A Nigerian man who prosecutors say spent more than 15 years carrying out online romance scams that defrauded victims of more ...

It began with a simple “Hello” on the social media platform Threads. The retiree, who lives near the south-western German ...

Prosecutors are seizing assets from a New Jersey man accused of running a romance scam on OnlyFans to steal $100,000.

A 77-year-old woman in Western New York thought she was talking to a man named “Oliver Wilson.” Federal prosecutors said the name was fake. Stephen ... Read More ...

The alleged scammers used AI and fake dating profiles to build trust with victims. One 74-year-old sent $1.1M to a “woman” ...

In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist Simon Leviev, who posed as a wealthy diamond mogul on the popular dating app Tinder to deceive and scam numerous ...

Romance scams are on the rise, and they are costing Americans hundreds of millions of dollars. According to the FBI’s 2024 Internet Crime Report, romance scams (and the similar confidence scams, which ...

A Florida woman netted approximately $3 million over six years from a romance scam, investigators in eastern North Carolina said. According to Craven County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, ...

Romance scams are one of the most costly types of fraud in America, according to the Federal Trade Commission: people gave ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - As Valentine’s Day approaches, the threat of romance scams is becoming increasingly real. The Kansas Bureau of investigation says in 2024 over 17,900 Americans fell victim to ...