Plus: The man whose photos were stolen for scam speaks out. Widow looking for love was taken for over $1 million in a catfish scam Liza Likins was hoping to had found a love connection online, but instead, she found nothing but financial heartbreak. Liza Likins, who sang backup for…

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Romance scams are booming. The Federal Trade Commission says it received 70,000 reports of romance scams in 2022, with reported losses of $1.3 billion. Liza Likins is one of those who fell victim to such a scam. The former backup singer for Stevie Nicks and other musicians says what she…

Would you know a person generated by artificial intelligence if you saw one? ABC13’s sister station in Chicago talked to two men in November 2023 who fell for romance scams using AI-generated women. At least one of the men said he should have known better, but like many others, was…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Men are coming forward frustrated at learning their pictures are being used to scam people looking for love. ABC11 Troubleshooter Diane Wilson continues to warn you about the financial and emotional heartbreak of the victims who thought they formed an online love connection, only to lose…

The romance scammer, middle, gets caught in act at Gongdeok Station in Mapo District, western Seoul on Feb. 15. [SCREEN CAPTURE/JOONGANG PHOTO] A Swiss man flew to Korea to catch his thought-to-be female romance scammer, who turned out to be a man.    The scammer was arrested last month.  …

A WIRED review of the videos and three associated Yahoo Boy Telegram channels shows how the con artists’ techniques have evolved as deepfake applications and artificial intelligence have improved. It is one of the first times the specific tactics and outlandish techniques of scammers using deepfake video calls has been…

Does he seem too good to be true? It might be because he’s a romance scammer called a “Yahoo Boy” who wants to steal your life savings. The Yahoo Boys are an online crime group based out of Nigeria that creates fake online personas and uses them to target victims,…

The Nagoya District Court on Monday imposed a nine-year prison term and an ¥8 million ($51,700) fine on a 25-year-old woman — who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri” — for swindling three men out of ¥156 million through a romance scam and for selling a manual on how…

LAS VEGAS (FOX5/Gray News) – The FBI’s Las Vegas branch announced on Friday criminal charges against a woman who is accused of “deliberately and methodically” targeting older men to rob them of everything. Aurora Phelps is currently incarcerated in Mexico and awaiting extradition after the Department of Justice filed a…