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 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