This week on The Perfect Scam.

I was just liking the post on Facebook.

I had liked the post and it didn't seem like it was long couple of hours or something

and up on my messenger he popped up. Thank you for being a fan of mine. I would like to have a private chat. I thought oh my goodness a celebrity is actually talking to me. This is so cool. You know, I never had anyone do this before, you know?

Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. When you hear the words you've

been waiting to hear your whole life, well that's pretty powerful, that's love.

Or it can also be a scam.

Telling the difference isn't always easy,

especially if you are lonely or just emerging from a difficult divorce or haven't gotten attention

from anyone special in a long time or if times are just tough. This is the

challenging atmosphere that many victims face when they fall in love online.

But to make things even more complicated, sometimes that new attention comes from someone

you feel like you already know, someone famous at least to you.

But it's easy to pretend to be a celebrity online.

And as we told you in our episode a few months ago about Paul Nicklin, the famous net geo photographer,

the internet and social media in particular is awash in celebrity impostors. And these imposters can do a lot of damage.

Nancy Newcomer moved to rural North Carolina several years ago when she was divorced after 40 years of marriage

so she could live closer to her sister. She had worked at an office job in the medical field for most of her life,

but when she got to North Carolina, she took

up a much more challenging but much more rewarding profession.

She cares for very sick, older patients, many near death.

That's a tough job.

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