The heroes have their own AI-powered army. I met the people (and machines) beating the cybercriminals at their own game. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with ...

Fraudulent landline calls are declining as the technology fades, but scam calls to fixed lines still nab plenty of unsuspecting victims. And while seniors are often the target of scammers ...

The FTC released some startling new numbers for dollars lost to scams in 2024. Consumers are warned once again to watch out for those impersonating the Social Security Administration, the Internal ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Robocall and text scams are rampant, tricking more people out of more money than ever before, but one northeast Ohio resident is fighting back. Eastside Eddie, as he calls ...

One tax scam encourages people to create fake W-2 forms. Fake emails impersonate the IRS, state tax agencies, and software companies. Fraud has no season, but scammers know that the days leading ...

Authorities are warning about surge of scammers impersonating U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in central North Carolina. Granville County resident Faicia Elliott reached out to WRAL 5 On ...

A text message scam claiming that consumers owe money for fake, unpaid road tolls is continuing to proliferate across the U.S., and experts are warning recipients to exercise caution.

EXCLUSIVE: As romance scams are on the rise, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing new legislation aimed at holding accountable those who seek to defraud retirees and steal their hard ...

Arizonans, watch out for this text messaging scam that the FBI says is spreading across the United States. In a new warning from the FBI, scammers are targeting more states with new "smishing" or ...

More "smishing" scams surrounding North Carolina's toll payment program, NC Quick Pass, are apparently circulating throughout the state. Google searches for queries like "NC Quick Pass scams ...

Since Zelle launched in 2017, customers at three banks lost over $870 million to scams on the app, according to a lawsuit filed by the Consumers Financial Protection Bureau. To help stop the scams ...

By Tara Siegel Bernard This is the fifth installment in a series about sophisticated online scams targeting Americans, particularly older adults. They were conned by skilled online criminals into ...