WASHINGTON -- Love is blind -- and scammers are taking advantage of that. Americans lost more than $201 million to romance scams in 2019, up 40% from 2018, according to a new Federal Trade Commission ...

There has been a rise in reports of over-55s being conned by romance scams, a major bank has said, as it disclosed the most common jobs these criminals claim to be doing, and the most likely excuses ...

It was all going so well. You met online, fell madly in love, and if your new beau didn’t live in another country, you’d probably be married by now. Which is why your online love is asking for some ...

Last year, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 18,000 reports of confidence/romance scams that resulted in losses of more than $672 million. Perpetrators of romance scams ...