Scott Cole told ABC News that since around 2010, he has been at the center of a social media romance scam nightmare.

Scott Cole, a 63-year-old man in California, has claimed his photos and likeness have been used for multiple fraudulent ...

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 ...

The retired public school teacher’s life was thrown into chaos after she went looking for love on the internet back in 2021. Nancy was in her 70s, lonely and beset by a handful of health issues, when ...

It started with a "smile." Gary Dalrymple said he had just signed up for the dating site Silver Singles when a beautiful blonde woman named Gianna responded to the emoji he sent to her account. He ...

As romance scams are on the rise, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing new legislation aimed at holding accountable those who seek to defraud retirees and steal their hard-earned savings.

HOUSTON — A Fulshear couple is going to prison for "heartless" romance scams that cheated elderly victims out of millions of dollars, according to the US Attorney's Office. Darlington Akporugo, 47, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Nigerian national living in Minnesota has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison — and ordered to pay nearly $1.7 million in restitution — for ...