The Family Service Agency, Community Bank of Santa Maria, and Santa Maria Police Department held a fraud awareness and ...

Last week, an elderly Green Valley woman came dangerously close to losing $20,000 after falling victim to scammers for the ...

When you’re being gaslit by a scammer, it doesn’t play out like a docuseries. There’s no ominous score or dramatic reveal, but instead, a slow descent into confusion. It begins with love-bombing ...

A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 was sentenced to another ...

Short for “SMS phishing”—cyberattacks that arrive via text message— smishing refers to a particular type of spam message that ...

Learn how the same mechanisms that allow online scammers to exploit users for profit also underlie troubling threats like ...

INDIANA, USA — On Wednesday, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) issued a warning to the public about a new texting scam going around. The new text message scams "strongly mimic" the BMV's ...

Meeting someone online is easier than ever these days. But with the advent of AI and the profusion of scams, it is also harder than ever to know whether that special someone is actually who they say ...

It starts with something small, a text that feels oddly familiar. Maybe it says, "Hey, how are you?" or "Are you coming to the BBQ?" Before you know it, you're in a friendly back-and-forth with ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Better Business Bureau is warning about an increasing number of reports of the “ghost tapping” scam. The scam targets tap-to-pay credit cards and mobile wallets. The BBB said the ...

The United States, Britain and South Korea have joined a crackdown on groups running frauds from Southeast Asia. They have their work cut out. By Francesca Regalado Francesca Regalado has reported on ...