The Jones County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers posing as law enforcement threaten ...

Scam-related losses reported by North Carolina consumers topped $1 billion over five years, according to an analysis of ...

Social Security scammers are targeting the 2027 COLA with promises of bigger checks. Here's how to spot fake benefit increases.

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This sneaky, insidious act tricks you into sharing personal information — and it's all too easy to fall for. Here's how to spot it.

Google Chrome is adding a new Suspicious sites warning that can flag questionable websites before Safe Browsing is confident ...

Internet scams are not new, but they are changing as technology evolves. Advances in artificial intelligence have made scams easier to perpetrate and harder to spot. Whatever method scammers use, the ...

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 FBI calls this type of scheme a money mule scam, in which criminals try to get people to move money through bank accounts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. This first scam is pernicious because it’s a crude example of ...

During the Christmas and New Year season, email inboxes were flooded with invitations, marking a time of joy and celebration. However, amid the cheerful greetings, a new threat emerged–an Evite scam.

Scam callers are impersonating the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, authorities warn.