The Federal Trade Commission says the scams start innocuously, often with a tailor-made text or WhatsApp message.

Alice’s hostile reaction wasn’t completely surprising to Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li and Mark Bo, the co-authors of “ Scam: ...

It starts with a call from someone claiming to be your bank. They know your name, your bank, even know your credit card number. There's been "unusual activity" on your account, they say - and they ...

Convergence scams, combining digital and real-world tactics, are increasingly threatening Australians. Scammers use stolen ...

Though, unfortunately, the world we live in is laden with scammers looking to take advantage of vulnerable people, knowing ...

In the tape, first obtained by the consumer news team at NBC affiliate KUSA in Denver, two people in the front seats of a car say a stranger on the phone scared them into buying stacks of gift cards ...

Monetary donations are the most effective way to help, and several reputable organizations are accepting funds.

Ticket scammers have conned Brits out of an average of £186 each, a study of 2,000 UK adults found, and a further 28% have ...

The Senior Resource Center for Douglas County is warning about scammers posing as someone with the center and claiming to be ...

Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who’s not very tech savy. She’s been deployed to take up phone scammers’ time — and collect information about new scams.