Romance Scams

April 9 (UPI) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a romance scam that defrauded elderly victims out of hundreds …

BOSTON – A Nigerian national has been charged in connection with a multi-million dollar romance scam that defrauded six victims and laundered the stolen funds through cryptocurrency accounts. According to …

A 53-year-old woman from Pawnee, Christine Joan Echohawk, has been arrested on charges related to laundering nearly $1.5 million in funds obtained through an online romance scam targeting elderly women. …

Pune city police arrested four men who allegedly robbed victims after luring them through an online gay dating app. The accused, identified as Wahid Razzak alias Lal Sahab Shaikh (19), …

A Nigerian fraudster, Emmanuel Jack, 35, who scammed women out of nearly £200,000, has avoided deportation from the UK after a judge ruled that the healthcare system in Nigeria could …

A federal jury in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has convicted two Nigerians—Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja (39) and Abel Adeyi Daramola (37)—for orchestrating a romance scam that defrauded a victim out of $560,000. …

Three individuals involved in moving over $3.5 million for a West Africa-based romance scam network have been sentenced in recent weeks, including Jennifer Gosha, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, …

Gauteng, South Africa – Justice Motsamai Khanyapa, 38, has been arrested in connection with a romance scam that defrauded a woman of more than R3 million. Investigations by the Hawks …

The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has arrested several individuals involved in online scam operations in Shwe Koko, a newly developed town near Myawaddy, Karen State. The detained Chinese nationals …

LAS VEGAS, NV — Aurora Phelps, 43, is facing a slew of charges after allegedly using dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble to target older men in a …