Rose Okumura is a voice actor and a content creator. Now she's using her skills to turn to the tables on annoying telephone scammers. It's called scam baiting, which Collins English Dictionary defines ...

Scambaiting is when the target of a phone or online scam knowingly tries to waste a scammer's time. Scambaiting can frustrate scammers and prevent them from targeting others. A UK company has now ...

Scammers are getting smarter, but their favourite tricks still rely on old lies dressed up in new ways. These schemes are ...

Livestreamers who bait scammers find creative ways to waste their time. This makes for entertaining viewing. But as scams spike, one streamer,... The gentle voice of an elderly woman named Edna is ...

If you see a heart-wrenching post about a lost pet, a senior in need or a missing child on your Facebook feed, think twice before you share. It could be the setup for a bait-and-switch scam.

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Online users should beware of bait-and-switch posts while on social media. Bait-and-switch posts focus on issues that make an emotional appeal to you – such as an alert for missing ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Better Business Bureau are sounding the alarm on a growing Facebook scam that is deceiving users across the country, including right ...