Scammers using Connecticut-based bank accounts and addresses siphoned millions of dollars from middle-aged and elderly victims looking for love, according to federal authorities. Richard Fasanella, 56 ...

Jeremy Renner is fighting a fraud lawsuit filed by a California woman who claims she was scammed out of more than $23,000 by someone she believed was the Hollywood actor. Renner has denied any ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Cincinnati man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for his involvement in a romance fraud scheme that scammed elderly and bereaved victims out of more than ...

A Ghanaian national had pleaded guilty to scamming countless victims as part of a global fraud ring that engaged in romance fraud and business email compromise (BEC). The Justice Department announced ...

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2024 Annual Report, romance scams resulted in at least $672 million in reported losses, with over 17,000 complaints.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman who lost $60,000 in a romance scam will finally see restitution after a judge sentenced Cory Woodall to two years in prison and ordered him to repay the money he ...

HOUSTON, Texas — A 40-year-old man residing illegally in Houston has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a romance scam and business email compromise scheme, according to U.S.

Generative AI is making old scams feel new again — not by inventing brand-new crimes, but by smoothing out the parts that used to trip criminals up. When messages are fluent, confident, and tailored, ...

The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, ...

NEW YORK — As artificial intelligence tools grow more sophisticated, so do romance scams, and their effects are reaching beyond the dating world. Digital agency Digital Silk estimates that 1.4 million ...