The ‘suckers list’: How scammers repeatedly target victims

In the shadowy world of romance scams, one of the hottest commodities is the so-called “suckers list.” This list contains the names, social media accounts and telephone numbers of people who have been conned out of their money before. Fraudsters know that if someone can be tricked once, they are likely to be easy prey to be tricked again. Wendy Dickel, a retired school bus driver in the Ottawa area is on a suckers list. She is the victim of a romance scam, and is now being targeted f