A LinkedIn romance scam cost Gaby close to $1 million after a scammer returned her first payment to build trust, then ...

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Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...

Love is in the air- and so are scammers. With Valentine's Day being just around the corner, the New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is warning New Yorkers to stay cautious ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - As Valentine’s Day approaches, the threat of romance scams is becoming increasingly real. The Kansas Bureau of investigation says in 2024 over 17,900 Americans fell victim to ...

It’s called catfishing. As described by Merriam-Webster, “catfishing is defined as the act of creating a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes." You ...

SINGAPORE: Losses from Apple iMessage scams impersonating courier companies have risen to approximately S$2.2 million as the Cyber Command has detected and disrupted more than 30,000 Apple iMessage ...

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, ...