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 ...

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, ...

*** new scam is sweeping the country. The Better Business Bureau says it's received more than 800 reports in less than 2 months. Here's *** real message one person received. Hey, it's Dan from My ...

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 ...

Advanced phishing attacks now target crypto wallets and exchange accounts using sophisticated tactics that exploit user trust to steal private keys or login credentials. To carry out advanced phishing ...

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 ...

Grieving the loss of a loved one is hard enough, and families are lucky if they're able to prepare in advance for the worst. What most families aren't prepared for, though, are the predatory calls 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 ...

AMSTERDAM — A New Jersey man has been arrested, accused in a scam involving threats of arrest unless the target pays money. Shubh Patel, 23, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was charged with one count of ...

Lana Swartz, a media studies professor in the University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Sciences, studies the intersection of AI and fraud, and how you can protect yourself. She recently chatted with ...

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 ...

You're checking your financial account online, moving money or paying bills, when suddenly a pop-up appears. It looks exactly like your bank's page, complete with logo and branding, but asks for ...