A Chicago Ridge woman is out $80,000 after falling for a man she thought was an acclaimed actor. The woman’s sister says she met the person, claiming to be Taylor Kinney from NBC’s “Chicago Fire,” through an online fan page. “She went through all of her savings. She cashed out…

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways With the rise of AI and deepfake technology, Americans of all ages have fallen for online scams promoted by…

Celebrity scams have been around for a few years, but we’re seeing an increase in them right now.A viewer sent News 8 On Your Side an email: “Actor Taylor Kinney from ‘Chicago Fire’ is talking to me…or is it a scammer?”She passed along a driver’s license photo that was sent…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – An 81-year-old Tennessee widow lost roughly $30,000 in cash, bitcoin and gift cards to a person or persons pretending to be country music star Luke Bryan. The victim’s daughters, who live in Florida and Tennessee, contacted News 6 to expose the romance scam that started on a…

A WOMAN has told how she was catfished by a scammer pretending to be Gary Barlow who told her he loved her and asked her for money. Janet Smith, 62, genuinely believed she was talking to the Take That singer for about a week after she added him as a…

Experts say impersonation scams are highly dangerous because they prey on society’s natural trust in celebrities and the public’s admiration for them. CROTON, Ohio — A new push is underway to protect consumers from online scammers. It’s a growing problem nationwide that is costing Americans billions of dollars. These professional…

By FRANKIE ELLIOTT FOR MAILONLINE Published: 17:41 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 17:52 EDT, 22 August 2024 Con artists posing as Tom Jones and Celine Dion have duped pensioners in neighbouring villages into sending them thousands of pounds – as police issue a warning about the rise in hoax…

A widow who handed her life savings to an online romance fraudster said she would struggle to “ever trust anybody again” after the £50,000 scam. Retired mother-of-two Lyn, 60, from Warrington, Cheshire, was taken in by a man she met on a social media page for widows and widowers in…

(MUSIC INTRO) [00:00:01] Bob: This week on The Perfect Scam. [00:00:03] Nancy Newcomber: I was just liking the posts on Facebook. I liked a post, and it, it didn’t seem like it was long, a couple hours or something, and up on my Messenger, he popped up. “Thank you for being…

Amid a rise in scams soliciting money through social media by using celebrity names or taking advantage of romantic feelings, the Fukushima Prefectural Police are urging residents to be vigilant and are stepping up their investigations. The two types of social media fraud cost people in the prefecture ¥328.2 million…