"I don't use Facebook. I don't even have an email. How could scammers possibly know anything about me?" That's the question I hear from people over 60 all the time. If you assume that by staying off ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...

You're sipping your morning coffee when your phone rings. It's a number you don't recognize. On the other end is someone claiming to be from your bank, asking you to "confirm a recent charge." Sound ...

Across the country, scammers continue to find success — particularly with older residents and their families — with a seemingly endless supply of techniques for separating people from their ...

Everywhere you look there's a potential scam waiting to happen. Look no further than your inbox, CNET survey finds. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The holiday season isn’t just a busy time for shoppers; it’s prime time for scammers. According to McAfee Labs, one in three Americans has fallen victim to an online scam ...

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If you're one of the thousands of good Samaritans looking to pitch in and make a donation to help victims of the recent Southern California wildfires, be careful: scammers are already trying to take ...

A Reuters investigation examines its tactics, including efforts to make scam ads “not findable” when authorities search for ...