Valentine's Day should be about connection. However, every February also becomes the busiest season of the year for romance scammers. In 2026, that risk is higher than ever. These scams are no longer ...

The FBI is reminding those looking for love ahead of Valentine’s Day to stay vigilant. On Wednesday, the bureau shared a post on social media warning Americans of what it’s calling “romance scams,” ...

It's easy to have a good time on the site, but it's also easy to get into trouble.

When Mariah Carey opined in the '90s that "love is a scam," she was being literal. The big picture: Phone scams have grown exponentially over the past few years, with the ubiquity of "romance scams" ...

The median reported loss for romance scams was $2,218 in the third quarter of 2025. Romance scammers will frame their pitch one way for a 25-year-old woman and another for a 55-year-old divorced male, ...

FBI Nashville is warning the public about fraud schemes targeting the music industry after one romance scam stole $12M from ...

Romance scams are among the most emotionally damaging forms of cyber crime because they combine carefully manufactured intimacy with financial theft – the scammers go after your heart, and then your ...

The FBI's IC3 program in 2025 fielded 452,868 cyber-related fraud complaints that added up to more than $17 billion in money stolen from Americans. From investment and romance scams to extortion to ...