US EditionAsking Eric: We’re extremely worried about young son’s plan to travel to meet older woman in Brazil
- A 22-year-old son plans to visit his 36-year-old internet girlfriend in Brazil this summer.
- The son met the woman online, and the parents are worried about the relationship.
- He plans to stay for three months, is learning the language, and has never traveled alone.
- The son has been sending her money, and the FTC reported over 64,000 romance scams in 2023.
- The parents fear a romance scam, as a friend suggested she wants to come to the U.S.
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Alabama Live
Asking Eric: Son’s older, long-distance relationship raises alarm bells
Dear Eric: My 22-year-old son has met a 36-year-old woman in Brazil on the internet. He has fallen for her and is planning to go there this summer for at least three months.
Omaha World-Herald
Son's older, long-distance relationship raises alarm
Dear Eric: My 22-year-old son has met a 36-year-old woman in Brazil on the internet. He has fallen for her and is planning to go there this summer for at least three months.
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Asking Eric: We’re extremely worried about young son’s plan to travel to meet older woman in Brazil
Dear Eric: My 22-year-old son has met a 36-year-old woman in Brazil on the internet. He has fallen for her and is planning to go there this summer for at least three months.
Asking Eric: Son fell in love with a woman he met online
Dear Eric: My 22-year-old son has met a 36-year-old woman in Brazil on the internet. He has fallen for her and is planning to go there this summer for at least three months. My husband and I are very worried. He doesn’t speak the language, although he is learning it. He hasn’t traveled by himself before and there are advisories for traveling to Brazil. We worry about this woman’s motives. He has been sending her money. One friend cautioned that …
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