The facts
Notices generally must arrive within 24 hours of a fraud ban. Providers may extend that to three days after the ban when circumstances require; requested law-enforcement delays have a separate deadline of three days after the delay ends. [1]
A notice must identify the banned profile and the most recent message exchange, warn about possible fraud, provide fraud-avoidance information and give customer-service contact details. [1]
The Federal Trade Commission and authorized state officials can enforce the law. The act creates a notification requirement; it does not itself require services to ban particular accounts, legal analyst Irina Manta noted. [1][2]
Sources
References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 08:23 UTC.
This is a catch-up report of the October 20 enactment, not a claim that the law was signed today. The final statutory text controls the requirements and commencement date.
- Public Law 119-129 — Romance Scam Prevention Act
US Government Publishing Office · Primary source · 20 Oct 2026
Full enacted text, approval date, definitions, deadlines, enforcement and one-year commencement provision read from an ordinary public HTTPS response.
- Romance Scam Prevention Act Signed into Law
Reason / The Volokh Conspiracy · Reporting · 27 Oct 2026
Independent legal analysis by law professor Irina Manta, published by Reason Foundation; commentary was distinguished from statutory requirements.