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A US oil rig worker, a fake UK bank account and a supposed $3 million fortune. Lane Nichols investigates how an elaborate international romance scam cos
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When Paul called ING with a question about his cryptocurrency investment, the bank's scam team was alerted. Now, after losing nearly $500,000 to a romance scam, Paul argues the bank could have stopped it.
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When Carlos, an American expat living in Colombia, finally met in person the attractive young woman he had been messaging on a dating app, his apprehension began to melt away.
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Detectives believe man is targeting single women – while AFP shines spotlight on romance fraud
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Roxanne Doucette charged with attempted murder after someone pretending to be soap star told her to ‘get rid’ of husband
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Some Muslim women are being targeted by proponents of a controversial theory.
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Romance scammers can make easy money exploiting people looking for love, but in this newly-observed campaign linked to the Ukraine war they are playing on deeper emotions
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Russian romance scams have snared a growing number of Australians since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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If you suspect someone you love is being fleeced in a romance scam, how do you break it to them without them getting defensive? An expert from Relationships Australia talks us through it.
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One of the biggest headlines in the gaming community last week involved a deepfake porn scandal. Such material is one example of how generative AI can cause immense harm.
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Catfish scammer's conscience struck: Would I let my own mother be treated like this?
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Kevin shared photos of his family and his impressive jet-setting lifestyle, and she was swept off her feet. She didn’t realise it was all a scam until it was too late.
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An Australian Story episode on online dating con artists gave reviewer Jenny Valentish a jolt: she’d once been duped by a guy like this too
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When Chamanun received a LinkedIn message from an unknown man claiming to be an American doctor, it marked the beginning of a tangled web of lies that would ultimately lead to Chamanun's arrest for stealing $250 million from her employer, and 20 years in prison.
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A former police officer lost $15,000 overnight as part of a large-scale crypto swindle. It underlines the startling increase in these scams — and their growing power to affect anyone.
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It's easier than you might think to get ensnared in a romance scam.
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Despite the belief that people are deeply skeptical of strangers, study after study shows that humans are primed to trust one another.
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People over the age of 55 make up half the losses reported to Scamwatch and almost three in five victims were women, often targeted through social networking sites.
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Eight Nigerian men are charged in South Africa after an international operation involving Interpol.
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How a British man's dreams of a future with his Ukrainian fiancee ended in financial disaster.
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This Netflix series imagines we all have a DNA-compatible soulmate waiting for us. But while there are companies in the real world matchmaking via DNA, love is more complex than that.
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The victim says she feels "sick" after being duped into handing over her inheritance.
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More and more women are falling victim to dating scams that are leaving them traumatised and often destitute. Here, three women share their stories.