--- title: 50% of Americans Are Reluctant to Discuss Romance Scam... description: A NordProtect-commissioned survey of 2,078 Americans reveals that 55% of romance scam victims consider it more shameful than other fraud types, with nearly 19%... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/50-of-americans-are-reluctant-to-discuss-romance-scam-incidents-rlofsz5vb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 50% of Americans Are Reluctant to Discuss Romance Scam Incidents | daily.dev og:description: A NordProtect-commissioned survey of 2,078 Americans reveals that 55% of romance scam victims consider it more shameful than other fraud types, with nearly 19%... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/50-of-americans-are-reluctant-to-discuss-romance-scam-incidents-rlofsz5vb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rLofSz5vb.png og:image:alt: 50% of Americans Are Reluctant to Discuss Romance Scam Incidents og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 50% of Americans Are Reluctant to Discuss Romance Scam Incidents **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A NordProtect-commissioned survey of 2,078 Americans reveals that 55% of romance scam victims consider it more shameful than other fraud types, with nearly 19% not reporting incidents at all. Men are disproportionately affected — 19% of male respondents lost money to romance scams versus 11% of women — and men aged 35–44 are most frequently targeted. Underreporting is especially high among victims who lost smaller amounts (26%). Most victims report to banks or local police rather than the FBI's IC3 or the FTC, leaving key law enforcement channels underutilized. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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