KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Deputies are warning the public of online scammers after a Clay County man lost six figures in a romance scam that lasted nearly seven months.

According to a Facebook post from the Clay County Sheriff's Office, since March of this year, a local man has lost an estimated $120,000 to an individual claiming to be a woman named "Lisa."

Lisa reportedly initiated a conversation with the man via TikTok seven months ago. She eventually asked the man to move the conversation to the Telegram app -- an encrypted messaging app that the sheriff's office says makes it harder for law enforcement to access and track conversations with scammers.

Over the course of their conversations, the scammer and victim built a "relationship." During this time, Lisa reportedly had several "emerge

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