Edmonton man loses $143K in romance scam, police renew warnings

An Edmonton man looking for love was defrauded of $143,000 after he became the target of a years-long “romance scam.” Three years ago, an individual who police are identifying as Con, said an American woman claiming to work overseas as a computer civil engineer contacted him after seeing his online dating profile. The 64-year-old man said the woman claimed she was a single mother with a nine-year-old son and she wanted to chat. “Shortly after that, she sent me a bunch of really