SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO) — Add online dating scams to the endless list of scams out there. The Spearfish Police Department (SPD) is warning people about online dating scams. While many meet legitimate ...
Each year, romance scams steal more than a billion dollars from people who are looking for love. Now, some lawmakers are ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Scammers are known for catfishing under individual dating profiles. Now, they are catfishing behind entire dating websites. Scammers are creating fake dating websites to con ...
Online dating scams on WhatsApp are more rampant than ever, and Telegram isn’t far behind. Scammers are flocking to these platforms, targeting unsuspecting victims with fake love stories and financial ...
It's completely despicable, but not in the least surprising, that scammers have turned to dating apps to find their latest victims. The FBI recently published a public service announcement that alerts ...
If you meet someone on social media or a dating website or app, how can you tell if their profile is real? They say they’re in the military — but scammers especially like to pose as military ...
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Better Business Bureau serving Eastern Carolinas has offered tips on how to avoid dating app scams. Scammers have taken to dating apps such as ‘Tinder’ and ‘Hinge’ to ...
Ash-har Quraishi is a consumer correspondent based in Chicago. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of local, national, international and investigative reporting experience.
In the generation of 'deep fakes', beauty filters and cyber scams it's hard to know anymore who's real and who isn't! Online dating has transformed some smart interested parties into 'super sleuths.' ...
Chief Correspondent and Executive Editor, "Eye on America" Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News' "Eye on America" franchise, part of the "CBS Evening News." He also ...
What starts as flirtation on a dating app often ends in a drained wallet. Increasingly, it’s crypto scammers targeting Americans and laundering stolen millions overseas. In 2025, online romance can ...
The FBI has seized $8.2 million in cryptocurrency connected to a complex international romance scam known as "pig butchering." The seizure follows an investigation led by the FBI's Cleveland Field ...