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What happens when nothing works while trying to save a parent from a romance scam
The number one question I get in my email inbox is from adult children desperately trying to save a parent who is trapped in a romance scam. They’ve tried everything… begging, interventions, cutting off money, even taking control through power ...
Package to a romance scammer tips off federal investigators, leading to one woman's heartbreak
The woman in this story was scammed twice. Once by love and the other by hanging on to hope that she could get her money back. Then, one day federal investigators came calling. Anola Johnson says her life was just normal before the scam. <...
Married man accused of tangled web of financial fraud with multiple girlfriends
Scammers aren’t always sitting behind a screen in some far away land. Sometimes they're bold enough to meet in person and integrate into your life to steal your money. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean they land behind bars. The law, and those i...
Married Mormon man out $2 million dollars after pig butchering scam
Micheal Breinig is a married father of three who had a great life before scammers stole $2 million dollars. The thing is… he wasn’t even looking for anything. He wasn’t even on social media before his co-workers told him he needed to be online ...
Scamnetic CEO Al Pascual describes innovative technology to battle scammers
We usually hear from a survivor of a romance, or pig butchering scam, sprinkled with a sextortion case here and there because the human side of these stories connect with people’s emotions. However, talking to the experts is just as impor...
Fan Mail
My name is Patrice and I have a story about a cautionary tale for families of elderly people. My elderly aunt was contacted by phone over the course of years. She was told that she won millions through Publishers Clearing House which seemed plausible since she occasionally completed and sent entry forms. The end result was the scammer changing her phone number and adding a PIN number so we were unable to contact her. Then when we got that cleared up, "Mr. Peterson" sent her a brief case with a combination lock through the mail with a note from him saying to contact him with his phone number (a Jack phone). We went through a lot to stop this scam. Police were disinterested. We were able to stop the scammer but unable to get back her money. Btw, my aunt had been a teacher and then an attorney!
Roanoke, Virginia
