LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Romance scams cost victims $1.3 billion in losses in just one year. A common romance scam is catfishing, which is when the scammer pretends to be someone else online. Now ...
As if finding your soulmate isn’t hard enough, scammers have infiltrated social media and dating sites to take your money and dash your dreams. So how do you avoid romance scams? “In our recent Modern ...
The digital dating world feels exciting, fast, and full of possibilities, almost like walking into a crowded party where someone interesting might be waiting across the room. But not every smiling ...
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 ...
The FBI is reminding those looking for love ahead of Valentine’s Day to stay vigilant. On Wednesday, the bureau shared a post on social media warning Americans of what it’s calling “romance scams,” ...
Florida’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit (CFEU) tracked down and returned $229,096 in stolen cryptocurrency to victims over the past week, according to an announcement by Attorney General James Uthmeier ...
These scams are a multimillion dollar problem.
Ridgefield police are warning people about scams that involve dating sites. In the past few weeks, they have been made aware of several scams in which fraudulent actors create profiles and begin ...
New dating sites are looking to filter out misleading profiles [] Dennie Smith was standing in a recreated WW1 trench when ...