Veterans, especially those who may be seeking companionship after service, are often lured into trusting relationships with ...

Military Romance Scams Catfishing romance scammers might cook up an entirely fictional online persona, or even an AI-generated one, or they might appropriate pics and details from an existing ...

By then, she’d sent him over $35,000 in cash and electronics. “I was so naive. My friends were all telling me it was a hoax, but I’d never heard of military romance scams,” she said.

Romance scams are perpetrated by online predators go on dating sites claiming to be Soldiers. Army Criminal Investigation Division officials say there have been thousands of claims from people who ...

But Carol was at least temporarily convinced that this military romance scam runner, who had taken her for $5,000, really was my husband. "He got $5,300.00 from me and God only knows how much he ...

A federal judge recently sentenced a former Army specialist to 40 months in prison on money laundering charges in a series of romance scams that bilked victims of more than $350,000. Former Spc.

You can report scams by phone at 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY, 1-866-653-4261. You can report scams by mail at Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580.

SAN ANTONIO — One soldier is fighting a battle of a different sort. Army Col. Daniel Blackmon says fraudsters are using his name and pictures in romance scams. “I got a message from, it was a ...

Military Romance Scams Catfishing romance scammers might cook up an entirely fictional online persona, or even an AI-generated one, or they might appropriate pics and details from an existing ...

Like military romance scams, these follow the traditional catfishing-to-catphishing pipeline, but they emphasize a particularly common element of online dating scams: they often involve a sob ...