Romance scams lead to billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. According to AARP, about 1 in 10 people age 50 and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Romance scams often succeed by creating trust before introducing an emergency, investment opportunity or ...

A recent study on romance scams found that bots were able to get people to install a sketchy app 46% of the time versus 18% ...

Deepfakes do not fundamentally change romance fraud. But they do make lies easier to manufacture, harder to challenge, and ...

Have you or a loved one been targeted by a romance scam? Ohio launched a new hotline to help.

A new statewide hotline connects suspected romance scam victims with investigators trained to identify online fraud.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Romance scams rarely begin with a demand for money. They more often begin with a flattering profile, ...

One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant and took out her phone. She bit her lip; no messages.

The FBI San Diego Field Office warned the public Friday about a type of romance scams known as “confidence fraud,” an online method fraudsters use in which friendly or romantic relationships are ...

As Congress considers how to respond to AI-enabled fraud, it should also revisit a tax code that treats victims differently depending on whether they were manipulated with promises of wealth or ...

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 ...

Carlos Barragán is a reporter and researcher for The New York Times and the author of “The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers.” Most nights, once his mother ...