Online information safety concept. Increasing the quantity of fraud issues. The word Fraud against going up red chart graph. 3D illustration about hacker attacks. American consumers face mounting ...

TULSA, Okla. — New Federal Trade Commission data shows consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, which represents a 25% increase over the prior year. Scammers reaching out ...

President-elect Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, filed Monday, relies on an Iowa consumer protection law to stake out claims related to the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - “Fraud is hitting everybody. It doesn’t just focus on older adults like we used to assume,” Kathy Stokes, AARP director of fraud prevention programs, said. A new fraud report ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The rise was not driven by an increase in fraud reports, which ...

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and fraud. Add a new certainty for 2025: A new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Whoever the new director is (I’m willing to ...

The Justice Department is planning to dissolve its Consumer Protection Branch, a part of the Civil Division that prosecutes cases involving tobacco marketing, fraud against seniors and service members ...

Mortgage fraud happens when someone omits or falsifies information in connection with the process of buying a house. This can be from predatory lenders trying to defraud borrowers or from borrowers ...

A new study says digital ad fraud has tripled in sophistication, with as much as 45% of seemingly valid programmatic traffic ...