The world of romance scams — when people exploit a relationship for financial gain or other crimes — is brutal. Raising ...

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MORE INFORMATION AND WILL BRING YOU ANY BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS. THE AARP FRAUD NETWORK SAYS SCAMMERS CAPITALIZE ON BOGUS CHARITIES AND GIFT CARDS THIS TIME OF YEAR. NOW THERE’S A TYPE OF SCAM CALLED ...

A Greek woman traveled to Istanbul and fell victim to a romance scam, losing €60,000. Turkish police located and arrested the perpetrator, who was identified in Turkish media as "Murat from Lebanon." ...

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 13: Brokerage firm Merrill Lynch at the World Financial Center. (Photo by Robert Rosamilio/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Nina Mortellito, an 86-year-old New Yorker is ...

DEVILS LAKE, ND (KXNET) — Officials from Suffolk County, New York, have confirmed that they intercepted $8,500 that an 80-year-old grandmother from Devils Lake had sent to a scammer. According to ...

An 80-year-old woman has been sentenced to prison for running a 22-year scam that bilked her victims — many of them New Mexicans — out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The “advance fee fraud” was, ...

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As we head into the last stretch of December (and last-minute gift shopping), your doorstep is probably busier than ever. And if you're anything like me, you're probably also juggling shipping updates ...

Brandon Dae Up Kiehm was previously convicted in 2017 for similar "romance scams" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...