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71-Year-Old Woman Loses Nearly HK$2.9 Million in Online Romance Scam
A 71-year-old retired woman in Hong Kong lost nearly HK$2.9 million after becoming involved in an online romance scam in which a man she met on Facebook allegedly persuaded her…
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Italian Woman Flies to India After Alleged Instagram Romance Scam, Man Arrested in Gurugram
A 50-year-old Italian jewellery designer travelled to India after alleging that a man she met on Instagram deceived her with a promise of marriage and persuaded her to send him…
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AI-Powered Dating App Network Used More Than 4,700 Fake Personas to Target 25,000 People
Anthropic has disclosed a large-scale dating scam operation in which a China-based app studio used artificial intelligence to build and operate more than 20 dating apps, creating thousands of AI-generated…
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Six Nigerians Linked to Black Axe Syndicate Extradited to US Over Romance Scam Allegations
CAPE TOWN — South African police handed six Nigerian nationals wanted in the United States over to FBI agents on Friday, extraditing men accused of running romance scams that defrauded…
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North Carolina Woman Spent Nearly $35,000 on Online Romance and Was Left in Debt
A 74-year-old woman from Moore County, North Carolina, says an online relationship left her nearly $35,000 in debt after she spent her children's inheritance on communication with a man she…
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British Retiree, 68, Left Homeless After Romance Scam Drains His Pension and Savings
A 68-year-old British retiree has been left homeless and without his savings after falling victim to an online romance scam in Thailand. Simon Charles Hill, a former United Nations flight…
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Man charged after $1M romance fraud involving multiple women: Durham police
A dog-training business and a local gym were among the places where Salvatore Malandrino allegedly met women later drawn into a romance fraud scheme worth more than $1 million, Durham…
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Maryland Woman Sentenced to 15 Years for $400,000 Dating-App Scam
Janey Sears, 72, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defrauding a Montgomery County man she met on a dating app of more than $400,000. A jury found…
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Man Posing as San Francisco 49er Charged with Defrauding Over Two Dozen Women Out of More than $1.3 Million
Two men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, have been charged by criminal complaint in…
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Michael Loses $180,000 in Deepfake Romance Scam
Michael, a 73-year-old retired psychologist, believed he had found a soulmate in Melanie, a softly spoken nurse from South Africa. Over a year, the two exchanged messages, emails and phone…
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Taipei Indicts 57 in AI Voice-Cloning Romance Scam That Defrauded 20,000 Victims
TAIPEI, Sept. 2 (CNA) — Taipei prosecutors on Wednesday indicted 57 people accused of running a sophisticated romance scam that allegedly used voice-cloning technology to defraud more than 20,000 people…
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Nigerian National Sentenced to 95 Months in Prison for Laundering $3.1 Million in Scam Proceeds
Oluwasegun Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 95 months in prison for leading a conspiracy that laundered more than $3.1 million from business email compromise, romance, and unemployment…
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Hong Kong Insurance Professional Loses More Than HK$26 Million in Online Romance Investment Scam
A Hong Kong insurance professional lost more than HK$26 million after an online boyfriend introduced her to a purported investment expert, police said.
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Nana Takyiwa Adonu Sentenced in $1.6M Romance Scam
Nana Takyiwa Adonu was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for laundering more than $1.6 million received from romance scam victims.
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Perth Grandfather Loses $300,000 and His Home in Devastating Three-Year Romance Scam
An 80-year-old grandfather from Perth has lost approximately $300,000 and his home after falling victim to a romance scam that lasted for three years.
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FAKE PROFILES
Trevor Azzopardi fake account, photo stolen from Gustavo Correa
I want to report a romance scammer using photos of Brazilian businessman Gustavo Correa (whose brother Alejandro Correa is also cloned by scammers). We matched on Tinder, where he went…
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AI romance scam impersonating Dubai prince ensnares victims
Maria met the scammer impersonating Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed, also known by his pen name Fazza, on a dating site before the conversation moved to a messaging app where he…
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German court jails 12 members of Nigerian ‘love scam’ network
The scammers used fake identities, for example posing as a U.S. soldier stationed in the Middle East, to approach victims on social media or dating apps and dupe them into…
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Nigerian Romance Scammer Sentenced to Five Years in U.S. Prison for $3.5 Million Fraud Scheme
A 42-year-old Nigerian national has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for orchestrating a romance scam that defrauded eight victims out of approximately $3.5 million, U.S. authorities announced…
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Ghanaian Man Pleads Guilty to Role in $100 Million Romance Scam Scheme Targeting U.S. Victims
Ghanaian national Derrick Van Yeboah pleaded guilty to participating in an international criminal organization that carried out romance scams and business email compromise schemes, stealing more than $100 million from…
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U.S. Attorney Files Civil Forfeiture to Recover $327K USDT in Massachusetts Romance Fraud Case
The U.S. Attorney's Office files a civil forfeiture action to recover $327,829 in USDT linked to a money laundering scheme and online romance fraud targeting a Massachusetts resident.
