Mortgage fraud happens when someone omits or falsifies information in connection with the process of buying a house. This can be from predatory lenders trying to defraud borrowers or from borrowers ...

Texting and messaging scam attempts have increased by 50 percent in the past year, with young adults experiencing the sharpest rise of any age group. That’s one of several important findings in the ...

Scammers are exploiting the Israel/U.S.-Iran conflict with offers of huge payments in return for help with stranded veterans ...

Wealthy older investors are being targeted by scammers pushing fake luxury wine investments, with experts warning of the dangers as one recent operation defrauded pensioners out of a total of £6 ...

WASHINGTON — Lottery officials are warning of scammers who are impersonating Mega Millions online to promote a fake “special drawing.” One current scam example claims to be promoting a $5 billion ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court said the regulator has beefed up its scam enforcement to include monitoring social media ads. Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more ...

Generative AI is making old scams feel new again — not by inventing brand-new crimes, but by smoothing out the parts that used to trip criminals up. When messages are fluent, confident, and tailored, ...

Millions of Self Assessment taxpayers are being warned to stay alert against potential scams. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has cautioned that fraudsters often impersonate HMRC, luring individuals ...