Americans lost over $16B to scams in 2024 as social media–driven fraud surges. Explore FTC and FBI findings, Meta’s role, and ...

The rise of AI has helped scammers build intricate networks of fake news and investment advice — with the aim to swindle customers out of millions ...

“Message scam losses are on the rise,” is the headline in a recent edition of the AARP Bulletin. To be sure, in every single AARP publication as well as in Consumer Reports and other magazines, there ...

FBI investigation shuts down Indian call centers behind $48M in scams. Learn how social engineering, amygdala hijacks, ...

In my computer service business, we regularly get calls from users that have been scammed. Some have let a remote scammer onto their computer and get their data/passwords stolen, while some get taken ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nachiket Banwari, a Charlotte resident, was sentenced to serve more than two years in prison for participating in a tech scheme.

Bitcoin extortion emails claiming hackers stole your information are hitting thousands of inboxes daily, and experts are ...

SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection to computer scam targeting an elder victim. Avinash Chandreshbhai Patel,19, of Apex, is facing charges of attempted obtaining property ...

Authorities say a 20-year-old man accused of helping carry out a scam that cost an elderly woman $120,000 has been arrested after investigators tracked him using surveillance video, bank records and ...

Dear Almost, Your kids’ concerns are well-founded. Financial fraud is a massive and rapidly growing problem for older Americans. In 2024 alone, scams cost older adults an estimated $81.5 billion, ...