Ms Niamh Davenport:

Unfortunately, romance scams are quite long scams. They might take place over a number of months. People tend to meet online and the fraudster builds up a fake profile. They will contact someone through a dating website and then they will maybe move off and have WhatsApp chats, etc. They will eventually ask for help or have an issue where they need help with something. They might say a family member is ill and ask the person to transfer money. They might not even ask that money be transferred. It would be something along those lines. It could be that the person is coming over to visit but needs to pay for baggage or something like that. There is a range of different excuses that they will use.