In an age where love often begins with a swipe or a friend request, a darker reality lurks beneath the surface—catfishing, a ...

On social media, Kevin Ottomar, a project foreman from West Palm Beach, Florida, looks quite similar to Caleb Wilson, a North Carolina college alumnus, and Wilson Davis, a marine engineer in Ireland.

Chinese criminal syndicates have industrialized pig-butchering romance scams across Southeast Asia, turning fraud into a ...

If your social media suitor seems too good to be true, it might be a scam. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of ...

Romance fraudsters prey on people's emotions, police have warned, after a widow was targeted three separate times. Cumbria Police said a man in the county, who had recently lost his wife, struck up ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - You can call it different things, catfished, scammed. But the results are often the same, heartbreak and a drained bank account. At almost 70 years old, Mark Vaughn ...

“I lost everything. I lost my kids’ future. I lost my future" ...

Romance scams are surging this holiday season, with Avast reporting a 64% increase in blocked dating scam attacks and high rates of victims falling for them. Scammers use emotional manipulation — ...

The AARP has published its list of the top five scams to watch for in 2026, and the ruses range from traditional approaches, such as romance and employment scams, to high-pressure, sophisticated ...