"The gist of it is to fatten the prospect or the potential victim by promising, and even delivering in some cases, a big return." ...

One Shoreline family is trying to bounce back after falling victim to an online scam that drained their life savings.

The Department of Justice seized over $8 million from romance scammers after tracing the money to cryptocurrency wallets.

The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office has aided a woman in retrieving a portion of money she lost to a “pig butchering scam.” The local woman in her late 60s contacted the sheriff’s office after she lost ...