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

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 ...

When she resisted, the supervisor threatened Alice with a stun gun and “said that if she did not comply, he would lock her up ...

Regardless of whether it’s some fine Russian women dying to meet me or a rogue document for me to read from a mysterious ...

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

Lonely men in Europe and North America are being targeted by professional romance scammers in Southeast Asia. Using fake ...

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

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.

Did you hear about the woman who thought she was going out with Brad Pitt? That was them. In Nigeria, online romance scams ...

Leahy, a 28-year-old teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, recently lost $32,000 to scammers who tricked him into revealing sensitive financial information. I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for ...