This puts the ‘Tinder Swindler’ to shame

Like many of you, I'm totally enthralled by romance scammer documentaries at the moment. I started with "The Tinder Swindler" on Netflix (OMG) and have moved on to "Bad Vegan" (even more OMG) — the two shows aren't Netflix's top streams for nothing!

Aside from entertainment value, the docs give a glimpse at the more insidious aspects of online dating and offer lessons for anyone meeting someone online these days. We asked experts to break it all down; here are their top tips for how to spot a scammer on a dating app.

Xo, Ashley Rockman

If they seem too good to be true, it's possible they are

In case you missed it

On that same topic, HuffPost Personal featured a story this week by a woman who met a great guy on a dating app — or so she thought — only to discover he had been dating six other women while they were in a relationship.

Venmo led to the discovery

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