In the beginning it wasn't possible to see each other online. Even digital photographs were rare and involved scanning an actual picture. Voice chat was aso uncommon.
Then real time voice chat became a thing in the early 2000s. Eventually video chat emerged.
Romance scamming emerged even in this brief golden era of verification by video chat. They hurt so many.
We are now leaving this era; face swap and voice swap are becoming available to many. Romance scams are going to get even worse.
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