Romance scams are surging this holiday season, with Avast reporting a 64% increase in blocked dating scam attacks and high ...

Social media connects us to people worldwide, but it's also opened the door to sophisticated romance scams. Fraudsters are ...

Ultra-realistic AI face swaps have turned online romance scams into something far more intimate and convincing than a badly ...

Brandon Kiehm, 45 —  who was convicted in 2017 of swindling Tinder dates by lying about needing money for cancer treatment — ...

A federal grand jury has returned a 2-count indictment charging a Ghanaian National, Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah ...

The DOJ said two Nigerian men and a Sudanese woman were sentenced after scamming an East Tennessee man out of his life savings before he ended his own life.

Joe Novak thought he had found love on social media. When the 51-year-old New Jersey father posted on Facebook about the ...

Making a three-step plan with your family – including creating a secret password or phrase – can help keep you safe these ...

Holiday shopping, travel, and financial pressures create prime conditions for fraud, as Maryland victims and investigators detail the 12 scams that surge during the Christmas season.

“People will be looking for ways to alleviate their burdens,” Valesquez says of 2026. “So when they get a [message] that says ...