A recent study on romance scams found that bots were able to get people to install a sketchy app 46% of the time versus 18% ...

AI romance scam safety filters from OpenAI, Google, and Meta failed to detect a single one of 250 romance-baiting ...

Several cryptocurrency companies have come together to prevent nearly $50m stolen via “romance baiting” (pig butchering) scammers reaching its intended destination. Blockchain analytics firm ...

This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. Meta announced a new series of legal actions ...

Romance scams have always depended on imagination. The attractive stranger working overseas. The busy entrepreneur unable to ...

The government portal where Americans go to report online fraud has itself become bait for a new round of scams. The FBI has ...

With the rise of AI comes an increasing amount of people who lose thousands to deepfake frauds using public figures. In a year, Americans lose nearly $900 million to AI-driven fraud. Many Americans ...

There may be no better target for a prank than a scammer. That’s exactly what Rosie Okomura does. Known online as IRL Rosie, she’s part of a growing group of creators who spend their time calling ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is testing facial recognition software to combat “celeb bait” scams on its platforms, as well as to allow users to more easily regain access to ...