The episode shows how anyone can be deceived — even a city with a population of more than 231,000 people and an entire ...

These cons are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

The con man made phony AI-generated photos and videos of the “You’re Beautiful” crooner speaking to the 57-year-old Brazilian ...

A concerned citizen from New York turned to the Reddit forum r/legaladvice in a post that quickly went viral, describing how their 53-year-old mother had become convinced she was romantically involved ...

Habeeb Anibaba, a 28-year-old Nigerian man, has been charged with bank fraud after federal authorities connected him to romance scams that drew over $1.3 million from a City of Norfolk corporate bank ...

For the ninth consecutive year, imposter scams ranked as the top fraud complaint in the country, according to the Federal ...

Data from the Federal Trade Commission showed a reported total loss of $2.1 billion in 2025, with an eightfold increase in ...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday imposed sanctions on Kok An, a wealthy Cambodian senator and ally of Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, and 28 ...

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That figure marks an eightfold increase since 2020. The FTC said ...

Tinder partners with World to let users verify they are real people using eye-scanning technology amid a rise in AI-fueled romance scams on dating apps.

All of those scams add up to a big deal for the Bay Area’s fastest-growing population — people older than 60. In one recent ...