A new sophisticated PayPal scam sends legitimate-looking emails from official PayPal addresses, using phone numbers instead ...

Just yesterday, and last week, and the week before that, I got text messages from USPS informing me I had a package that couldn’t be delivered due to an incomplete address. To fix it, all I needed to ...

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It's not your imagination. Scam calls and texts are skyrocketing. Here are the ones right now to watch out for.

If you're a scam victim and want to do everything you can to avoid becoming one again, there are several steps you can take. Get ID theft protection . Most scams are intended to steal your money.

If you get a package you are not expecting or you didn't order, don't scan the QR code, said the FTC in a blog post in 2023. "A scammer’s QR code could take you to a spoofed site that looks real ...

The Trump administration started to collect on defaulted student loans in May after pausing the repayments in 2020 during the ...

While most people are still marveling at AI-generated headshots or asking ChatGPT for birthday toast ideas, a quieter, more dangerous shift is underway. AI isn’t just helping the good guys move faster ...

Scams involving bogus job offers are becoming more and more common. To see what happens to victims of them, I answered a scam job text and tried to actually get the job. Here's what happened.

Job posting scams are more common than you think. Here are red flags to keep an eye out for. 02:34 If you're looking for work — or just a side-hustle to make some extra cash — think twice ...

The scam is called smishing. It’s the text version of a phishing ploy where a criminal gets your phone number and sends you a text purporting to be from a legitimate organization.