As cuffing season approaches, a surge in romance scams has left nearly 59,000 Americans defrauded in 2024, with losses ...

Romance scams are a subset of what’s commonly referred to as “catfishing,” when a person conjures up a fake online persona to lure in victims for a number of reasons. In the case of romance scams, the ...

Scott Cole told ABC News that since around 2010, he has been at the center of a social media romance scam nightmare.

In this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss our scoop about how the Department of Homeland Security illegally collected ...

If you meet someone on social media or a dating website or app, how can you tell if their profile is real? They say they’re in the military — but scammers especially like to pose as military ...

I’ve fallen down a dark path these past few weeks… no, it’s not the dark path of falling for some hunky love scammer online and losing all my money on the shrine of unrequited love. It’s the dark path ...

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, ...

He has had hundreds of women contact him throughout the years, alerting him that his likeness is being fraudulently used A 63-year-old California man said he has been the victim of romance scams for ...