Imagine this: a sweet, polite “grandma” answering a scammer’s call and keeping them occupied for over an hour. She listens patiently, asks endless questions, and shares stories about her ...

She emailed us saying that her elderly mother, a former bookkeeper and a sharp, independent woman, fell victim to an elaborate scam that drained her life savings and exploited her trust.

Just as you're ready to mingle and jingle, it's time for a warning about how a holiday-themed TikTok or Facebook reel that you post now could end up being used by scammers with AI-cloning tools to ...

Warning signs include unrealistic promises, lack of transparency and sudden price surges. Scammers exploit platform vulnerabilities, including weak security features, insufficient monitoring and ...

Johnny Depp is warning fans to watch out for online scammers. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, 61, said in an Instagram post on Monday that scammers have been "intensifying their efforts to ...

Text message scammers blasting out bogus job offers swindled several people out of $2.2M in crypto bucks, the New York attorney general alleged Thursday. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General ...

The fine folks at the FBI’s crime division say teens lost 2,500% more money to scams over a recent five-year stretch. Compare that to an 805% increase for seniors, which is still not great ...

While 2024 provided us with rare glimpses of deepfakes, voice clones, and AI-generated phishing scams, it was merely “training wheels” for fraudsters as they tested the waters. It’s 2025 ...

Hari Ravichadran, founder and CEO of the online safety product Aura, recently got a front-row seat to a sophisticated scam designed to turn him into a victim of fraud. He and his team are ...

But with that comes scammers who are looking for their piece of the pie, tricking consumers into fraudulent purchases or gaining access to their funds. Fraudsters are hoping consumers are busy ...

It’s easy to see that it’s a scam, but exactly what kind of scam? What are the scammers after? Other job scams are more sophisticated and might be harder to detect, especially if you are ...

SINGAPORE – A woman lost most of her savings after she believed a scammer’s lie that she had mistakenly bought insurance coverage from WeChat and paid $67,500, hoping to cancel the policy.