Romance scams are emotional cons disguised as love stories. Scammers build fake online relationships to manipulate people into sending money, gifts, or sensitive information. These schemes don't just ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — You may think that you’d never fall for a romance scam but scammers are more sophisticated than ever. According to the Federal Trade Commission, consumers lost over $1 ...

It’s a sad fact, but true — so many of today’s most common scams work by preying on and exploiting trust, and our most human emotions. And that’s even more true when it comes to online dating scams ...

Be careful out there. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; krblokhin / Jeffrey Coolidge / Photodisc / Glow Images / Glowimages / Isaac Lee / iStock / Getty / Indeed If you're concerned about scams ...

WASHINGTON -- Love is blind -- and scammers are taking advantage of that. Americans lost more than $201 million to romance scams in 2019, up 40% from 2018, according to a new Federal Trade Commission ...

It seems like a week doesn't go by that we aren't being warned about a new scam, and for the police departments who keep us safe, complaints about scams have become a daily occurrence. No one wants to ...