My Future Ex-Husband Was a Scammer

KS Brooks
7 min readMar 25, 2020
Photo by Sandi Allen

As an author, I take my research very seriously. So, when two friends in Arizona told me they had female relatives or friends who had been scammed out of money — one of them for over $40,000 — by men on dating sites, I decided it was time to join a dating site and see exactly how this type of thing goes down.

I put up my profile with minimal information, and a fake name. Honestly, I didn’t spend much…

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KS Brooks

Award-winning novelist and photographer. Fearless leader of IndiesUnlimited. Wilderness hermit, intrepid road warrior. Gluten-free guru. Slightly opinionated.