A local financial coach is sounding the alarm for those looking for love online or those looking find a good deal online.

A lonely heart may desperately try to find love in unconventional places and Connie Miller from DeWitt Savings Bank indicates online romances just might be a scam. 

According to Miller, Facebook can be a real trap in a lot of ways. She explains people can be victims to crimes from scammers on Facebook Marketplace or the item advertised isn't real and an electronic payment has already been made.

Retrieving money lost through a Facebook scam isn't always a guarantee. While sometimes that money can be recovered, Miller indicates there are some forms of electronic payment that they cannot recover. She encourages contacting your financial institution as soon as you think you may have been a victim of a scam.

She also encourages verifying the item or items you want to purchase off a site like Facebook Marketplace is, in fact, real.