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BANGKOK (AP) — One of Myanmar’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations, an official of the group said Saturday. The arrests were carried out in territory controlled by the United Wa State Army, or UWSA, in eastern Shan […]

BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Wednesday they have arrested 88 Chinese citizens for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam syndicate after receiving a tip from the Chinese security ministry. The suspects, including five women, were arrested on Batam island, next to Singapore, said Riau Islands police spokesperson Zahwani Pandra Arsyad. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks. They then remotely removed the malicious software agent — known as Qakbot — […]

An 80-year-old Knoxville widow recently fell victim to a romance scam.

Hawkinson emotionally explained the timeline of events that led to her losing nearly everything after what she thought was a six-month relationship.

NEW YORK (AP) — With the help of technology, scammers are tricking Americans out of more money than ever before. But there are steps you can take to keep your money and information safe. In 2022, reported consumer losses to fraud totaled $8.8 billion — a 30 percent increase from 2021, according to the most […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor’s life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got was sentenced Thursday to over four years in prison. Peaches Stergo, 36, of Champions Gate, Florida, was described by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos […]

 A “love at first swipe” cost a Philadelphia woman nearly $500,000.

NEW YORK (AP) — His name has been plastered on this city’s tabloids, bolted to its buildings and cemented to a special breed of brash New York confidence. Now, with Donald Trump due to return to the place that put him on the map, the city he loved is poised to deliver his comeuppance. Rejected […]

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of helping steal millions of dollars from hundreds of people in online romance scams, often regaling the victims with stories of oil rig explosions and foreign jails, has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Kofi Osei, 30, and his alleged accomplices from 2016 to 2020 targeted […]

People can fall for a scheme very easily on Valentine’s Day, whether you are buying someone a gift or if you are looking for a new date.

Scams are nothing new, but Oklahoma City Police say they’re seeing an uptick in elderly people losing money to people on dating sites.

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a rise in seniors in our community getting scammed. Currently, online romance scams are the biggest issue they’re seeing throughout the county.  

On the search for love, many people turn to dating apps, but a few friendly texts with a potential match can quickly turn into one of the newest and fastest growing scams.

You only have until the end of August to submit a form for remission.

Millions of dollars are available for victims of scams. The federal government is urging those who lost money through wire fraud involving Western Union to come forward, but time is running out.

Cryptocurrencies have expanded to capture the minds and pockets of everyday people and criminals alike, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A woman was arrested in Miami-Dade County after it was reported she allegedly stole over $437,000 from a hospitalized elderly cancer patient.

Over 847,000 internent crime complaints were filed last year. Here’s how many were reported in your state.

Cryptocurrencies make it easier for scammers to remain anonymous, so tracking them down is much harder than money transfers, which are tied to a bank.