Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 7—A U.S. District judge sentenced a Nigerian national to seven years in federal prison for conducting a romance scam that ...

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SOMEONE. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS THAT ROMANCE SCAMS ARE WHEN SCAMMERS PLAY WITH YOUR HEART AND YOUR WALLET, AND THEY SAY THAT IT’S EVEN MORE DANGEROUS NOW BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE USING ...

Worldwide, nearly 1 in 4 people say they’ve been scammed online. One of the fastest-growing and most devastating types of online schemes is the romance scam, where fraudsters pretend to fall in love, ...

TYPES OF SCAMS YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR. IF IT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. THAT’S THE MESSAGE THE FBI IS SENDING TONIGHT AHEAD OF VALENTINE’S DAY AND AN UPTICK THEY SEE IN ROMANCE SCAMS.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The FBI San Diego Field Office warned the public today about a type of romance scam known as "confidence fraud," an online method in which fraudsters form friendly or romantic ...

Romance scams are often seen as the most shameful type of fraud to fall victim to. A new survey commissioned by the identity theft protection service NordProtect reveals that 55% of Americans who lost ...

These scams are a multimillion dollar problem.

Love is in the air- and so are scammers. With Valentine's Day being just around the corner, the New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is warning New Yorkers to stay cautious ...

A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...