A Japanese octogenarian lost thousands of dollars after being scammed by someone who described himself as an astronaut in need of help.
Tag: romance scam
Four men from Ghana were extradited for their alleged role in stealing more than $100 million through romance scams and BEC.
A former US army colonel faces up to ten years in prison after revealing national secrets on a foreign dating app.
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Becky Holmes about how she tricks, angers, and jabs at romance scammers online.
Pig butchering scams are usually tied to cryptocurrency investments that make for big business with victims on both sides of the line.
As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had…
Pig butchery scams are big business, as a recent domain seizure by the US Government illustrates. As reported by The Register,…
Deepfakes have settled into a groove, as most scam techniques do. It seems most deepfakers have decided to make as much…
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has warned the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld….
Today, many Americans will head out to the water—not to swim, but to catch a catfish in time for National Catfish…