A fraudster who targeted women on dating websites pretended to be an intelligence agent as part of a £50,000 scam, a court heard.

Leonnie Robson, 35, preyed upon susceptible male victims on sites including Facebook between March 2024 and May 2025. In every case, she would establish a romantic connection with them before ...

HMRC estimates that roughly one million taxpayers are still due refunds averaging £473 each, which could be reclaimed if they ...

Rory Innes, founder of The Cyber Helpline charity, has highlighted an explosion in “catfishing” cases, which leave victims emotionally and financially devastated every year.

A serial romance scammer, who told victims he worked for the BBC and MI6, has been jailed for more than five years. Kitchen ...

She said: "I was in a relationship with the defendant for around six months and for this whole time I did not know his real name. "There has been so much emotional distress and every time I tried to ...

Charlene Shrowder had made the money by selling her house, but she was then pressured into giving it all to scammer Rodney ...

Tinder has a slew of new products for 2026, including offline events. CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company couldn't "put our heads in the sand." ...

The company aims to combat growing fraud schemes, including impersonation accounts that lure users with fake celebrity endorsements.

This sophisticated online scam is spread via paid ads and fake news stories across popular sites like Facebook. Here's how to spot it before it's too late.

We're investing in new technologies, introducing anti-scam tools, and collaborating with partners to make our platforms safer ...