >> she never did. i thought she could navigate that very well and would never put herself in any position where she would get hurt. >> reporter: laura was like millions of americans who have logged on to a dating app looking for love. but according to a pugh survey, more than half the people using dating apps believe they've been approached by a scam account. take the profile picture of frank, who laura met on match.com. we tracked the stolen photo. it's actually of a doctor who lives in chile. how it is possible that romance scammers can create these fraudulent profiles on online dating sites? >> i mean, it's quite easy. they don't want friction on these apps. > reporter: katherin
jim axelrod has this cautionary tale. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating. >> online dating felt safer. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it's ironic. >> i know. >> reporter: ironic because after kelly gau's mom laura found a partner on the dating site match.com, she was scammed out of $1.5 million by someone posing falsely online as frank. did she show you her profile on match.com? >> she never did. i thought she could navigate...
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i spoke with chief investigator corresponded jim axelrod about why it could actually be much more common than we think. >> so many people are wracked with shame, regret, embarrassment, that they don't tell law enforcement about this scam. so those numbers, the billion-dollar number is probably much higher. a lot of times these are very sophisticated , shrewd, successful people who are just lonely. the to connect with someone, so they end up sending money to somebody that they have never met before. >> we will continue our investigations into romance scams all this week on the cbs evening news. >>> tonight, a sinister new twist, when the victims themselves become a couple says. you can watch at 6:30, right here on kpix 5. >>> a critical role in disaster operations including right here in the bay area during national volunteer month, we are hearing from community members who step up when tragedy strikes. >> i fell in love with the people , knowing that i could help at any time i wanted. >> still ahead here at 5:00, a final >>> we are celebrate in community bridge builders in the bay area.
i spoke with chief investigator corresponded jim axelrod about why it could actually be much more common than we think. >> so many people are wracked with shame, regret, embarrassment, that they don't tell law enforcement about this scam. so those numbers, the billion-dollar number is probably much higher. a lot of times these are very sophisticated , shrewd, successful people who are just lonely. the to connect with someone, so they end up sending money to somebody that they have never...
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cbs's jim axelrod reports on a sinister new twist, when the victims themselves become accomplices. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating, and it felt safer. >> reporter: online dating felt safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: if it wasn't painful enough that kelly gowe's mother, laura kowal, was scammed out of $1.5 million, then found dead in the mississippi river, when kelly started investigating what happened, she discovered her mom's role... in something criminal. >> she got so deep into this scam, and when she tried getting out of it, she became what is known in a scam as a money mule, got her hooked into it. >> reporter: laura wasn't alone. >> my name is glenda. >> reporter: it is the latest scammer tactic, now so widespread that federal agents are broadcast warnings. >> police officers told me that my love was a scam. >> reporter: this feels like it moves to a whole 'nother level of sinister. >> they use victims 'til the end. >> reporter: retired postal inspector natalie reda investigated cases where victims fell so hard for their scammers, they'd do a
cbs's jim axelrod reports on a sinister new twist, when the victims themselves become accomplices. >> my mom was actually very specific about wanting to do online dating, and it felt safer. >> reporter: online dating felt safer? >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: if it wasn't painful enough that kelly gowe's mother, laura kowal, was scammed out of $1.5 million, then found dead in the mississippi river, when kelly started investigating what happened, she discovered her mom's role......
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cbs's jim axelrod meets a daughter whose mother was ensnared in a romance scam that cost are far more than her life savings. >> reporter: gao is a daughter of searching for answers. >> i have an appointment with detective jeff phillips. >> reporter: with what happened to her mother laura kowal, 57-year-old retired health care executive who was widowed in 2015 and move from chicago to the small town of galena, illinois, to start her next chapter. >> i love you, honey. >> she had all of these buckets full in her life, but there was one bucket that was missing of having a relationship. relationship. >> reporter: so laura like three in ten adults have done turn to online dating, creating a profile on match.com. >> reporter: it felt safer to do it that way then to go to a bar and meet somebody. >> reporter: online dating felt safer. >> yes. >> reporter: she match with someone who called themselves frank borg and chose these two pictures stolen from a chill leyland doctor. he claimed to be a swedish businessman. >> clearly my mom felt the emotions of feeling loved and i know that there are
cbs's jim axelrod meets a daughter whose mother was ensnared in a romance scam that cost are far more than her life savings. >> reporter: gao is a daughter of searching for answers. >> i have an appointment with detective jeff phillips. >> reporter: with what happened to her mother laura kowal, 57-year-old retired health care executive who was widowed in 2015 and move from chicago to the small town of galena, illinois, to start her next chapter. >> i love you, honey....
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cbs's jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: from colorado -- >> he's always very romantic. >> reporter: -- to california. >> i messed up my life. >> reporter: cbs news searched court cases across the country to find scam victims with the courage to share their stories. people like connie in new york, who say for too long this crime has carried an unwelcome stigma. >> every day i beat myself up. how stupid are you, connie? you're an educated person. >> reporter: the federal trade commission estimates last year 64,000 americans fell for dreamy but fake identities online. 40% of the victims are men. >> i believed this person. that's why i fell for her. >> reporter: anyone looking for love can fall victim. >> they come from all walks of life. it's all ages. it's, you know, 20s to 70s, 80s. >> all education levels? >> all education levels. you're talking doctors and lawyers to ditch diggers. >> reporter: it happened to karina, a california woman with a ph.d. >> i clearly so badly wanted to believe in the dream that he was selling me. >> these organizations are sophisticated. they know how to d
cbs's jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: from colorado -- >> he's always very romantic. >> reporter: -- to california. >> i messed up my life. >> reporter: cbs news searched court cases across the country to find scam victims with the courage to share their stories. people like connie in new york, who say for too long this crime has carried an unwelcome stigma. >> every day i beat myself up. how stupid are you, connie? you're an educated person. >>...