A scam called “pig butchering” gaining steam as a potent threat to Canadians almost lured this reporter — and it all started on Insight Timer, the meditation app.

Pig butchering has conned billions of dollars from victims worldwide. The New York Post recently reported that the Cambodian-based Huione Group gang has reaped over $4 billion between August 2021 and ...

Question: I’m trying to protect my parents from scammers - what are some scams targeting older people?Answer: Older adults are often a prime target for scammers, and it’s not just by chance. They tend ...

The multibillion-dollar scam known as “pig-butchering,” once treated as a consumer-fraud issue, has crossed a new threshold, prompting concerns over national security. In a podcast, Chainalysis head ...

As online scams grow more sophisticated, members of BOK Financial’s Fraud Risk Management team are getting creative to warn the public by dressing up as pigs for Halloween. Their goal is to spotlight ...

I just finished speaking to a room of 550 seniors. Two of them had already lost a staggering $600,000 to this scam. It’s heartbreaking. And it’s happening right now. If we don’t act, this could become ...

The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Many scams target older adults who may be more trusting and less familiar with technology. Red flags of a scam include urgent requests, demands for unusual payment methods, and poor grammar or ...