Police are seeking a Canadian romance scammer for allegedly defrauding victims across Canada of $275,000. The 30-year-old man ...

Card shops claim February as the month for celebrating love, but it’s also prime time for romance fraudsters. Reported losses ...

A man in Africa says he made his living as a romance scammer, targeting people in the U.S. He recently shared his story in ...

But things changed in 2021 when Chris scammed a woman out of $30,000. “Afterwards she became sick, she became depressed, she was seeing doctors, and she wouldn’t see her grandkids because of me ...

Romance scams, where fraudsters lure victims with false promises of love, prey on thousands of people every year. In 2023, victims lost $1.14 billion to romance scams, with the median loss per person ...

Islanders lost about £406,000 last year from romance scams, Jersey police have said. Recent figures from the police showed ...

Fraud comes in many forms, and one way scammers take advantage of people is through their loneliness. Rebecca Lewis, a sales manager with Arvest Bank, said romance scams are a type of imposter scheme.

Millions of people use online dating apps or social networking sites to meet someone. But instead of finding romance, many find a scammer trying to trick them into sending money. Romance scammers ...

Victims of romance fraud were subject to losses of more than £7m last year in Surrey and Sussex, it has been revealed.