41 romance scam reports

Romance scammer list

Names, aliases and contact details of people reported or prosecuted for dating and romance scams. Search before you send money to someone you met online. Entries are allegations unless marked as convicted; charged people are presumed innocent.

Latest romance scammer reports

Charles Uchenna Nwadavid

Nigeria

Convicted: sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.7 million in restitution for stealing from romance scam victims and laundering proceeds through cryptocurrency.

Augustine Ahmed

Nigeria

Arrested for targeting elderly citizens in romance-fraud schemes.

Temitope Omotayo

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Tobiloba Ibrahim

Nigeria

Prosecuted for catfishing and blackmail operations.

Ijeoma Okoro

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

David Animashaun

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Gbenga Oyeneyin

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

David Emmanuel

Nigeria

Arrested for online-relationship and wire-fraud schemes.

Alex Ogunshakin

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Benson Nnamdi

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Oluwaseun Adelekan

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Solomon Aburekhanlen

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Victor Idowu

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Afeez Abiola Alao

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Frederick Orji

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Nnamdi Benson Chidiebere

Nigeria

Indicted for BEC and romance-scam operations targeting U.S. victims.

Jeffrey Paul Kent

Canada

Declared a dangerous offender by an Alberta court for a decades-long pattern of predatory romance and confidence frauds against women.

Samuel Ugberaese

Nigeria

Extradited from Nigeria to the United States on charges of orchestrating cross-border romance schemes with a co-conspirator. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Abiola Olajumoke

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Oluwaseun Martins

Nigeria

Arrested by EFCC for coordinating romance-fraud cells.

Felix Okpoh

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Babatunde Martins

Nigeria

Sentenced in the U.S. for a $7 million romance-scam ring.

Samuel Olumide

Nigeria

Prosecuted for dating-site financial coercion.

Adetomiwa Seun Akindele

Nigeria

Convicted: pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering and was sentenced to nearly six years in prison over a $1.6 million romance scam targeting an elderly American woman.

Kingsley Chiedu Chidobe

Nigeria

Charged with operating romance-scam and business-fraud cells targeting U.S. victims.

Ogolor Ronayerin Ogolor

Nigeria

Convicted: sentenced to three years in federal prison for acting as financial manager of a romance scam ring that took nearly $900,000 from more than a dozen victims.

Ambro Sunday Ohide

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Uwadiale Esezobor

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Micheal Olorunyomi

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Abiola Kayode

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Chukwemeka Orji

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Uzuh Richard

Nigeria

Flagged by the FBI in connection with cyber fraud networks combining business email compromise and romance fraud. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Olalekan Daramola

Nigeria

Named in a New York indictment alleging romance fraud and email compromise schemes. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Emanuel Stanley Orji

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo

Nigeria

Convicted: sentenced to five years in federal prison for a romance scam that defrauded eight victims of approximately $3.5 million. Operated on dating sites including Match and Zoosk under the alias "Giovanni".

Bernard Okorhi

Nigeria

Co-defendant sentenced for international romance-fraud activity.

Bright Nwosu

Nigeria

Prosecuted for laundering proceeds of romance scams.

Melissa Ann Shepard

Canada

Known internationally as the 'Internet Black Widow'; used online dating to target elderly men in Canada and the US, drugging and defrauding multiple husbands.

Michael Olorunyomi

Nigeria

Indicted in connection with an $11 million romance-scam ring.

Irabor Fatarr Musa

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Oluwalobamise Michael Moses

Nigeria

Named in a Texas federal indictment alleging romance fraud conspiracy. Charges only — presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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How to check a romance scammer's photos

Run their profile pictures through a reverse image search (Google Lens, TinEye, Bing). If the same face appears under other names — often a soldier, doctor, engineer or model — the photos are stolen. Compare with our Stolen Faces guides.

Signs you're talking to a romance scammer

  • They profess love fast and move you off the dating app.
  • They can never video call, or the video always "breaks".
  • There's an emergency: customs fees, a medical bill, a frozen account.
  • They introduce a crypto "investment" opportunity.