Illinois
When her mother went missing, an Illinois woman ventured into the dark corners of America's romance scam epidemic
Laura Kowal's match on an online dating site wasn't what he seemed. Now her daughter is on a mission to expose the risk of romance scams: "It could happen to anybody."
When Laura Kowal decided to date again after losing her husband of 24 years, the 57-year-old retired hospital executive from Galena, Illinois, joined an online dating site because that felt safer.
The relationship she forged with a self-described Swe... [12741 chars]