The 8 On Your Side team has been telling you a lot about romance scams because they are one of the fastest-growing scams right now, and scammers especially like to pose as members of the military ...

Unfortunately, they are also prime targets for online romance scams—fraudulent schemes designed by both men and women or even those pretending to be Veterans or in the military to emotionally ...

The FBI offers a few tips to avoid a romance scam. Here are just a few: Never send money to anyone you’ve only communicated with online or by text. Check out the person’s photo and profile. “Be aware ...

Prosecutors say Kingsley Sebastian Ibhadore acted as a key “money mule” in a sophisticated criminal scheme that involved ...

Soldier, and then, using photographs of a Soldier from the internet, media a false identity to begin prowling the web for victims. The most common scheme involves criminals, often from other ...

In addition to "classic" scenarios like military scams and oil rig scams, there's another to look out for: "pig butchering," a cryptocurrency investment scam. Similarly to other romance scams ...

“Romance scammers exploit our most vulnerable citizens, even our seniors and military veterans, sometimes leaving them financially and emotionally devastated,” U.S. Attorney Michael Easley ...

West Tennessee women have recently fallen victim to online romance scams, losing thousands to who they thought was their new ...

Boston police are warning people about an increase in online romance scams targeting individuals ... and cryptocurrency and claiming to be in the military or working overseas.

Scammers may pose as military officers or overseas workers ... then threatening to publish them unless paid. Since 2022, romance scams have increasingly involved cryptocurrency, according to ...