Romance scams are emotional cons disguised as love stories. Scammers build fake online relationships to manipulate people into sending money, gifts, or sensitive information. These schemes don't just ...

"They’ll offer to talk by phone, and they’ll use AI to disguise their voice or appearance and to make it look like somebody they’re not." COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Online dating can be risky, ...

It’s a sad fact, but true — so many of today’s most common scams work by preying on and exploiting trust, and our most human emotions. And that’s even more true when it comes to online dating scams ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - You can call it different things, catfished, scammed. But the results are often the same, heartbreak and a drained bank account. At almost 70 years old, Mark Vaughn ...

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 ...

ELIZABETH, Colo. (KOAA) — Romance scams and investment scams ranked top 10 for the number of complaints to the Federal Bureau of Investigations in 2024. A Colorado man tells News5 he was a victim of ...

It started with sweet words online. It ended with more than $3 million gone. In a disturbing reminder that romance scams remain a serious threat, especially to older adults, a federal jury found a ...

Learn how AI deepfakes enabled a sophisticated romance scam that drained a Bitcoin investor’s $86,800 retirement fund and how ...

Stories like this rarely end well. The ideal partner turns out to be a sophisticated scam artist, and a love-struck single is left not only broken-hearted — but broke. Being scammed by a romantic ...