The Family Service Agency, Community Bank of Santa Maria, and Santa Maria Police Department held a fraud awareness and prevention seminar to alert locals that scams come in all forms.

The sheriff's office advised residents never to send money or personal information to individuals they have not met ...

BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Boardman police and a private investigator are looking into who scammed a township woman out of ...

Scott Cole, a 63-year-old man in California, has claimed his photos and likeness have been used for multiple fraudulent social media accounts for romance scams over the past 15 years.

Scott Cole is a 63-year-old tai chi and fitness trainer from Palm Springs — but his face has been used for the fake accounts ...

Meeting someone online is easier than ever these days. But with the advent of AI and the profusion of scams, it is also harder than ever to know whether that special someone is actually who they say ...

A Utah woman says she fell in love with someone who wasn't who he said he was, and lost nearly everything because of it.For ...

Internet-enabled scams are drawing national attention, with authorities treating them as organized transnational crimes. The ...

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

Despite her initial reluctance, she has testified before the Senate, visited the White House, and appeared on the "Tamron ...