The due date for filing your taxes is looming, and as people begin to file, the scammers may follow. The Internal Revenue Service wants to ensure taxpayers know what to watch out for when ...

But there are several ways to protect yourself. Good morning. Scams, facilitated by better technology and perpetrated by criminal groups, are getting more complex and effective. Today we explain ...

When it comes to which scams consumers lost the most money to that's investment and imposter scams. Deborah Patterson is one of the latest victims. She was sitting in her Raleigh home doing some ...

Learn more. I recently fell victim to a sophisticated phone scam that used AI to clone the voice of a family member who was “in trouble” and needed immediate financial assistance (bail ...

She'd shared some personal information when she called. Was she being targeted by a banking scam? Burton reached a TD Bank customer service representative on Monday, who told her the message was ...

A new survey from Allstate Identity Protection reveals that nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) are worried cybercriminals could use their personal information to pocket their tax refund.

She recalled her financial adviser telling her, “Beth, I hate to be the one to tell you this, I think you’re in a romance scam.” At first, Hyland couldn’t believe it. “It shattered the ...

Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, including over $5.7 billion in investment scams alone, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Even as government agencies and nonprofits work to ...

Financial scams aren’t new, by any means, but they have recently accelerated in frequency, thanks in part to the COVID-19 ...

Phoney job ads sent via text and WhatsApp claim to offer lots of money to complete tasks in your own time. These scams are typically used by fraudsters to groom you into an elaborate scam. Recently, ...

In one swift strike, his entire digital footprint was laid bare. This wasn’t a lone case. Before Diwali, a wave of similar scams hit Gurgaon, targeting doctors. It started with one victim, but soon, ...