Romance and investment fraud is at record levels but what can you do to prevent being caught out.

It was all going so well. You met online, fell madly in love, and if your new beau didn’t live in another country, you’d probably be married by now. Which is why your online love is asking for some ...

THANK YOU. SAMANTHA DATING APPS AND THE INTERNET HAVE MADE IT PRETTY EASY TO FIND LOVE ONLINE, AND THAT HAS MADE ROMANCE SCAMS ALL TOO COMMON. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI GETS THE FACTS ON THE ...

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 ...

Sometimes a relationship or marriage rests on a long con called “Romance Fraud.” That is, an abusive person establishes a relationship primarily to secure access to the target’s money, home, ...

A widow named Carol avoided a potential romance scam while using the gaming app Words With Friends by identifying suspicious behavior and taking action.

In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist Simon Leviev, who posed as a wealthy diamond mogul on the popular dating app Tinder to deceive and scam numerous ...

AI has helped these scams blossom. But the tax code now offers little relief for those who have lost money to a romance scam—unless it turns into an investment scam. Valentine’s Day has typically been ...

A new AI-powered scam feature can detect romance scams, break the scammer’s psychological ‘spell’ and prevent victims from transferring money. It was created by Starling Bank developers and inspired ...

The Financial Conduct Authority reckons they’ve missed chances to help victims “break the spell” of these devastating scams. Banks and payment providers in the UK are being urged to step up their ...

The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) criminalizes any serious crime, including fraud, that is ...