Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “ romance scams ” ahead of ...

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

Two people have been arrested by City of London Police after being coerced into handing over £200k as part of a fake ...

AND THAT’S WHY THE FBI PUT OUT THE WARNING ROMANCE SCAMMERS WILL SEEM GENUINE, CARING AND BELIEVABLE, AND SOMETIMES EVEN IMPERSONATE A CELEBRITY. THEY’LL RESEARCH A VICTIM’S SOCIAL MEDIA ...

Celebrity scams are also common ... This scam led to Waters and Denny meeting and co-founding Advocating Against Romance Scammers. Waters has strong opinions on using the Internet to find romance.

Meta said it recently worked with research firm Graphika to take down romance scams in three common categories: those impersonating military officers, celebrity mimics and scammers posing as fake ...