Romance scams are at all-time high. “Of all fraud types by total dollars, more is lost in romance scams,” said Avi Panth, an assistant United States attorney with the Eastern District of Virginia during an online presentation that explored the exploitation of older people with an emphasis on romance scams….

It’s the art of the steal. The internet is flooded with inventive schemes, from AI-fueled romance scams to cybercriminals who pose as kidnapped loved ones to receive “ransom” payments. Now, a woman is warning of a sneaky “new scam” in which bad actors masquerade as artists so they can hijack…

LONGMONT, Colo. — John Clark from Longmont reached out to Denver7 Investigates after losing thousands of dollars in an investment-turned-romance scam. In an email, he wrote, “I have reported the incident to the police, who have confirmed that it is indeed a scam. Two additional investigations are underway.” Clark is…

It started with a DM.  For five months, 25-year-old computer programmer Maggie K. exchanged daily messages with the man she met on Instagram, convinced she had found something real.  When it was finally time to meet in person, he never showed. Instead, he claimed he missed his flight and needed…

KRMG’s News Director and Midday Anchor April Hill (Helm) testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. April’s mother was the victim of a romance scam and gave away $350,000 to the scammer before she passed away in 2020. Since then, April has become an advocate for scam victims and…

A recent cyberattack campaign is preying on German speakers with a deceptive adult-themed and romance scam to deliver malware. The sophisticated operation leverages a legitimate traffic distribution system (TDS) called Keitaro TDS to redirect unsuspecting victims to malicious domains. This campaign was discovered by the security research firm Sublime Security,…

LONDON, UK / ACCESS Newswire / July 15, 2025 / Professional footballer, Jorginho, who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo, has partnered with secure messaging platform, aOK, which is set to launch this summer. aOK is the first peer-to-peer messaging platform where every user is…

Tucsonan David Wright drained his wife Mary’s $250,000 retirement account, sending tens of thousands of dollars to a woman he met on Facebook last year. The couple, in their 70s, took out a loan on their Jeep, which had already been repossessed once for missing payments. They are also hoping…

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Scammers are opportunistic and use holidays or world events to try to trick people. Ahead of Valentine’s Day and as part of our global anti-scam awareness campaign to protect people online, we’re sharing relevant product tools on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, new research into romance scams across the internet…