romance fraud
Coverage of romance fraud in the Nexus archive.
- Scammers keep scoring: Brits fleeced for £1.3B as Americans lose $3.5B to impersonators
Brits lost £1.28 billion to payment fraud in 2025, with 66% of incidents originating from online platforms and 17% from telecoms networks. UK Finance called for stricter regulations on tech and telecoms sectors to combat scams, as authorized push payment (APP) fraud losses rose 19% to over £576 million, driven by investment, romance, and impersonation fraud.
- Tragedy of the widow scammed to death: How British grandmother's life was torn apart before she died in Ghana trying to retrieve £1million back from romance fraudsters
A British grandmother died in Ghana after falling victim to a £1 million romance scam, with her life devastated by the fraud before her tragic death. She traveled to Ghana to confront scammers but succumbed to the ordeal.
- British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Janet Fordham, a 69-year-old British woman scammed of £1m through romance frauds over five years, died in a road crash in Ghana after traveling there to recover her lost money. The inquest in Exeter, Devon, revealed she was defrauded by scammers based in the UK, Germany, the US, and Ghana.
- British grandmother who fell for £1million romance fraud was killed in Ghana car crash after she went to try to retrieve her fortune, inquest hears
A British grandmother, who fell victim to a £1 million romance fraud, died in a car crash in Ghana while attempting to recover her lost fortune, an inquest revealed. The incident highlights the tragic consequences of financial scams and travel-related risks.