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Fake Kevin Costner Profile Tricked Argentine Woman Into Paying ARS 3.6 Million

Prosecutors have opened probes into fintech records, TikTok accounts, Zangi data to trace the money and identify the perpetrators.

AI Deepfake Romance Scam Uses Fake Dubai Prince to Drain Victim’s Savings

Inquest Finds Ghana Crash Likely Caused Head Injury in £1 Million Romance-Fraud Case

India Expands Cyber-Fraud Raids as Police Uncover Romance Scams and Foreign-Linked Networks

Thomas Godden Jailed for £28,488 Dating-App Romance Fraud Targeting Gay Men

Serial Romance Fraudster Jailed for 61 Months for Scamming Women He Met on Dating Apps

Romance Scams Go Industrial as Global ‘Scam Factories’ Scale Up and Outpace Policing

Valentine’s Alerts Intensify as AI-Driven ‘Romance Baiting’ Scams Rise

Frédéric Lopez’s Video Confirms Impersonation in Romance Scam Targeting 82-Year-Old

UK Woman Left Homeless After £250,000 Romance Scam by Celebrity Impostors

Police Probe 'Brad Pitt' Airport Encounter in Southern Brazil

Amanda Holden Confronts Impersonators Behind Deepfake Romance Scam in BBC Special

Belgian Woman, 70, Duped by ‘Fake Pierre Garnier’ Impersonator as Family Files Complaint

Romance Scams Cost Berlin €5.6 Million Last Year as New Cases Emerge in North Rhine-Westphalia

Clay County Sheriff Warns After TikTok Romance Scam Costs Man $120,000

Five Jailed at Guildford Crown Court Over £2.37m Romance-Fraud Laundering Network

French Victim of AI 'Brad Pitt' Romance Scam Speaks Out as Book Launch Nears

Shimon Hayut, the 'Tinder Swindler,' Detained in Georgia on Interpol Request

‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev Arrested in Georgia on Interpol Request

Hokkaido Police Probe 'Astronaut' Romance Scam That Cost Elderly Woman ¥1 Million