A woman is taking legal action after a man she called her boyfriend was able to scam her out of thousands of dollars. Christina LaBarbiera, a realtor from New Jersey, warned women against love bombing after telling her story of how she was scammed out of $72,000. This really does…
An Auckland woman was “mentally and financially drained” after losing more than $300,000 to several overseas accounts in a social media romance scam. Photo / 123rf.com An Auckland woman was “mentally and financially drained” after losing more than $300,000 to several overseas accounts in a social media romance scam. The…
Image Source : PIXABAY Tinder dating app Tinder, a renowned dating platform, has faced recent incidents that have raised concerns among its users. In one unfortunate story, a 42-year-old woman tragically lost her life savings after encountering a match on the app. Similarly, another woman reportedly lost a substantial amount…
Rachel Elwell, 50, lost £113,000 after months of online messages, calls & emails Export manager from Brownhills, West Midlands is latest ‘romance fraud’ victim After striking up an instant connection, photos appeared to show a ‘loving’ man A scammer convinced her that dangerous loan sharks had trapped them abroad Using…
SINGAPORE: What 27-year-old Ong thought was blossoming love after an online encounter on Facebook’s dating service, turned out to be a scam that saw her lose S$5,000 (RM17,489) in three weeks. The Malaysian woman, who works as an administrative officer in Singapore, told The Straits Times that she was approached…
In a perplexing twist of events, a woman recently fell victim to an impersonation scam involving none other than Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp. This unfortunate incident unfolded when the unsuspecting woman, whose identity remains undisclosed, unknowingly sent $15,000 to an individual posing as the renowned actor. Johnny Depp, the Face…
BOSTON — It’s a warning story for everyone using dating apps: scammers are using the sites to find victims and steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. One victim shared her story with WBZ-TV. She had just finalized her divorce earlier in the year and decided to put herself out there…
Over my career, I have investigated a number of romance scams. There is, tragically, a never-ending supply of stories of vulnerable, lonely people who have been duped into handing over their heart and their money to someone who doesn’t exist. In one investigation, I told the story of what’s believed…
By Helena Kelly Consumer Reporter For Dailymail.Com 19:23 03 Jul 2023, updated 19:38 03 Jul 2023 Monique Sherman, 43, had her Facebook account hacked by scammers who then posted a host of fraudulent adverts for non-existent goods Strangers who had paid for a $300 couch which had been advertised on…
A woman from Florida is accused of defrauding a holocaust survivor she met on a dating app out of $2.8 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York states. Peaches Stergo was sentenced to 51 months in prison was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos for her…
