We obtained a cache of documents, a kind of money-laundering handbook, and spoke to nearly a half-dozen scammers and their launderers. The documents are not linked to any one scam or victim but reveal ...

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 ...

With 40 years of experience, Roddy has seen scams evolve from chain letters to elaborate Bitcoin schemes. “Scammers prey on fear and lack of tech knowledge,” Roddy said. “Always ask ...

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 ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Denver Field Office is warning that free websites used for converting or combining documents could be scams that steal personal information and download malware ...

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 ...

A victim of scammer Thomas Sfraga wears a shirt with Sfraga’s picture on it outside Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday, where Sfraga was sentenced to three years in prison. (John Annese / New ...

But there’s no such resort like that.) The actress also said that the clueless victims of the scam have been knocking on her gate since December last year, expecting that they have booked their much ...

The Federal Trade Commission issued a warning earlier this year letting smartphone users know they were being targeted in an unpaid tolls scam created by cybercriminals pretending to represent ...

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 ...

In an ongoing scam, more and more emails are being sent out from legitimate PayPal addresses with fake purchase notifications in an attempt to trick users into granting remote access to threat actors.