Romance & Relationship Fraud
Quebec network of romance fraudsters dismantled
Montreal (September 18, 2020) – The Sûreté du Quebec announced this week that they dismantled a vast network of romance fraudsters. On September 15, the Quebec provincial police made a dozen arrests in the regions Quebec City, Montreal, and the Outaouais in connection...
Stoney Creek man arrested for online dating fraud
Toronto (June 4, 2020) – Toronto police arrested Raymond Coles of Stoney Creek for an online dating fraud on June 2. He is accused of defrauding a woman after they met on a dating website, where he allegedly portrayed himself as a police officer, in January 2018....
RCMP issued warrant for 4 men in alleged ‘multimillion-dollar’ romance scam
Regina (April 20, 2020) – The Saskatchewan RCMP made a breakthrough in a ‘multimillion-dollar’ romance scam investigation that started in 2018. Five men are suspected of defrauding seven women out of up to $2 million. The scams were conducted over a period of two...
Romance scammers: ‘Are you falling in love, or falling victim?’
Ottawa (February 14, 2020) – On Valentine’s day, the RCMP brought to the attention of Canadians the danger of romance scams resulting from online relationships. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), 682 Canadians reported in 972 complaints in 2019 for a...
Edmonton man arrested for alleged Orillia romance scam
Orillia (December 10, 2019) – Orillia OPP arrested Albert Gyamfi from Edmonton in connection with an Orillia romance scam incident. In April 2017, the Orillia victim reported to the police sending over $25,000 to an alleged romance fraudster. After a lengthy...
Convicted fraudster allegedly ran international online scam from Nigerian maximum security prison
Lagos, Nigeria (November 22, 2019) – Convicted online fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke, allegedly ran an international online scam from a Nigerian maximum security prison while serving his current jail term, according to Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes...
Toronto man wanted for romance scams
Toronto (November 21, 2019) –Ridwan Oyeyemi from Toronto is wanted by the police for allegedly perpetrating romance scams. He is the suspect in an ongoing fraud investigation. The police had been notified of two online dating scams where two Torontarians in their...
Charges laid against alleged online dating fraudster from North York
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal (October 31, 2019) – The OPP laid charges against Nosa Oriakhi from North York for allegedly pulling an online dating fraud on a Cardinal woman. Police believe that Oriakhi and the woman met on an online dating site. After he has claimed to be in...
Five arrested in Canada-wide romance scams
Toronto (October 22, 2019) – Five Ontario residents were arrested by the Toronto police in September 2019 after a 10-month investigation into a romance scam scheme. The men are alleged to have been connected to the bank accounts that have been used for online romance...
Crime Stoppers warns against romance scam impersonating Jeremy Renner
Vernon (October 15, 2019) – Crime Stoppers Central Okanagan issued a warning on October 10 against a romance scam in British Columbia impersonating Avengers Star Jeremy Renner. The online romance scammer approaches women on social media sites with fraudulent accounts...
Once successful lawyer sentenced to six-months due to bigamy and fraud
Hamilton (September 13, 2019) – James Morton, a once successful lawyer received a six-month conditional sentence and was ordered to perform community service due to being convicted of bigamy and fraud, in the Newmarket Ontario Court of Justice, on September 11. Judge...
‘I do not believe her.’, B.C. judge convicts woman for emptying fraudulent credit cards, she received from her alleged sugar daddy
Abbotsford (September 9, 2019) – Jennifer Yvonne Thompson has been convicted of seven criminal charges including fraud for emptying fraudulent credit cards, she claimed to have received from her sugar daddy. She defrauded the TD bank of $195,059 between November 2015...
FBI indicted 80 people with fraud charges in connection to numerous online scams worldwide
(August 30, 2019) – The FBI indicted 80 people, mostly Nigerian citizens, with fraud, money laundering, and identity theft charges. The defendants are under suspicion of having conducted numerous online scams including romance and business email compromise (BEC)...
Social media romance costs Perth County resident $20,000
Kitchener-Waterloo (August 21, 2019) – A Perth County resident has lost $20,000 to an online romance scammer during the last year. The victim reported the incident to the police on August 2 after realizing that the online love affair was a romance scam, according to...
Edmonton woman seduced into $250,000 romance scam
Edmonton (July 31, 2019) – Evelyn Wichmann was the victim of romance fraud. A man which she met on an internet dating site seduced her into paying $250,000 and finally drove the 62-year-old receptionist into financial ruin, CBC reports. Edmonton police investigate the...
No. 1 scam: Romance fraud cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018
The No. 1 scam in Canada in 2018 was Romance fraud. It cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018
Nigerian Man Living In Canada Receives 14 Years In U.S. Prison For Leading Fraud Ring
July 31, 2018 - A Nigerian man must serve 14 years in a U.S. prison for leading a fraud ring that prosecutors in Texas say laundered $3.5 million from hundreds of victims. Ochuko Sylvester Eruotor was sentenced Friday in Austin. The 42-year-old Eruotor, who lived in...
Man allegedly convinced woman he met online to give him cash and gifts worth $100K
May 2, 2018 (Courtesy of CP24.com) - A 47-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly convincing a woman he met online last year to give him cash and gifts amounting to more than $100,000. According to investigators, the pair met on an online dating...
Police seeking Grindr fraudster accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Metro Vancouver men
Christian Michael Lee Richardson has been charged with fraud, theft offences April 23,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - West Vancouver police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect accused of defrauding men he met on a dating app. Christian Michael Lee Richardson, 39,...
Halton police issue warning after woman loses $1.2M in romance scam
March 13,2018 (Courtesy of Citynews.ca) - Halton regional police have issued a public warning about a so-called ‘romance scam’ after a woman came forward saying she was bilked out of more than $1.2 million. Police say the suspect could be anywhere in the world and...
Online love scams: How to spot the warning signs
March 13, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - As romance scams continue to rake in cash from trusting British Columbians looking for love, a consumer advocate is offering advice on how to protect yourself on dating websites. "This is obviously a huge problem," said Evan...