As her story shows, even someone as successful and connected as Likins — who roomed for a time with the rock star Stevie Nicks — could fall victim to a devastating romance catfish scam.

Young West African ‘catfish’ scammers have turned cyber-fraud into a cornerstone of transnational crime by recycling age-old scams for the social media age. We investigate.

Online dating is more and more popular these days. Not only is it convenient, but it also offers more available singles than, say, your local coffee shop. While it does make meeting new people ...

In catfish scams, criminals use fake online identities to gain a victim’s affection and trust. The scammer then uses the illusion of a romantic or close relationship to manipulate and/or steal ...

A U.S. Marine's photographs were used, without his knowledge, to scam a California hair stylist out of her life savings.

A TINDER catfish duped a lovestruck man out of almost £5,000 by posing as a girlfriend and an agony aunt. Euan Cochrane, 23, pretended on the dating app to be Cara Bruce and chatted online with ...

LOVELL — Jane Doe didn’t want to use her real name because, like many others, she felt embarrassed that she fell victim to a catfish scam. She agreed to an interview with the Lovell Chronicle ...