Meet Margaret Moreno, a Mesquite woman who lost $5,000 to a man named “Michael.” David Lurie, in Dallas, shelled out nearly $3,000 to a woman named “Monica.” Ally, from Frisco, lost so much money to “Christopher” that she doesn’t want to show her face. They all thought they found the…
Rescuing Victims From Scammers Let’s talk about rescuing victims This post is dangerous if done in the wrong way. If you follow this process it can help people – if you don’t you can make things worse. We are trained victim’s assistance & support professionals and registered as a Victims…
According to one victim reports scams linked to romantic liaisons every three hours. Scam victims lose an average of £10,000 in the UK with almost all fraudsters demanding their targets transfer money within the first month of . The two police forces, alongside charities Age UK and Victim Support have…
A con artist who has targeted women across the country has found his latest victim in Maryland. The woman you are about to meet thought she could trust the man she had been dating for two months. But then she learned the truth. “He seemed very charming, has all of…
A Lewiston woman is out more than $6,000 after she reportedly fell victim to an online scam originating from Nigeria. Lewiston Police Sgt. Rick Fuentes says the unidentified woman reported the fraud to officials yesterday morning, and told them she had been talking to the male since June or July…
The eight-foot projection screen dropped from a courtroom ceiling. The surveillance video began to play. And from her seat in the second row, Cassandra Atkens — in court Thursday to watch her daughter’s killer be sentenced — knew what she was about to see. The video showed how light it…
Sky News exposes the UK’s most extraordinary conman, Mark Acklom, who is believed to be on the run in Spain A prolific British conman is on the run in Spain, suspected of romancing a businesswoman and fleecing her of her life savings. Mark Acklom – once an infamous schoolboy fraudster…
We’ve heard of jerks who take advantage of folks looking for love, from dining-and-dashing to elaborate scams that swindle romantic targets out of thousands of dollars. Now, police in Connecticut say one woman fleeced her date after he paid for dinner — and used the money to go out with…
A chef posed as a woman to encourage another man to send naked pictures of himself online, before claiming to be an underage girl and blackmailing him for £6,000. Father-of-two Richard Stacey, 21, told his horrified victim he would be named online as a paedophile if he did not pay…
A New York City man convicted of killing his school teacher wife is drawing new outrage for his public quest for romance. Jonathan Crupi was sentenced to 25 years in prison last September after being convicted in the murder of his wife, Simeonette Mapes, in their Staten Island home in…
An internet Romeo dumped after two dates told the woman who ditched him: “I’ve got a gun – I’ll blow you away”. Mark Mason said he would wait outside the shop where she worked and added: “I’m going to shoot you at 10 o’clock this morning”. He sent the victim…
An internet dating fraudster who posed as a grieving businessman has been jailed for conning lonely hearts out of £13,000. Kris Lyndsay told one woman he ran a solar power firm, then posed as a family man struggling to overcome the loss of his wife and daughter in a car…
A Silver Spring man has been convicted of running a romance scam on the internet that defrauded victims of more than $600,000. A federal jury in Greenbelt on Wednesday convicted 27-year-old Evans Appiah on conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a…
My heart is heavy hearing about a young lady who lost her life with an encounter with allegedly an online dating incident. I did online dating for several years prior to getting married and I want to share some strategies I used to keep myself safe: 1. I always took…
A Gympie author who fell victim to an online dating scam is helping others come to terms with being caught up in a fraud. Last year 2,620 Australians reported losing almost $23 million to dating and romance scams, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Gympie author Elina…
Ingrid Lyne was a beautiful caring mother of three who recently met a man whom she met on an entrusted online dating site. Little did Ingrid know in one month of dating this man that he was a homeless convict..yes the man that she met through this site was somehow…
People who are sensitive are more vulnerable to online dating scams, new research suggests. Dr Martin Graff of the University of South Wales questioned over 90 people who had fallen victim to online dating scams. They were questioned about a range of things, including their personality, emotional intelligence and self-esteem….
A man was arrested Monday for scamming tens of millions of won from women by pretending to be a high-flying businessman. The Busan Sasang police said the 35-year-old fraudster surnamed Kim defrauded four women of over 45 million won ($39,200). He met his victims through a smartphone dating application. The…
