The agency will move ahead with a much narrower revision eliminating direct deposit changes by phone amid DOGE fraud concerns ...

SSA officials were weighing eliminating telephone support for claims processing and direct-deposit account transactions.

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 ...

The Nevada State Police are warning residents about a phone scam in which an individual is using the Nevada Highway Patrol’s phone number to impersonate law enforcement and request personal ...

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

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office shared that a new phone scam is making its way across the county. Authorities say that ...