Meeting real connections can be hard online, with embellished bios, facetuned pictures, and AI bots on fake accounts. Experts say too much time on dating apps can be bad for your mental health, too.

"I fell in love with him and he also claimed to feel the same way for me," said a victim of a romance scam, who requested anonymity. They met a man called "Bob" on Facebook, who claimed to be in South ...