An Upper Marlboro man has been charged with money laundering in connection with romance scams over a period of nearly six years. An Upper Marlboro, Maryland, man has been charged with money laundering in connection with romance scams over a period of nearly six years. Isidore Iwuagwu, 35, is facing…
The public is being alerted by the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police about a blackmail sex scam linked to social media platforms including dating websites and Instagram. Through social media, dating websites or pornographic websites, victims of sextortion are coerced into an online relationship. As the rapport grows, victims are…
what users can do to keep themselves safe! It is safe to say that dating apps have become a huge part of our lives irrespective of whether you are single, divorced or just looking to spice things up a little. With the sea of dating apps launched, people now have…
Globally, millions of people turn to online dating apps or social media to meet someone. In doing so, users share a wide variety of personal data. But lurking in the online shadows there are scammers ready to target the vulnerable. You may not think of yourself as vulnerable, but it’s…
MANCHESTER, CT — A Manchester man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison as part of a federal investigation into lottery and romance scams targeting elderly people, a leading prosecutor said. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, said that Farouq Fasasi, 28,…
Two Florida men have been charged in New Jersey with swindling at least $2.7 million from mostly elderly victims through romance scams and other internet fraud. None of the victims mentioned in court papers are from New Jersey, though wire transfers processed through the FedWire funds service included requests that…
Jane admits that she has sent her internet boyfriend, “Jonathan,” nearly $1 million over the past 18 months, despite having never met him face-to-face. She says that after four different banks refused to do business with her after flagging the large transactions she was attempting to make as suspicious, she…
NEW HAVEN, CT — The leader of a “lottery and romance fraud scheme,” that operated for a time out of a Sherman Avenue residence, has been sentenced to 14 years in a federal prison, according to the Justice Department. The scam defrauded hundreds of mostly elderly people across the country…
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Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. Today: Building a digital defense against broken hearts. One billion dollars. That’s the amount of money that the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center estimates that romance fraud victims lost in 2021. And, those are just the victims who reported losing their heart—and…
