CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Love then bust. Romance scams almost never end well. It seems women are easier targets. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. lost $547 million to romance scams ...

A Nigerian man living in Oklahoma City was sentenced this week to federal prison for committing an online “romance scam” against an Alabama woman. In Oklahoma City federal court, Abdul Waris Akinsanya ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BENTON, Ill. – A Nigerian national appeared ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KCTV) - An investigation into a Nigerian romance scheme could land a man in prison for decades after he fraudulently obtained a student visa and admission to the University of Missouri ...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis County man has pleaded guilty to helping Nigerian romance scammers bilk women in 25 states out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and electronics. The St. Louis ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Nigerian romance scammer has switched sides and is now helping victims who are being taken to the cleaners by fake lovers. “Just send me the conversation between two ...

Saheed Owolabi, 34, is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in January. He faces up to 40 years in prison.

A Nigerian national living in Dorchester admitted in federal court Wednesday to scamming victims out of $550,000 through online romance schemes, the United States Attorney’s Office announced. Mike ...