BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A woman accused of deadly “romance scams” will be tried in Benton County following her return to the United States. Aurora Phelps, 43 (Courtesy: FBI Las Vegas) Aurora Phelps, 43, is charged in a 21-count superseding indictment for the alleged drugging and scamming of older…

When Laura Kowal decided to date again after losing her husband of 24 years, the 57-year-old retired hospital executive from Galena, Illinois, joined an online dating site because that felt safer. The relationship she forged with a self-described Swedish investment adviser named Frank Borg began with florid emails and giddy…

Nov. 7—A U.S. District judge sentenced a Nigerian national to seven years in federal prison for conducting a romance scam that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least a dozen identified victims from across the United States. The victims were primarily comprised of elderly or disabled women who…

A California woman’s life took a tragic turn after falling victim to a romance scam involving a fraudster pretending to be actor Keanu Reeves. Katherine Goodson, 67, lost tens of thousands of dollars to the scam, leaving her homeless and living out of her car. According to KNSD, she spent…

A woman allegedly used online dating apps to lure at least four older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, FBI officials in Las Vegas said Friday. The AP reports three of the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Charges have been filed against an Oklahoma woman who is being accused of laundering nearly $1.5 million in funds obtained through online romance scams, targeting elderly women.  Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that Christine Joan Echohawk, 53, was arrested Monday, and is…

A Scottish woman has urged others to remain vigilant on dating websites after losing thousands of pounds in an online romance scam.  The mother, 57, from Glasgow, was conned out of £17,000 by a fraudster on a dating app for women.  Speaking anonymously, ‘Alison’ said that she suffered a suspected…

[Source: Consumer Council of Fiji / Facebook] With National Scam Awareness Week underway to empower communities to fight against fraudulent activities, the Police Force today revealed that retired women are becoming targets of romance scams. According to Acting Director Economic Crime Reshmi Dass, a woman reportedly lost around $500,000 due…

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Loneliness, the desire to find true love, and easily trusting words of affection are among the reasons why women often fall victim to online romance scams, or ‘love scams’, the police said today. According to Utusan Malaysia, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director…