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FAKE PROFILES
Harry Paul fake account, photo stolen from Tom Ernsting
Harry Paul is another con man who uses Tom Ernsting's pictures to lie to and cheat women. He feigns love and tries to get money by playing on people's sympathies.…
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CRYPTO
Bay Area Widow Loses Nearly $1 Million in Crypto “Pig Butchering” Romance Scam
A sophisticated online fraud known as the “pig butchering” scam has struck yet another Bay Area residen, leaving a San Jose widow in her seventies facing financial ruin and the…
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Dating App Fraud: Ugandan Man Cheats AIIMS Researcher of Rs 1.9 Lakh
All Abhishek Kumar (34) a researcher at AIIMS, Delhi was allegedly seeking was companionship. So, he created an account on a dating app in 2024. Soon after, he secured a…
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Inside a multi-million dollar online scam compound in Myanmar
Huge “scam compounds” have been built across Myanmar’s border with Thailand under the watch of the country’s reviled military rulers.
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Cambodia Raids Scam Compound, Arrests 28 in Transnational Romance Fraud Crackdown
Cambodian authorities dismantled a major transnational online scam operation in Phnom Penh on Monday, arresting 28 suspects in a coordinated raid targeting a syndicate accused of romance fraud and digital…
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Elderly Widow Loses $7,000 in Online Romance Scam, Police Warn Others to Be Cautious
The incident began in early November when Beverly Stern started receiving friendly messages from a man she had never met, who claimed to have found her on a dating app…
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Nigerian National Jailed in the U.S. for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Online Romance Scam
A federal jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina has found 34-year-old Nigerian national Saheed Sunday Owolabi guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money…
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Online Romance Scam in Cambodia Leads to Prison for Two South Koreans
Judge Ji Hyun-kyung from Busan District Court’s Criminal Division 12 revealed that a man in his 30s, referred to as A, received a four-year prison sentence and was fined 22…
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Three Thai women arrested for alleged involvement in Nigerian romance scam
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has apprehended three Thai women suspected of leading a significant cross-border romance scam network, which has reportedly caused financial…
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FAKE PROFILES
Austen Alexander – fake account on Zangi
Scammer pretending to be Austen Alexander. I blocked and reported both profiles, posting pics so others can do the same.
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AI
Scammers Posing as ‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Jung-jae Defraud Woman of $350,000
A woman has reportedly lost approximately 500 million won (about $350,000) after falling victim to a romance scam carried out by a criminal group impersonating South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae,…
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Toronto Man Warns Others After Losing $80,000 in Online Romance Scam
A man from Toronto is sharing his story after losing $80,000 to an online romance scam during one of the hardest moments of his life.
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Cybercrime Crackdown Across Africa: Inside Interpol’s Operation Contender 3.0
🚨 Interpol’s Operation Contender 3.0 has led to 260 arrests in 14 African countries, dismantling 81 cybercrime hubs & exposing scams worth $2.8M. Major blow against romance scams & sextortion…
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Pattaya-Based Crime Syndicate Behind Romance and Crypto Scams Busted; Losses Exceed ₩20 Billion
A transnational crime syndicate accused of orchestrating romance scams, cryptocurrency fraud, and “no-show” schemes out of Pattaya, Thailand, has been dismantled, South Korean police announced. Authorities say the group swindled…
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Bank Teller, Police Foil $19,400 Romance Scam Targeting Elderly Woman in Seoul
Seoul, South Korea - A woman in her 70s nearly fell victim to a romance scam orchestrated by a fraudster posing as a U.S. soldier, but quick action by a…