Romance Scam
Reports of romance and dating scams where fraudsters build fake relationships to extract money or personal data.
13 verified reports.
Recent romance scam reports
Jeffrey Paul Kent
Declared a dangerous offender by an Alberta court for a decades-long pattern of predatory romance and confidence frauds against women.
Melissa Ann Shepard
Known internationally as the 'Internet Black Widow'; used online dating to target elderly men in Canada and the US, drugging and defrauding multiple husbands.
Oluwaseun Martins
Arrested by EFCC for coordinating romance-fraud cells.
Michael Olorunyomi
Indicted in connection with an $11 million romance-scam ring.
Augustine Ahmed
Arrested for targeting elderly citizens in romance-fraud schemes.
Samuel Olumide
Prosecuted for dating-site financial coercion.
Kingsley Chiedu Chidobe
Charged with operating romance-scam and business-fraud cells targeting U.S. victims.
Tobiloba Ibrahim
Prosecuted for catfishing and blackmail operations.
Babatunde Martins
Sentenced in the U.S. for a $7 million romance-scam ring.
Bernard Okorhi
Co-defendant sentenced for international romance-fraud activity.
Bright Nwosu
Prosecuted for laundering proceeds of romance scams.
David Emmanuel
Arrested for online-relationship and wire-fraud schemes.
Nnamdi Benson Chidiebere
Indicted for BEC and romance-scam operations targeting U.S. victims.