Online dating has revolutionized how people connect and find love. Now, any of us can flick through an online catalog of potential love interests in the palm of their hands – no more terrible chat-up ...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, "Nigerian Prince" emails became infamous — typically involving someone claiming to be royalty and asking for money that they promised would be paid back with a hefty ...

An Ohio man is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday after being indicted for scamming more than $1 million from online dating site users who thought they were forming a romantic connection. As ...

A 76-year-old New Jersey man lost more than $650,000 to an online romance scam. The scammer, posing as "Dorothy Forson," gained the victim's trust after his wife's death. The victim sent money for ...

ACCRA, Aug 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a teenager, Kasim was the star striker of his school's football team in Ghana, earning him the moniker Starflex. But the 22-year-old has since abandoned ...

An immigrant from Ghana who was involved in a romance scam that targeted elderly and recently bereaved people was sentenced Wednesday to 6½ years in prison. U.S. District Judge Timothy Black told ...

The last of seven Columbus-area defendants convicted of laundering nearly $12 million for online romance scammers in Ghana was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Columbus. Kwame O. Yeboah, 38, ...

The dating app Tinder changed the way we connect by mainstreaming the swipe: Swipe left to reject; swipe right to see if there’s a spark. Now, in the age of pernicious romance scams, Tinder is going ...