She says her mother fell in love with someone online who claimed to be the face of Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk.

This problem has worsened over the years. More than $1 billion was lost to romance scammers in 2023, according to the Federal ...

As more people go online to seek romantic relationships, and transferring money has gotten easier and less traceable, an ...

Meta warns about scammers who reach out via unsolicited messages on its apps and other social media platforms, as well as by ...

According to the San Diego County District Attorney, romance scams stole more than $1.3 million from local victims in 2023 ...

Scrolling social media can be an enjoyable way to connect with the world, but it can also be a gateway to heartbreak and ...

In Arizona, losses from online romance scams totaled more than $47 million in 2022 and 2023, according to data from the FBI ...

Valentine's Day is peak season for online romance scams, which accounted for $384 million in reported losses in the first nine months of 2024, the most recent figures available, a ...

Romance scams, where fraudsters lure victims with false promises of love, prey on thousands of people every year. In 2023, victims lost $1.14 billion to romance scams, with the median loss per person ...

A warning now for those who may wear their hearts on their sleeves this Valentine’s Day: so-called “romance scams” are surging across the globe and here in America. In 2022, American lost ...

The internet is full of people trying to scam people out of their finances — and some are pretending to be besotted ...