Widow’s tragic story sheds light on romance scam epidemic

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Widow’s tragic story sheds light on romance scam epidemic – CBS News


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Laura Kowal was looking for love online and ended up being conned out of $1.5 million before her mysterious death. A year-long CBS News investigation found that experts believe law enforcement isn’t keeping pace with romance scammers like the ones who victimized Kowal. Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports the first of a four-part series, “Anything for Love,” a look inside the nation’s romance scam epidemic. [Don’t miss Part 2 of the investigative series “Anything for Love” on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell,” Monday, April 22.]

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