Romance scams are surging this holiday season, with Avast reporting a 64% increase in blocked dating scam attacks and high ...
Joe Novak’s Facebook pinged last year with a friendly message from a stranger. Little did he know it was the start of an ordeal that would tear his life apart.
Last year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 18,000 reports of confidence/romance scams that resulted in losses of more than $672 million. Perpetrators of romance scams ...
A Colorado man is warning others after falling victim to an elaborate romance scam that cost him more than a million dollars in savings. "From the time we were introduced, it was probably within a ...
"ChatGPT told me no, this is a scam, you better go to police station... so I panicked at that time, I panicked and I call him ...
(WXYZ) — The Better Business Bureau is reminding Michiganders to be wary of people who befriend you, or romance you online, and then want money or push crypto ...
BRENTWOOD, Calif. -- A retired businessman from Northern California still devastated by the loss of his wife, thought he found new love. Instead, he was hooked by a cruel scam that took $1 million.
An online romance led a Bay Area woman to drain her retirement accounts, only for an AI assistant to later warn her it was a ...