Daughters new online boyfriend

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Hi I’m looking for some advice on how to keep my daughter safe.

my eldest daughter has just turned 18, she’s quite shy and naive so we’ve encouraged her to get a job and go out with friends more etc to gain some confidence and get a bit of life experience. She was doing really well and seemed happy but then all of a sudden she was going out less and spending a lot of time on her computer talking to someone. Her behaviour changed and she became secretive and would seem shifty when I’d ask about her friends etc. she eventually told me she’s started a relationship with a guy she met online. She’s already disclosed information to him about her finances which worries me as when she turned 18 she received a few thousand from savings from family to help her through uni. She’s also been looking for her passport because apparently her friends wanted to see it. Luckily she couldn’t find it so never sent that info on, she says it’s not her new boyfriend asking for this stuff but when I press her on it she just says it’s her mates.
she’s also told me that she met this guy in person and when I’ve asked if her friends were there too she says they were but then her story keeps changing so I’ve a feeling she went alone and doesn’t want to admit this as she knows it was unsafe. There’s a few gaps in the stuff he’s told her about himself, he doesn’t use his real name (he’s Polish and says people can’t pronounce his real name) and he says he’s from a poor family but can afford to get from one end of the count to another to come see her.
I know she’s an adult and I can’t stop her doing any of this but I’m so worried this guy not all he makes out to be. I’ve tried to have the conversation with her about not sending personal details and not sending him money etc but she doesn’t seem to understand where I’m coming from. She’s a really intelligent young woman but has always lacked common sense and trusts people way too easily so I’m worried he’s taking advantage.
sorry for long post but really hoping someone can give me some advice on how to help her handle this.

I work somewhere where I'm the eldest at 54 and the youngest is 24. She confided in me that she was speaking to someone on the internet. She is a lovely girl , a natural looking beauty but would be described as nothing remarkable . He is a gym rat , good looking guy . It turns out he has money issues and is just after her cash . After some tuition she has the balls to dump him .

Its a minefield out there with lots of people just looking to take advantage of naïve people . There is something you can do . Its sneaky but needs must . Speak to someone who knows about computers and ask them to add a message log . This way you will see every message they type .

Like I said its a last resort but we used it for the kids when they were younger and 95% of the time the messages were unremarkable but how ever this is how we found out my DH 22 year old son was talking to a 13 year old in the USA (it was innocent conversations but words were had with him )