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Romance Scam Prevention Act

It became law on Oct 20.

US HR 2481 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
Became law
Started in
House
Sponsors
+6
Latest action
Oct 20

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 20

What it does

Romance Scam Prevention Act This act requires online dating service providers (i.e., mobile applications or websites) to provide users with a fraud ban notification if the user has established an account with the service and received a message through the service from a banned user of the service. The fraud ban notification must include (1) the username or other profile identifier of the banned user and the most recent time when the user who is receiving the notification sent or received a message through the service to or from the banned user, (2) a statement that the banned user may have been using a false identity or attempting to defraud other users, (3) a statement that the user should…

Official summary · Public Law · Oct 20

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