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

Spokeo reports romance scams exploit trust, causing $1.3 billion in losses yearly. Stay vigilant against catfishing and other online scams.

Romance scams happen when someone creates a fake online persona to earn a victim’s love and confidence. The criminal then uses the false illusion of romance or intimate bond to defraud or rob ...

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry warns about romance scams – and how to avoid losing all your money to ...

According to a 2024 survey, roughly half (47 percent) of women using online dating services were victims of a romance scam. These scams steal not only one’s heart, but also one’s trust ...

Sure, you can find love online. You could also find yourself falling for a clever con artist who will gain your trust and rob you blind. It happens all too often. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

This heartache – and financial ruin – is all too common in romance scams, according to the FBI. The romance scam has ballooned in recent years, according to Laura Eimiller, communications ...

In 2022, the most recent data available, $1.3 billion was lost to romance scams in 2022, up from $547 million in 2021, according to Social Catfish, a verification site for online profiles.

Top 5 tips to avoid romance scams: Perform a reverse image search of their profile photo to confirm if they are real. You can use online identity verification companies like Social Catfish. Never ...

According to the FBI, romance scams and similar confidence scams cost consumers more money than any other kind of Internet fraud. In 2016, the last year for which data is available, consumers lost ...

Complaints from victims of online romance scams are also on the rise -- up from 21,000 in 2015 to 28,000 in 2017 -- according to the BBB.