The fake listings were part of a scam that used the old bait-and-switch tactic to prey on people - and there may be more ...

A small business owner flagged a possible impersonator on Google Maps. Google's investigation found it was just the tip of ...

Google said in a new complaint that a network of scammers created fake businesses on Google Maps to collect and then sell ...

Google is suing a network of scammers who manipulated Google Maps by faking or hijacking about 10,000 business listings to ...

Fntastic, the creator of infamous survival game The Day Before, is allegedly suing a publication who called its 2023 shooter ...

The scam became widespread in Nigeria in the 1980s and 1990s, when email became a popular communication tool. Scammers quickly realised they could reach millions of people around the world without ...

For as long as people have had access to the internet, people have been sending scam emails. Maybe, in the early days of the world wide web, you received a few of them yourself – poorly worded ...

Google has stopped a network of scammers who were creating fraudulent business profiles to take advantage of users.

Google is suing a man it says was part of a scam network creating fake businesses on Google Maps. The network allegedly collected and sold the personal data of users who contacted those businesses.

Hello, is this Marta?” The man on the phone had an accent that was hard to place, but his English was clear and direct. He introduced himself as Nick. As you might expect of someone in her 80s ...