This means sensitive information, such as login credentials, payment details, and other private data, will now be ...

It is open enrollment season for Medicare and coverage under the Affordable Care Act and scammers hope you'll find them ...

Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it ...

One of the scammers, a woman posing as an FBI courier, drove to the victim’s home Tuesday in a silver Toyota and picked up ...

A multinational crypto scam network targeted investors twice, first through fake investment platforms and later through ...

The best way to reduce your digital exposure and minimize your risk of fraud is to be proactive and clean up your digital footprint before identity theft occurs. Phishing is the act of sending out ...

Scammers have a sneaky way to steal the login codes that protect your bank and email accounts. Google says Android is about ...

Scammers operate everywhere—job recruitment sites, across social media, on dating apps and in your text messages. Arguably the most hurtful and damaging of these scams is romance scams, where the ...

Meta platforms, alongside Telegram, are among the growing number of sites used as a form of contact in 45% of scams. Scams and cybercrimes have continued their upward trajectory in Singapore, with ...

Scammers are always looking for new ways to target vulnerable people. Now they're taking to the skies. The scammers are now lurking on social media, looking for posts from upset travelers dealing with ...

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Journalist Carlos Barragán tells Reema Khrais what drives Nigeria’s “Yahoo Boys” to crime and how they profit from loneliness. Reporter Carlos Barragan spent years getting to know some of these young ...