The Internet
Scammers post profiles on dating websites to groom new victims. Upon finding victims, scammers lure them to more private means of communication, (such as providing an e-mail address) to allow for fraud to occur.
Researchers have found that victims feel that there is an equal balance of self-disclosures (Whitty & Buchanan, in press).http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/research/research-groups/digital-identities-research-group/online-dating-romance-scam-project.
Read more about this topic: Romance Scam