Con Artists Target Women On Facebook By Impersonating Soldiers

Con artists are targeting women on Facebook in what's becoming an all-too-common ruse: They steal photos of soldiers to set up profiles, profess their love and devotion in sappy messages – and then ask their victims to cut a check.

Army Sgt. James Hursey, 26, discharged and sent home from war in Iraq to nurse a back injury, found a page with his photos on Facebook – on a profile that wasn't his. It was fake, set up by someone claiming to be an active-duty soldier looking for love.

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