Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Virginians got swindled out of a staggering $30 million in romance scams last year, according to reports filed with the FTC. Why it matters: It's just a fraction of the nearly ...

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Jane was in love ... but not with her husband.

While may start as an innocent Facebook connection may cost you thousands of dollars. The FBI has issued a warning about romance scams.

With romance scams on the rise, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing new legislation to hold fraudsters accountable ...

Online scams are rising in the U.S., with fraudsters targeting victims through social media. One of the latest cases involves ...

Fraud reports remained at 2.6M, but financial losses surged, with 38% of victims reporting monetary loss in 2024.

In2023, Tennesseans over the age of 60 lost a collective of $43 million due to scams targeting the elderly, according to an ...

Investment scams involving cryptocurrency remained the riskiest type of scam. Recommended Videos Meanwhile, romance and friendship scams climbed to the third spot for the first time since the BBB ...

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Damages from special fraud cases, as well as investment frauds and romance scams on social media, totaled approximately 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in 2024, according to provisional figures ...