Sometimes, there are individuals who create fake profiles online for purposes other than financial. By definition this is still fraud because there is a type of personal gain by the perpetrator, as they get their needs met, at the personal cost of the target.
These profiles are known as Catfishing profiles and you can read more about them here.
Non financial, online romance fraudsters are a different breed and most often individuals. I call these ‘Personal Catfish’. There are many motives and intents behind these. You can read about them here.