More than 30 defendants have been charged in a $65 million multinational fraud and money laundering scheme targeting elders ...

YouTubers who bait scammers for content have been credited by federal prosecutors after helping crack a $65M fraud ring that ...

Victims mailed their packages to short-term rentals, which prosecutors say allowed conspirators to quickly relocate and ...

A Victorian man has triumphed over a major Australian bank, which has been ordered to pay back $70,000 after he fell victim ...

A scammer thought he was using a clean laptop. What he didn’t know was that the computer already belonged to another scammer—and it was still compromised. The moment he connected, everything started ...

This started as a normal refund scam call… until the scammer completely lost control. What begins with fake Norton charges quickly spirals into screaming, threats, and challenges to meet in person.

Someone you love could be standing at a bank counter right now, ready to wire money to a stranger. The voice in their ear may sound calm, official and urgent. Yet it could belong to a professional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk answered a call from an unfamiliar number last week and found herself inside ...

Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk answered a call from an unfamiliar number last week and found herself inside a jury-duty scam that sounded personal, urgent, and carefully staged. The caller told Burk an ...

Scams are more advanced than ever, in large part thanks to AI. But there are still ways to identify them. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of ...

In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that criminals are using couriers to collect money from victims of cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as pig butchering or romance ...