Young West African ‘catfish’ scammers have turned cyber-fraud into a cornerstone of transnational crime by recycling age-old ...

Barclays found that romance scam victims lost £8000 on average in 2024, a significant increase from the previous year ...

Both men and women can fall prey ... Dine and Dash Man Gone are the days when romance scammers had to painstakingly create fake profiles using stolen photos. In 2025, they let artificial ...

using stolen photos and fabricated personal details to lure unsuspecting victims," said Newsweek. Given that they are on a dating app, scammers use the idea of romance to their advantage ...

Kate, who is 69, often received friend requests from single men. They usually ... she thought was a whirlwind romance. Tony would message her daily, sending pictures of himself and sharing stories ...