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119th Congress

H.R. 2481

Romance Scam Prevention Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
David G. Valadao(R-CA)
Introduced
Mar 31, 2025
Policy area
Commerce
Committees
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Official text
Placed on Calendar Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (9)

Original cosponsors (3)

Added later (6)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Romance Scam Prevention Act This bill 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 not send cash (or another form of currency) or personal financial information to another user, (4) information about avoiding online fraud (e.g., a link to another website or a disclosure) and (5) contact information for the provider's customer service department. The bill provides for enforcement of these requirements by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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