Americans lost over $16B to scams in 2024 as social media–driven fraud surges. Explore FTC and FBI findings, Meta’s role, and ...

Robocalls, texts, and phishing emails from scammers are up this tax season compared to previous years, with artificial ...

Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these ...

Scam call centers often rely on fear tactics, pretending to be companies like Microsoft or Norton to trick victims into ...

Online scammers often rely on remote access tools to take control of their victims’ computers. In this case, a group of PayPal scammers believed they had found another easy target. But once they ...

PALM COAST, Fla. (WFLA) — A 20-year-old man met an elderly Palm Coast woman in parking lots to carry out a scheme that cost ...

Meta is introducing new anti-scam protections across its platforms, deploying systems and user-facing warnings to protect users against scammers.

Scams are rampant these days and scammers are getting slicker. You might think you’re not susceptible to scams, but be aware ...

An Iowa pharmacist imprisoned for his role in a million-dollar scheme to defraud retailers will be allowed to keep his pharmacist’s license.

A Buford man was denied bond last week as he awaits trial after being accused of targeting professional athletes in a two-pronged scheme and sex-trafficking a woman in the process, all while in ...

The caller claimed her computer and bank accounts had been hacked and instructed her to withdraw roughly $60,000 from her ...