Medicare and Social Security scams use spoofed caller ID, AI-cloned voices and urgent threats to trick older adults into ...

Crooks are always looking for ways to use new technologies to commit crimes. A consumer expert says artificial intelligence ...

As many students begin or return to college and vocational or graduate school programs, the New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is sharing targeted scam prevention and ...

Scammers use the internet to steal personal information through phishing attempts disguised as messages from trusted sources. A simple way to protect yourself is to stop, look, and think before ...

Households trying to buy air conditioning are being targeted by scammers offering sub-par products ...

A woman agreed to a small donation from two men outside a Walmart and instead fell victim to a scam called “ghost tapping.” ...

I’ve noticed an uptick in scam emails that get past Gmail’s spam filters over the past few years. As an author, the emails I get are usually from so-called book clubs, filled with empty praise for my ...

FBI real estate fraud complaints jumped from 9,359 in 2024 to 12,368 in 2025 as fake rental listing scams grow more convincing with stolen photos.

Most people don’t think they’ll fall for a financial scam. After all, scams seem obvious when you’re reading about them in ...

Having covered consumer scams for decades, I knew within 30 seconds that she had fallen prey to an impostor scam. In these ...

The nonprofit says fraudsters are posing as its staff and government agencies to pressure immigrants into sending money or sharing sensitive personal information.

AI scams are on the rise, and with recent scams in which a Palm Desert man learned about his own funeral and another in which the caller impersonated Palm Springs police officers for extortion, law ...