Finding a match on a dating app is supposed to be the beginning of a connection, not a financial risk. Yet, as fake profiles, romance scams, investment fraud and blackmail complicate online dating, users are being forced to ask if…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded actress Doris Ogala at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the hearing and determination of her bail application over alleged cyberbullying, cyberstalking and attempted extortion of Pastor Chris Okafor. The prosecution counsel,…
Latest: Can The Gulf Be Rebuilt? Authored by Chris Summers and Eva Fu via The Epoch Times, Romance scams make up a large share of fraud perpetrated against Americans, with scammers often contacting victims through online dating apps, social media,…
Three people have admitted roles in a sprawling romance fraud operation that prosecutors say preyed on older Americans across the United States and abroad, draining more than $9 million from victims who believed they were building real relationships online. The case…
Twin brothers, 22, from Ghana and a 53-year-old American woman targeted older adults in 25 US states, officials say Three people have pleaded guilty in a $9m romance fraud scam that targeted elderly Americans. On Monday, the US attorney’s office in the northern…
Get our latest cybersecurity news first on Google. Prosecutors announced charges against six alleged scammers based out of Africa who targeted Americans with fake non-fungible token (NFT) investment scams by posing as women on dating websites, netting hundreds of victims.
Romance scammers have drained more than $9 million from victims who were mostly older Americans. Twin brothers Jamal and Kamal Abubakari, both 22, of Ghana and Amanda Joy Opoku-Boachie, 53, of Kula, Hawaii have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, says…
Romance scams make up a large share of fraud perpetrated against Americans, with scammers often contacting victims through online dating apps, social media, or professional networking sites such as LinkedIn. They commonly use an image of a beautiful young woman…
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Kula woman is one of three to have pled guilty to charges of being part of a romance fraud scheme. Twin brothers from Ghana and an Kula woman have pleaded guilty to charges of being part of…
Will it move the needle on dating app fraud? Irina Manta | 10.27.2026 8:58 AM Last week, President Trump signed into law the Romance Scam Prevention Act that Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) introduced and that received bipartisan sponsorship. In short, this new federal…
Romance and dating scams: fake online partners, sweetheart swindles, the victims who lose their savings and the scammers charged.
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