The accused used advanced digital techniques to steal sensitive banking information, leading to widespread financial fraud, he said. "The gang targeted people by impersonating representatives of a ...

There are several types of Social Security fraud, including claiming benefits on another person's behalf. One of the most common types of fraud involves impersonating government officials to gain ...

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump said they have uncovered massive “fraud” in the federal government. During Oval Office remarks Feb. 11, Trump said that their efforts to cut spending ...

Since then, the texts have only proliferated. Law enforcement agencies across the country have posted repeated warnings about the scam. It's a relatively easy one to spot, however, because most ...

The death of a 24-year-old cosplay influencer has triggered an outpouring grief from mainland Chinese internet users who sympathised with her strained financial situation and her suffering from ...

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 ...

As technology consistently progresses, detecting and preventing deepfake fraud has become a major challenge. In 2024, fraudsters employed deepfake technology to impersonate a company's chief ...

Last year, it suddenly fell to me to manage the affairs of a couple of ailing and now deceased elderly people (my parents-in-law). As anyone who has been through this ordeal knows, it involves ...

A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing. By Hannah Beech Hannah Beech reported from Mae Sot, Thailand ...

One scam in Canada involves creating fake co-worker email addresses (based on targets’ contacts and email threads) and asking for banking information for, say, an expense reimbursement or a ...

Scam Factories is a special multimedia and podcast series by The Conversation that explores the inner workings of Southeast Asia’s brutal scam compounds. People around the globe are swindled out ...

By the time the board members gathered, it was clear that Heartland was caught up in some sort of financial scam, a sophisticated grift that delivered its assets into the clutches of an overseas ...