To help keep yourself safe from being scammed in the first place, don't post photos of your plane tickets and other travel ...

When Simon’s wife of 43 years passed away, it felt a bit like he’d died too. In his overwhelming grief, Simon sought companionship online, like so many other lonely widows and widowers. Simon was ...

Surfshark has quietly launched a new mobile feature called Scam Text Protection that uses AI to detect phishing text messages in real time and route them away from your inbox before you ever have to ...

A billion-dollar scam industry is getting exposed. The new Disney+ and Hulu special dives into the romance scam world and its growing use of AI. Emmy Award-winning journalist Mariana Van Zeller ...

Fraudulent texts peak around noon ET and are roughly 50% more common on Fridays than at the beginning of the week.Different ...

It seems that scammers are getting more elaborate to trick people out of their money every single day. From phishing emails to copycat websites, from romance scams to fake charities, there seems to be ...

Even when stolen money is found, some victims have found that getting it back can be another ordeal entirely.

A reporter who covers scams nearly fell victim to an imposter scam, but one key fact held him back. Experts comment on why ...

Every year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency tasked with protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices, receives millions of fraud reports from consumers. To help ...

Kris Sampson was working from home in Missoula, Montana, when her phone lit up with a call that appeared to come from her adult daughter. Sampson says the caller ID showed her name and photo, and the ...

Medicare and Social Security scams target older adults by impersonating trusted government programs and creating fear around benefits, medical coverage or legal trouble. The scam may arrive as a phone ...