Online dating apps and social platforms have become fertile ground for a form of fraud that weaponizes affection. The pattern ...

Seeking.com says AI-powered facial analysis and selfie verification help remove romance scammers before they can join the ...

According to prosecutors, a Facebook user convinced him to invest in a crypto scheme that did not exist after cultivating an online romance with the man.

The scammers offered investments in cryptocurrency.

Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Grindr, and Bumble are where millions turn every day to find potential partners, but these dating apps are also used by cybercriminals to carry out romance scams. In a typical ...

One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant and took out her phone.

AI has helped these scams blossom. But the tax code now offers little relief for those who have lost money to a romance scam—unless it turns into an investment scam. Valentine’s Day has typically been ...

The FBI San Diego Field Office warned the public Friday about a type of romance scams known as “confidence fraud,” an online method fraudsters use in which friendly or romantic relationships are ...

Prosecutors want to swipe left on him once and for all. A serial romance scammer was busted Thursday for allegedly stealing nearly $300,000 from a “girlfriend” he met on the dating app Bumble — who ...

FBI field offices across the country are warning about the ongoing rise in romance scams as more people turn to online dating and social media to find love ahead of Valentine’s Day. Officials said ...

Hong Kong got hit hard. Between July 24 and July 30, romance-based crypto scams wiped out million across 25 reported cases — ...

Meta announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new tool, Scam Alert, to thwart con artists on WhatsApp. The optional feature, currently in beta testing, will run an on-device machine learning ...