A central London penthouse and helicopter have been seized by UK authorities after a raid on allies linked to a “romance scam kingpin”. The Government said on Thursday that it had frozen assets including a £9m apartment overlooking Buckingham Palace linked to individuals accused of running a network of romance scam centres in Cambodia. The...Read More
Romance fraud typically evokes images of people being tricked out of their life savings by partners they meet on dating sites, but some scammers use a different tactic: recruiting unsuspecting victims into fake insurance claims. The scam involves a fraudster convincing their partner, or a person they are dating, either to say they have witnessed...Read More
McAfee has published new research suggesting fake profiles and AI-generated bots are now a common feature of online dating in the UK. One in five people said they have encountered an inauthentic account while looking for a relationship. The company’s consumer survey also points to a growing role for AI in dating-app and social-platform deception....Read More
Hi Seal Beach! Romance scams are not new, but the modern versions are more sophisticated than most people realize. One of the fastest-growing types is often called “pig butchering,” where a scammer builds trust over time and then drains a person financially. It is calculated, and it can happen to anyone. These scams often start...Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day. Don’t let romance scams — which ramp up around the holiday and are at an all-time high — break your heart. These scams cost Americans $3 billion last year alone. That’s almost certainly an undercount, given victims’ particular reluctance to report that they’ve fallen for such ruses. Many romance scams fall under...Read More
How a Tinder Romance Scam Cost Me $26K—and Changed My Life Forever | Woman’s World Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menu items. Use escape to exit the menu. Sign In Sign InUp with your social account Continue with Google Continue with Apple We won’t post to any of your accounts Sign...Read More
It started after a teenage girl sent a panicked email about getting her period while at school. That desperate SOS—one every woman knows well—went from England to Pennsylvania, where Kate Kleinert, a widow who lived alone outside Philadelphia with her six hospice dogs, read it. Kleinert’s heart went out to the girl, who referred to...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. (WGEM) – Worldwide, nearly one-in-four people say they’ve been scammed online. One of the fastest growing and most devastating type is the romance scam, where fraudsters pretend to fall in love, then ask for money. It’s now the third most common scam targeting adults 60 and older. Person after person after person have...Read More
Updated Feb. 24, 2026, 3:34 p.m. ET The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, according to Richard Graham, director of financial crime solutions at Moody’s. Romance is a...Read More
TikTok isn’t a dating app. So why are romance scams thriving there? TikTok is one of the most popular apps in the world. Millions of people scroll, post videos, comment, and share details about their lives every day. People talk about breakups, dating struggles, loneliness, divorce, or moving to a new country. But when you...Read More
