Scammers create fake profiles on dating apps or Facebook in order to strike up a relationship with unsuspecting users. A romance scam can start as simply as receiving a text from an unknown number ...

By the time Guthman put the pieces together, he had already lost everything: over $40,000, his bank information and even his social security number.

A new Facebook scam makes it look like there is money in ... Investment scams remain the most common type followed by romance and then classified scams. Fake goods being sold online are the ...

OAKLAND — A man who allegedly participated in a large scale romance scam was sentenced to two years ... Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in ...

Facebook/Las Vegas Locally “This is a romance scam on steroids,” said Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division. “We believe Aurora Phelps deliberately and ...

OAKLAND — A man who allegedly participated in a large scale romance scam was sentenced to two years ... Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in ...

Another dating application scam occurred in Nonthaburi when a Thai man lost his motorcycle to a woman he met online.

Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has exclusively told ITV’s Tonight that scammers using her image online has become a daily battle ...

John Guthman lost $42,000 to a scam in a matter of weeks. “I didn't take good protection over myself,” Guthman added. It all started when Guthman said he met a woman on Facebook. Their ...

After grieving the loss of her husband, she turned to Facebook to make friends and ... could fall victim to a devastating romance catfish scam. Wanting to be authentic, she listed herself as ...