A 75-year-old B.C. woman says a romance scam that began on Facebook left her $60,000 in debt and with almost nothing to live ...

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

Joe Novak thought he had found a genuine human connection on social media. After the 51-year-old father shared a Facebook post about the challenges of caring for a son with celiac disease, a woman he ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. — As Valentine’s Day approaches and people turn to online dating in search of connection, a Minnesota woman’s experience highlights the growing threat of romance scams targeting ...

It seems that scams are everywhere these days — in our texts, emails, and phone calls to start. And con artists continue to become more sophisticated in the age of AI, so much so that a recent survey ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Romance scammers stole $672 million in 2024, and now the FBI is warning Kansas Citians to stay alert this Valentine’s Day. Federal investigators say criminals are targeting ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...