Research into romance scams reveals how fraudsters manipulate victims online and offers practical strategies for recognizing and resisting their tactics.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Romance scams lead to billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. According to AARP, about 1 in 10 people age 50 and over ...

Journalist Carlos Barragán tells Reema Khrais what drives Nigeria’s “Yahoo Boys” to crime and how they profit from loneliness. Reporter Carlos Barragan spent years getting to know some of these young ...

A LinkedIn romance scam cost Gaby close to $1 million after a scammer returned her first payment to build trust, then escalated requests over two years.

Dating apps have spent years telling us to trust our instincts while simultaneously asking us to swipe through an endless buffet of strangers with professionally lit selfies, suspiciously vague bios, ...

Fraud is not a problem that is stabilizing. It's accelerating. Tech support scams, imposter scams, investment scams, romance scams, charity scams, identity theft. The list just keeps growing. But AARP ...

Romance scams lead to billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. According to AARP, about 1 in 10 people age 50 and over say they have made what they consider a romantic connection online and ...