CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Love then bust. Romance scams almost never end well. It seems women are easier targets. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. lost $547 million to romance scams ...

Nov. 7—A U.S. District judge sentenced a Nigerian national to seven years in federal prison for conducting a romance scam that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least a dozen identified ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County man has ...

BENTON, Ill. – A Nigerian national appeared in federal court on Thursday to be sentenced for running romance scams in Illinois and other parts of the country, defrauding at least a dozen people of ...

Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash ...

What’s worse being heart broken or broke? How about both. According to The Federal Trade Commission, romance scams have climbed to record highs in recent years. In North Carolina, 539 victims lost $17 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Nigerian romance scammer has switched sides and is now helping victims who are being taken to the cleaners by fake lovers. “Just send me the conversation between two ...

HUNTINGTON — A Nigerian national was sentenced Monday to a short federal prison sentence in Huntington after admitting to his role in a romance fraud scheme. Augustine Amechi, 24, was sentenced to ...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis County man has pleaded guilty to helping Nigerian romance scammers bilk women in 25 states out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and electronics. The St. Louis ...