According to the Better Business Bureau, romance scams ranked as the second most costly scam of 2025, with losses exceeding $600 million nationwide. These scams are highly coordinated, emotionally ...

Richard Fasanella and John J. Intoci helped launder nearly $9 million stolen from people across the nation, mostly through ...

Ombudsman sees more than 500 romance scam complaints - Being the victim of a fraud or scam can be ‘deeply distressing’, the Financial Ombudsman Service said.

A Connecticut man will spend nine years in prison for his role in a nationwide romance scam that affected victims in central Iowa.

Elderly Americans lost billions to scams in 2024. Learn how romance and 'pig butchering' scams work and red flags.

One Iowan lost more than $400,000 to a romance scam that targeted victims nationwide for a total of $1.5 million.

Just 76 days after a wrong number text, this journalist had lost $271,000 on fake investments. He shares his romance scam experience to help others.

Over the last five years, at least one local law enforcement agency has seen an 80% increase in fraud cases, and some of those involve scammers preying on the lonely.

Ahead of the most romantic holiday of the year, authorities Thursday warned people to be extra cautious on dating websites, apps or social media as scammers are looking to take advantage of people ...

A serial romance scammer, who told victims he worked for the BBC and MI6, has been jailed for more than five years. Kitchen ...