Valentine's Day should be about connection. However, every February also becomes the busiest season of the year for romance scammers. In 2026, that risk is higher than ever. These scams are no longer ...

THANK YOU. SAMANTHA DATING APPS AND THE INTERNET HAVE MADE IT PRETTY EASY TO FIND LOVE ONLINE, AND THAT HAS MADE ROMANCE SCAMS ALL TOO COMMON. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI GETS THE FACTS ON THE ...

It began with a simple “Hello” on the social media platform Threads. The retiree, who lives near the south-western German ...

(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is advising Americans to put the dating apps away if they plan on visiting Colombia after a string of “suspicious deaths” in tourist hotspot Medellín. Embassy ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Romance is a lovely thing, but not when an online love connection is about to nab you for $3,000 ‒ or much, much more. As much as anyone would like to find a sweetie on a dating app, Instagram, or ...

It seems that scams are everywhere these days — in our texts, emails, and phone calls to start. And con artists continue to become more sophisticated in the age of AI, so much so that a recent survey ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...