The cold-hearted world of scamming is big business. American consumers lost more than $12.5bn to cyber-fraud last year, ...

An annual report issued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released this week has revealed the top scams and losses ...

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating ...

The FTC reports a record $12.5 billion lost to scams in 2024, with investment fraud, job scams, and debt relief fraud topping the list.

The Social Security Administration is increasing its protection against fraud by eliminating the risk of fraud associated with changing bank account information by telephone, and requiring people ...

A new scam has hit Cherokee County, with people receiving phone calls that they've missed jury duty and they have to pay up. Cherokee County Sheriff Jason Chennault said this is the latest and most ...

In January, the FTC flagged a smishing scam: a message that appears to be from a state road toll company that informs ...

Social Security will no longer let people change bank information by phone, alleging the practice is behind direct deposit fraud.

A South Florida woman was arrested after trying to cash a check containing roughly $32,000 stolen from the victim of a “phone ...

Elon Musk backed off his reported plot to cut off phone service for the public to the Social Security Administration ...

“These scammers want to scare people into acting before thinking,” Sheriff Nick Cocchi said in a statement. Even if the caller ID appears to be from a legitimate agency, “it is likely spoofed using ...

The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month.