Millions of Americans visit online dating websites every year hoping to find a companion or even a soulmate.But as Valentine’s Day gets closer, the FBI wants to warn you that criminals use these sites, too, looking to turn the lonely and vulnerable into fast money through a variety of scams..There will be more hardships that only you can help alleviate with your financial gifts.

He or she may have a profile you can read or a picture that is e-mailed to you.

But when she writes back, when she makes eye contact, then the rejection becomes personal and I have to think about it.

It used to be parents who worried about their children being picked up by unsavory types in bars and other seedy hang-outs.

For weeks, even months, you may chat back and forth with one another, forming a connection. But ultimately, it’s going to happen—your new-found “friend” is going to ask you for money.

So you send money..rest assured the requests won’t stop there.