8 h. ago 'I thought the man I met online was the one — but his evil scam cost me £60,000'

Cindy Palecek, who is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, said the construction worker "seemed like a very nice person" but the man soon embezzled large sums of money from her

Economics

51 h. ago Woman loses £100,000 in scam, meets 'handsome bloke' online and then loses another £60k

Retired Cindy Palecek was enjoying her free time when she fell for a man she met online. The encounter with 'Mike' ended up costing her almost £100,000

Economics

7 d. ago Kurdish asylum seeker, 27, raped girl he met online in the grounds of Tamworth Castle just weeks after arriving in the UK on a small boat

Kurdish national Mehmet Ogur, who was living at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, forced himself on his 18-year-old victim in the grounds of Tamworth Castle.

Events

8 d. ago Brit woman who 'flew to USA to be murdered' lured by chilling tactics of 'fetish killer'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Sonia Exelby, 32, from Portsmouth, flew to Tallahassee to meet a man she had met online to engage in a horrific fetish experts warn is 'never mutual'

Events

9 d. ago David Lammy: JD Vance agrees that sexualised AI images on X are ‘unacceptable’

Exclusive: US vice-president ‘sympathetic’ to concerns over Grok-generated pornography, says deputy PMJD Vance, the US vice-president, has agreed that it is “entirely unacceptable” for platforms such as X to allow the proliferation of AI-generated sexualised images of women and children, David Lammy has told the Guardian.The deputy prime minister said Vance, usually known as an AI enthusiast, expressed concern about how the technology was being used to fuel “hyper-pornographied slop” online when they met in Washington on Thursday. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Grindr death accused googled what happens 'if you accidentally kill someone during sex'

Josh Baxter, 28, is accused of manslaughter, intentional strangulation and GBH of Michael Barron, 38 after the pair met on the online dating app in January last year

Events

2 w. ago Junk food advertising to children banned in the UK but new rules spark debate

The UK Government has introduced new rules banning adverts for 'less healthy' foods on TV during daytime hours and online at any time - but the changes have been met with mixed opinions

Society

3 w. ago ‘I’m 19 and a man I’ve met online, 26, wants to fly me to Dubai for NYE’

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader, 19, who has been invited to Dubai for NYE by a 26 year old man she met online – she’s unsure if the idea is dangerous or if she should do it

Politics

3 w. ago New London man accused of engaging in sexual activity with minor he met online

New London man accused of engaging in sexual activity with minor he met online  WTNH.com

Politics

3 w. ago New London man arrested for sexual assault of minor met through online gaming

New London man arrested for sexual assault of minor met through online gaming  WFSB

Events

4 w. ago Dear Coleen: I'm worried I'll never meet someone as dating feels like torture

I’ve gone on blind dates set up by friends, tried to flirt with guys I’ve met through work, and I’ve also tried online dating, but none of it has worked.

Politics