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Romance scams use emotional connection, urgency and isolation rather than a single trick. Victims are manipulated over weeks or months, often by organised criminal groups, and increasingly steered into fake crypto or trading platforms. These scams are never the victim's fault — they are engineered to bypass normal caution.
Invented romantic identities built to win trust and then request money.
Sudden 'crisis' stories — accidents, arrests, stranded abroad — engineered to rush money out of you.
Scammers posing as deployed service members who cite duty rules to avoid meeting and then ask for money.
Romantic interest used to draw you into a fake crypto trading platform (a form of pig butchering).
Relationships kept permanently remote, with endless reasons a meeting or video call can't happen.
Intimate images obtained or faked, then used to threaten and extort the victim.
Invented illnesses or accidents used to extract money for treatment that doesn't exist.
Plans to finally meet that always require you to fund tickets, visas or fees — then collapse.
Follow-up scams targeting romance fraud victims with promises to recover lost money for a fee.
Requests for gift card codes as 'help' or 'gifts' — an untraceable way to drain money from victims.
False identities built using stolen photos and invented lives to manipulate emotions and extract money or information.
Fake offers of a generous weekly allowance that require an upfront payment before anything is ever received.
A romantic partner reveals a large inheritance but needs your help with fees to unlock it — fees you will never see again.
Scammers posing as famous people who build emotional relationships with fans before requesting money.
Scammers targeting bereaved people with manufactured empathy, exploiting grief to build trust and then request money.
Threats to expose a relationship, real or fabricated, unless payment is made to keep it secret.
Fake or exploitative matchmaking services that charge high upfront fees for curated introductions that never materialise or are performed by paid actors.
Online partners who request money for visa fees, flight costs, or migration paperwork as part of a plan to supposedly come and live with you.
Fraudulent psychics who exploit loneliness and romantic hope to extract repeated payments for rituals, readings, and 'curse removals' promising to bring a partner closer.
Fraudsters pose as wealthy older women offering a generous allowance to younger people, then request fees, gift cards, or personal information before the promised money is ever sent.
Fraudsters posing as deployed military personnel claim they need financial help to secure leave to visit the victim, then disappear after payment is made.
After building a long-distance romantic relationship, scammers claim they need money for visa or immigration fees to come and marry the victim — then disappear once paid.
De’Zhaun Stribling may have switched his jersey number at the wrong time. The 49ers rookie is set to wear No. 7 for the upcoming season, which is the same jersey number that fraudster Daejon Love claimed to have. Love was arrested on Aug. 24 after posing as a 49ers player to allegedly swindle cash from multiple women through an extensive romance and investment scam. There are 26 reported victims that Love allegedly stole more than $1.3 million from. The scam has emerged as another viral meme fo…
nypost.com · Sep 1, 2026
The Daejon Love story has taken another turn. Love was arrested on Aug. 24 after allegedly impersonating a 49ers player in order to scam women into romance and investment schemes. He is currently facing two federal wire fraud charges in Oregon. According to a group of men who used to play pickup basketball with Love, his first story was that he allegedly played professional basketball overseas. Marvelous Owens, defensive back at Northeastern State University, posted a video on social media expl…
nypost.com · Sep 1, 2026
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cbsnews.com · Aug 31, 2026
A man accused of posing as a San Francisco 49ers player to defraud women has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon. Beginning in February 2022, Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, “created fictitious investments to defraud numerous women in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon. “Love met most of the women on the Internet through dating apps.” Ch…
globalnews.ca · Aug 31, 2026
Is romance dead? Yeah, probably. There have never been more options for finding a mate – dating apps, Instagram DM slides, hanging out next to a gas station at 2am – but it’s also never been harder. Meeting someone who is compatible, stable, and even remotely attractive is akin to putting a square peg in a round hole. Blindfolded. From a mile away. Underwater. So, I can’t blame anyone for falling for an elaborate hoax like the one allegedly perpetrated by Daejon Love. Love is now infamous aroun…
theguardian.com · Aug 31, 2026
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