Real-life Tinder Swindlers: how the pandemic has fuelled romance scams For years, Debby Montgomery Johnson didn't tell anyone she'd been scammed out of more than $1 million by a man with whom she believed she was in a loving, though virtual, relationship. "It should not have happened to me," said the business owner and former [...]

The price of love: Pandemic fuels romance scams For years, Debby Montgomery Johnson didn't tell anyone she'd been scammed out of more than $1 million by a man with whom she believed she was in a loving, though virtual, relationship. "It should not have happened to me," the business owner and former Air Force officer [...]

They thought they found love online. The illusion came at a steep price. Evelyn was smitten when she met a “silver fox” named Robert Wilson on Match.com. He was 62, with a largish nose, but fit, cosmopolitan and an engineer. She’d later come to believe he had millions in the bank. She was 63 and [...]