Q. My 70-year-old female friend is a widow and was the victim of a romance scam. Could you please write about this scam so others will not be duped into thinking they had met their true love.

and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., have introduced a bill that would require dating apps and social media companies to remove or flag scammers from their platforms and issue notifications to users ...

Christine Joan Echohawk, 54, was charged with laundering $1.5 million through online romance scams targeting elderly women. Echohawk allegedly received money from victims under false pretenses ...

Online romance scams do just that. To avoid being devastated this way, it helps to understand the intricacies of this type of crime. Take our quiz to find out how much you know.

A romance scam survivor and advocate shares her story as lawmakers push for a bill requiring dating apps to notify users flagged fraudulent accounts.

There's a darker side, though: Often catfishing is the first step in a romance scam, which can end in a broken heart (if you're lucky) or a significant financial loss (if you're not). Catfishing ...

Damages from special fraud cases, as well as investment frauds and romance scams on social media, totaled approximately 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in 2024, according to provisional figures ...

A local radio host running for City Council admitted he was duped into helping a romance scam artist get out of ... the candidate — whose radio program is broadcast in 30 markets across the ...

And he said, ‘Beth, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I think you’re in a romance scam’,” Beth said. "He kept telling me it’s classic romance fraud. I said, ‘We’re in love.

Lawmakers are now pushing a bipartisan bill requiring dating apps to warn users about flagged accounts as experts warn AI is making scams harder to spot. NBC’s Julie Tsirkin reports for Saturday ...