Romance scammers have perfected the art of preying on lonely hearts, particularly those of older Americans, with devastating ...

Falling in love is great, so long as you aren’t falling into the open arms of a scammer hungry to steal your money and break ...

Romance or friendship scams cost people more money than any other type of scam in 2024, according to the annual Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker Risk Report. Romance ...

A romance scam survivor and advocate shares her story as lawmakers push for a bill requiring dating apps to notify users ...

Q. My 70-year-old female friend is a widow and was the victim of a romance scam. Could you please write about this scam so others will not be duped into thinking they had met their true love.

Scammers ply their trade from call centres, operating in fortified compounds or on the upper floors of unfinished high-rises.

One victim sold her house to send $600,000, according to an affidavit, while another sent $40,000 in gift cards.

Next, he said he needed to pay *** translator ... How is this classic romance fraud? Beth cut Richard off and contacted law enforcement. They've yet to catch her scammer or recover her $26,000 ...

Christine Joan Echohawk, 54, was charged with laundering $1.5 million through online romance scams targeting ... would "all go away" if she were to pay back the people who'd sent her money ...

Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange. Whatever the scheme, the money has vanished, sucked into a complex money-laundering network that ...