Lifeguard reports that AI-driven scams are rising rapidly, with billions lost annually. Consumers must stay vigilant against ...

From phishing emails to fake job offers, scammers don’t wait for midterms—new students are being targeted from day one.

What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite being from different walks of life, they have all fallen prey to various scams.

Emotional triggers: Be cautious if an email asks for account logins, upfront payments, or urges you to click on a suspicious link. Similarly, heaps of scams play on fear or urgency, such as miracle ...

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles scam example. U.S. consumers lost $470 million to text-messaging scams last year, and as they become more sophisticated, more people are likely to be victims. The ...

Whether you blame artificial intelligence or data breaches, most of us are receiving phishing emails and texts more often than before. At the same time, scam links are getting harder to spot, which is ...

Technology has supercharged age-old fraud. AI makes deception virtually indistinguishable from reality, crypto enables anonymous theft, and the remote-work era expands opportunities to trick people.

Respondents offered many good ideas: Try to recover the money. Focus on positive things in your life. Forgive yourself for ...

The Sacramento U.S. Attorney's Office has charged a man with wire and mail fraud in another example of the fraud that hit California's Employment Development Department during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Update Aug. 24, 11:40 pm UTC: This article has been updated to include more information and a statement from ASIC. Australia’s markets regulator is set to expand its campaign against online scams ...