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With summer travel approaching, officials are issuing a security alert to Americans who are using dating apps in certain areas of Mexico, warning travelers to use caution due to a rise in kidnappings linked to the apps .

On Monday, the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Mexico shared a security alert after confirming "several reports of U.S. citizens being kidnapped by individuals the victims met on dating apps in recent months."

"You've got to be careful, buyer beware. You've got to assume that something bad could happen to you in this process," Bobby McDonald, a retired supervisory Secret Service agent and a lecturer in criminal justice at the University of New Haven, shared with Fox News Digital about dating app dangers.

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