Americans receive fraudulent or scam messages twice as much as other countries, according to new research. A poll of 10,500 adults from around the world found that the average American navigates an ...

A court in China has sentenced 11 people to death for their roles in a billion-dollar family-run criminal empire built on online scam and gambling operations in a remote border region of Myanmar, and ...

The Federal Trade Commission received 2.6 million fraud reports from US consumers in 2024. If you fall for *** scam, acting quickly can help you recover. First, cut off all communication with the ...

About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

I received a text message from FedEx telling me they were unable to deliver my package because I needed to sign for it. I was instructed to click on a link to ...

The Better Business Bureau is warning residents of a new scam. The "ghost tapping" scam could mean losing money from your bank account. The Better Business Bureau is warning the public about "ghost ...

CANTON ‒ A city church has lost nearly $10,000 in a scam perpetrated by someone pretending to collect payment for an electric bill. A church trustee told police on Sept. 24 that the church received an ...

Somewhere along the way, your parents likely told you that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And dear reader, we regret to inform you, they were right about that one, at least.

Got a text message from USPS about a package that you don't quite remember ordering? The impulse to click on the link to jog your memory about the delivery or to see why a package you were expecting ...

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies. Recent Meta ads have included fabricated ...