Valentine’s Day is a time for love, but unfortunately, it’s also a prime opportunity for scammers looking to prey on hopeful romantics. Romance scams cost Americans some $1.14 billion in 2023 alone.

Romance scams lead to billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. According to AARP, about 1 in 10 people age 50 and ...

A Los Angeles woman was reportedly duped out of more than $81,000 by a scammer using AI-generated videos of “General Hospital” star Steve Burton. Abigail Ruvalcaba sent money through prepaid cards, ...

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Nobody likes spam messages, but some of them contain rather fascinating scams. Case in point, [Ben Tasker] recently got a few romance scam emails that made him decide to take a poke at the scam behind ...

Fortunately, Strawberry Yeung recognised the scam before losing any money and gave the fraudster a piece of her mind.

A 53-year-old French woman, identified only as Anne, has fallen victim to an online romance scam, losing some €830,000 ($851,000) to fraudsters impersonating Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. The fraud began ...