A new tactic has emerged in which scammers use dating apps to emotionally manipulate and dupe their victims. They lure individuals into investing in fraudulent business opportunities or projects while ...

The bust is considered one of law enforcement’s most significant actions against romance scams in U.S. history.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Scottsdale man says he’s out thousands of dollars because of a scam that started on a dating app. He said a scammer posed as a detective and convinced him he was ...

The FBI recently published a public service announcement that alerts dating app users to a cruel scam making the rounds. As the FBI explains, scammers ask people they match with to verify their ...

Fraudsters are once again impersonating law enforcement ... This type of underage sexting scam is common among users of dating apps and matchmaking services. Most often, the targets are single ...

I’m a young gay man and, a few months back, a guy messaged on a dating app out of the blue ... Yes, this was a scam and not a real person, but it’s going to hurt just as much as a real ...

Red flags of dating app scams The scammer will make false promises to meet in person but provide weird reasons for not being able to do so. Once they have gained your trust, they will request ...

Once the trust-building phase has been crossed ... Court says “With the proliferation of social media and dating apps, romance scams have become an alarming global issue. India, being home ...