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 ...

As Congress faces another budget stalemate, consumer watchdogs are warning Americans to be on guard for scams exploiting fears over the potential government shutdown. State attorneys general and ...

Two new schemes are targeting people around the Carolinas. Juliana O'Rork with the Better Business Bureau shares a warning about the "ghost tapping" scam. Mike Johnson Shifts Tone On Health Care As ...

Online scam losses in Port Orange, Florida, have surpassed $1 million in the first nine months of 2025. Cryptocurrency scams account for a significant portion of the financial losses reported to local ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Authorities are warning people not to fall for scams from callers claiming to be with the San Diego Sheriff’s Office. SDSO posted a reminder to the public on social media, ...

Phishing is a major and growing threat to businesses. But phishing awareness training has a minimal success rate. Researchers urge organizations to invest in countermeasures. A new study has confirmed ...

Mamello Thinyane receives funding from Optus and CSIRO. In 2024, more than A$2.03 billion was lost to scams in Australia across 494,732 reported cases. Most of these scams were enabled by technology, ...

ST. LOUIS – Ameren is alerting customers in Missouri and Illinois about a growing solar panel scam where callers and door-to-door solicitors are impersonating company representatives. These scammers ...