Romance scams have cost victims in the U.S. $1.3 billion in the last five years, and the crooks’ profits have been rising. Recent convictions in a federal trial in Bridgeport […] Skip to content ...

A Connecticut victim lost more than $1 million and now a Bridgeport man is going to prison for his participation in the lottery and romance scams, according to federal prosecutors.

New York had 823 people fall victim to a romance scam in 2022, losing a total of $33.5 million. Believe it or not, that's actually an improvement from 2021, and is much less than California and Texas.

Connecticut residents are losing a lot to fake love, according to a study from Social Catfish, which estimates that the average victim in the Constitution State lost 44,851 to a romance scam in 2022.

State police are warning about “pig butchering” investment and romance scams. They said scammers build the victims’ trust over several weeks or months, then claim to have insider knowledge ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers lost over $1 billion to romance scams in 2023. CT Buzz Host Natasha Lubczenko talked to April Helme, who is the daughter of a romance scam victim.

The Connecticut Better Business Bureau says, behind investment scams, dollar wise, romance scams are highest in the state. And this $100k loss is the highest ever recorded locally in all of 2024.

With the advent of the pandemic has come the changing of the dating landscape as we know it. Sites such as Tinder and Match have all seen an uptick in their usage, with Tinder even reporting a ...

The $139 million lost by romance fraud victims in crypto payments last year was nearly five times those reported in 2020, and more than 25 times those reported in 2019, says the agency. The median ...