
How romance scam victims in Ireland are ‘love bombed’ by global crime gangs
From Crime World
Published 3/4/2026
More than 200 people across the island of Ireland were targeted by romance scams in the past year. As AI tools can now create realistic deepfake images and cloned voices, fraudsters have new ways to deceive victims. With digital relationships on the rise, telling real love from a scam may be…





