Australian and Philippine authorities have taken steps on Valentine’s Day to help would-be victims avoid hurting their ...
A total of 16 Isle of Man residents contacted an action fraud service to say they had been victims of a dating scam. Predatory dating scammers may have cost the British Isles public more than £400m in ...
Crime syndicates are now infiltrating call centers and posting job offers online to recruit potential victims for overseas scam hubs, where they face exploitation from their captors, according to the ...
The US marshals apprehended Mark Wills on Feb. 13 inside a shopping mall, with him was a backpack filled with $50,000 in cash, the DA said.
Valentine's Day scams are on the rise, especially on Facebook and Instagram, where fraudsters create fake profiles to trap ...
The rise of "pig butchering" scams and the increasing use of generative artificial intelligence likely lifted revenues from ...
A surge in police impersonation scams has been reported across Lafayette in recent weeks, with victims losing thousands of ...
Valentine's Day is over, but criminals are still looking to exploit people looking for love. These schemes are happening on dating apps, social media and increasingly with AI chatbots.
Crypto scam revenue is estimated to have hit record levels last year as cybercriminals leverage new technologies like AI and ...
Thousands of people are falling victim to a con that has become an intense focus of the FBI – cryptocurrency investment scams sometimes called “pig butchering.” ...
As more people go online to seek romantic relationships, and transferring money has gotten easier and less traceable, an ...
Crypto fraud revenue reached $9.9 billion in 2024, driven by pig butchering scams, generative AI, and crypto ATM exploitation.