A Nigerian man who posed as a woman online to swindle men out of their savings has been sentenced to 15 years in a US prison.

See how a romance scam unfolds on camera and learn the warning signs to protect yourself from falling victim to these online ...

FBI Nashville warns music fans about $12 million stolen through romance scams where criminals impersonate musicians and ...

A Connecticut man was sentenced in a federal courtroom in Des Moines earlier this month to nine years imprisonment for wire fraud and money laundering connected to a romance scam.

Indian computer expert Mohammed Muzahir was lured with a fake job offer to carry out mass scams targeting Westerners from ...

Alongside the use of CAPTCHA's, this new texting scam is even harder to detect by automated software.

A Maryland man is accused of cashing in on fake love — and turning it into a multimillion-dollar scam that targeted vulnerable victims across the country. The case stretches beyond state lines, but it ...

Legislation proposed this year that would prohibit cryptocurrency kiosks in Minnesota is needed to protect consumers from ...

Shortly after the victim purchases the gold from a coin shop or dealer, a “courier” (sent by the scammer) shows up to pick it up and “deliver it to safety” or transfer it. Once the “courier” takes the ...

Deepfake scammers face viral detection methods as social media users share simple finger gesture tests to expose ...

Melanie Branch, a fitness influencer from Goldsboro, is speaking out about the ongoing struggle to remove imposter social ...

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