Residents in Lakewood Ranch have reported a check-washing scam as bank accounts are drained. The U.S. Postal Inspector said an investigator is looking into mail theft in Lakewood Ranch, while the ...

A polished seal, a familiar logo, and a web address that looks almost perfect. That’s all it takes to trick someone into ...

From phishing emails to bogus tax credits, the IRS warns that scammers keep changing tactics. Here’s what you should know about the most common tax scams now.

Fraudsters are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads, and reaching out to companies. Here's what we're doing ...

IRS tax scam calls are on the rise. Learn how to identify fake calls about back taxes and what to do if you get one.

Americans lost at least $16.6 billion to scams in 2024, according to the FBI, and the real number is almost certainly far ...

Africa Check exposed over 20 online scams in Nigeria where fraudsters used AI deepfakes, cloned bank sites and fake relief offers to steal money and data.

Sumner County prosecutors said a convicted fraudster will spend the next 15 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction ...

More people are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT to ask a simple question: “Is this legitimate?” To help answer that question, Norton, part of Gen (NASDAQ: GEN), has launched the Genie assistant, its ...

Consumer protection experts warn that legal data collection by brokers poses greater privacy threats than traditional scams, ...

An 89-year-old Las Vegas Vietnam veteran says a phone call he thought would bring a windfall instead wiped out roughly $180,000 of his savings. Scammers convinced him he had hit a massive sweepstakes ...