In 2025, a 69-year-old Mesa retiree lost her home and savings to a scammer posing as a US Navy officer on Facebook

A fake romance cost a Mesa retiree her home and savings. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

A 69-year-old retiree from Mesa, Arizona, who asked to be identified only as “Susan,” received a Facebook message out of the blue in the summer of 2025 from a man named Stephen, who claimed to be a Navy officer stationed in the Middle East. That message, Arizona’s Family reports, started a romance scam that cost … Read more

In 2024, scammers posing as federal agents took nearly $400,000 from an Indiana woman; she now shares her story to warn others

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22-year-old school dropout steals $245 million in Bitcoin by posing as Google and Gemini executives; pleads guilty as stolen fortune funds Ferraris, mansions and a $569,000 night out

22-year-old school dropout steals $245 million in Bitcoin by posing as Google and Gemini executives; pleads guilty as stolen fortune funds Ferraris, mansions and a $569,000 night out

Malone Lam flashes bundles of cash while partying at a Miami nightclub in September 2024. (Photo: United States Department of Justice) A 22-year-old Singaporean man has pleaded guilty to his role in an international cryptocurrency racketeering operation that prosecutors say stole and laundered more than $245 million in digital assets. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout … Read more