A Montana woman, identified only as Rita, lost more than $90,000 in an online romance scam. She shared her story in a video created by the FBI on June 15th, World Elder Abuse Day, hoping to help ...
After falling for a charming suitor, a Montana woman learned the hard way that love can't always be trusted. In a classic romance scam, Rita lost over $90,000 to a man posing as a celebrity. She felt ...
People are continuing to fall victim to romance scams. FBI Portland announced this week that romance fraud victims lost $1 billion in 2021. Romance scams are believed to be underreported, so the ...
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 ...
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A St. Johns County woman said she lost over $200,000 to a man deputies said used a scheme to steal from her. The sheriff’s office arrested Edit Manjic last week on felony ...