CLEVELAND, Ohio — Romance scams rarely begin with a demand for money. They more often begin with a flattering profile, frequent messages and a relationship built to make a later financial request seem ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Romance scammers are stealing millions of dollars from Ohioans. Now the state’s attorney general is ...

One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant and took out her phone. She ...

A new statewide hotline connects suspected romance scam victims with investigators trained to identify online fraud.

Last year marked a record high for romance scams in the United States. The growth in romance scams comes in part from acute ...

Prosecutors filed five forfeiture cases as Secret Service agents traced funds from thousands of victims to launderers in ...

AI has helped these scams blossom. But the tax code now offers little relief for those who have lost money to a romance scam—unless it turns into an investment scam. Valentine’s Day has typically been ...

Meeting someone online is easier than ever these days. But with the advent of AI and the profusion of scams, it is also harder than ever to know whether that special someone is actually who they say ...

Carlos Barragán wrote “The Yahoo Boys” after investigating a fraud perpetrated on his mother.

Law enforcement officials say scammers continue to target Hillsborough County residents, especially seniors or people going ...

Police have busted an online love scam syndicate preying on Japanese victims, following a raid on a shop lot in the Kristal ...