Every year, about 90% of consumers either fall for or encounter online scams. And while many consumers are sophisticated enough to avoid some of the most common scams, it doesn’t take much for a ...
Americans filed more than 1 million fraud complaints in 2025, with AI-powered fraud, crypto cons, and sextortion driving the ...
Romance scams targeting seniors generate over $1B in annual losses according to the FTC. Retirees are primary targets due to available funds and lower technological proficiency. The analyst who called ...
Bhubaneswar: Despite extensive awareness campaigns and intensified enforcement against online scammers, investment-related frauds continue unabated. What is more troubling is that in almost all cases, ...
I just got a wild scam email many people will fall for Posted: January 8, 2026 | Last updated: January 8, 2026 A new wave of blackmail scams is tricking victims with emails that include personal ...
You likely often receive scam texts, emails or phone calls from fraudsters trying to steal your money using their latest scheme. In fact, consumers are losing billions of dollars to scams every year.
Not all scams are created equally, and the ones people are most likely to fall for these days definitely feel different from those a few years ago, as comedian Jordan Davis and others discussed on ...
An internet scammer nearly took me for $155 this month. If it can happen to someone who routinely writes about scams, it can happen to anyone. The scam began with an email praising my first book, ...
There are internet scams, phone scams, door-to-door scams, and in-person scams. A new phone scam is making the rounds that ...