The FBI announced criminal charges against a woman who is accused of “deliberately and methodically” targeting older men to rob them of everything.

In its travel advice, Canada has warned its citizens about Irish romance scams, but overall has Ireland at its safest risk ...

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The AARP and scam victims are advocating for Congress to amend the tax law. Previous attempts at change have stalled, but advocates hope the pressure of sunsetting tax provisions will prompt action.

A Las Vegas woman is accused of defrauding older men and causing the death of at least one of them.

She used online dating apps to lure older men to meet her in person, then drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme, the FBI said.

A scammer who claimed to be a U.S. Marine has cheated a 47-year-old woman out of almost $90,000, according to the Salina Police Department.

The agency described the scheme as one of the most nefarious it has encountered, with nearly a dozen known victims and ...

Aurora Phelps is being accused of drugging several elderly men and stealing their financial information, according to court ...

In one instance Phelps is alleged to have kidnapped a victim by heavily sedating him and taking him across the U.S.-Mexico ...

Aurora Phelps​ was indicted in Nevada over a series of romance scams that allegedly led to at least two deaths and one ...

Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the ...