Card shops claim February as the month for celebrating love, but it’s also prime time for romance fraudsters. Reported losses ...
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 ...
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 ...
A warning now for those who may wear their hearts on their sleeves this Valentine’s Day: so-called “romance scams” are surging across the globe and here in America. In 2022, American lost ...
Rebecca D’Antonio, a romance scam victim who lost $100,000 to a scammer she met on OKCupid, a dating website she thought was trustworthy, found the reporting process to be “impersonal ...
Valentine's Day is on Friday, presenting a ripe opportunity for Arizonans to get got by romance scams. Make sure you don't fall for one.
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.
Police are seeking a Canadian romance scammer for allegedly defrauding victims across Canada of $275,000. The 30-year-old man ...
This problem has worsened over the years; over $1 billion was lost to romance scammers in 2023, according to the Federal ...
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 ...