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 ...

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

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

Monetary donations are the most effective way to help, and several reputable organizations are accepting funds.

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

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

Ticket scammers have conned Brits out of an average of £186 each, a study of 2,000 UK adults found, and a further 28% have ...

According to the cable sent to State Department staff, the imposter sought to manipulate officials with the “goal of gaining ...

Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who’s not very tech savy. She’s been deployed to take up phone scammers’ time — and collect information about new scams.

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