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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

ST. LOUIS – A woman from St. Louis County faces up to 20 years in prison for her role in a one-million-dollar Nigerian romance scam. Shirley Waller, 43, pleaded guilty to multiple charges in court ...

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 ...

(WLUK) -- A Nigerian citizen will spend 3.5 years in prison for his role in an extensive fraud scheme. Otaniyen Iduozee, who came to the United States on a student visa, was sentenced Tuesday in the ...

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 ...