Although Valentine's Day only comes once a year, there are scammers in cyberspace that are using the desire for a relationship to scam people 365 days a year. 

The Better Business Bureau warns that romance scammers use dating websites, apps, Facebook, and other social media. BBB Investigator Don O'Brien says they meet victims, interact with them, and quickly try to get them to move to a different form communication such as email or texting.

Criminals posing as potential romantic “matches” may lead victims on for a while, then suddenly claim they’ve got big medical bills, or some other emergency need for money.