Damages from special fraud cases, as well as investment frauds and romance scams on social media, totaled approximately 200 ...

The 'scam economy' keeps growing, as fraudsters steal money through wire transfers, gift cards, payment apps and cryptocurrency.

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Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $700 million to online scams in 2024, marking a sharp rise in fraud targeting seniors, according to the Federal Trade Commission. This figure, presented ...

Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, an anti-scam tech firm said, before authorities stepped up a crackdown on ...

Bitcoin OG Junseth from Bitcoin Uncensored exposes crypto phone scammers by recording conversations with young thieves who target Bitcoin holders, revealing their psychology and methods while ...

While financial scams have always been around, the variety of schemes that scammers employ to steal money are easily proliferated these days with the internet, social media, AI and crypto. Frauds and ...

Middle-aged men and women are falling for AI-driven dating scams in record numbers, police figures suggest. Romance fraudsters are using AI technology to create fake profiles on d ...

The United Kingdom has sentenced a Chinese woman to 11 years and eight months in prison for a years-long scheme to launder investment scam proceeds into Bitcoin, luxury property, and other assets now ...

From bizarre threats to laugh-out-loud lies, these scam calls went off the rails fast. It’s both shocking and strangely entertaining. Trump signs order to reclassify marijuana as Schedule III drug ...