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Article: TRUE Says More Victims Fall Prey to Online Dating-Related Crimes Underscoring Need for Legislation; TRUE Continues Nationwide Push to Better Protect Consumers From Engaging With Potentially Dangerous Individuals; Urges Lawmakers and Consumers to Join Important Cause.
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- November 24, 2004
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DALLAS, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Fighting to put an end to the growing list of online tragedies, today TRUE(TM) issued a call to action, urging lawmakers and consumers alike to support its nationwide legislation campaign aimed at better protecting online daters from interacting with criminals. This call to action comes on the heels of yet another online dating-related crime, reported late last week in upstate New York. The victim, a 43 year-old woman from Memphis, Tenn., was reportedly murdered by her husband of just one month, who had previously been arrested for harassment in the late 1980s.
Initiated this past July, TRUE's proposed safety legislation ...