The 'scam economy' keeps growing, as fraudsters steal money through wire transfers, gift cards, payment apps and ...

Every year, the IRS publishes its “ Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, highlighting the most common schemes targeting taxpayers.

Philadelphia police have uncovered a growing ATM scam involving hidden “trap-door” devices that steal cash from unsuspecting ...

Scammers are using artificial intelligence to trick people looking for love this Valentine’s Day. Fraudsters are sending people AI-generated images, videos and voice messages over social media or ...

Tech support scams cost victims billions each year and often target the most vulnerable users. Scammers use fear and urgency ...

A service outage can leave people annoyed, distracted, and eager to close the loop. After Verizon’s Jan. 14, 2026 disruption, the company announced a one-time $20 account credit redeemed inside the ...

YOUR SIDE, CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS HOW THIS ONE WORKS. THIS IS ONE OF THE SCAMS THAT MAY DISAPPEAR FOR A WHILE, BUT THEN IT MAKES A COMEBACK. AND OVER THE PAST MONTH, THIS ONE HAS ...

Scammers are very convincing and often have your name and address, but there are ways to tell if the correspondence is fake.

Scams are becoming more realistic and scammers are more persistent. Gold courier scams are targeting your parents, your grandparents, and even you and people are losing hundreds of thousands, and even ...

A woman named Abigail believed she was in a romantic relationship with a famous actor. The messages felt real. The voice sounded right. The video looked authentic. And the love felt personal. By the ...

A man forced to work in a cryptocurrency scam compound in Laos secretly reached out to Andy Greenberg, a senior writer at Wired who covers cybersecurity. He wanted to leak documents and information ...