Scammers often prey on lonely individuals seeking love, using photos stolen from real people to establish fake profiles. One ...

While regulating dating apps could help in ensuring accountability of platform providers to curb "love scams", experts ...

When 'Julia' became suspicious and challenged the ‘Daniel Peeters’ requests in May last year, he asked her to marry him, ...

The victims pulled money out of their retirement accounts. The withdrawals had inflated their taxable income, even though the ...

Rather than scoring love at first swipe, Katie Powell, a single mom, was scammed out of $40,000 by a trickster on Tinder. “It ...

A still from The Man With a Thousand Faces, which is screening at the 2025 Fraud Film Festival. Photo / Supplied A festival ...

From a ‘love nest’ scam to DeepSeek founder’s hometown becoming a tourist hotspot, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The deadline for having REAL ID identification is approaching in May, and that creates the sense of urgency that scammers ...

If you suspect you've fallen for a digital payment app scam, contact the app and your financial institution immediately.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, people reported losing an eye-popping $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024.

If it has happened to you, don't blame yourself. Remember, these scammers know exactly how to manipulate people. The ...