WeWork began as a flexible, community-driven idea in the form of workspaces for a new generation of freelancers and start-ups ...

Next time you're on social media consider this: one study evaluating influencer posts on Instagram found that 86 percent of nutrition content didn’t cite any scientific sources—and other research ...

A bizarre scam involving what could be a fake website is hurting customers and making a central Florida business look bad. At least two people lost more than $20,000 in this scam. It involves a ...

About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

In addition to creating hardship for hundreds of thousands of people, the government shutdown is also creating opportunities for scammers looking to cash in on the crisis. As scams start appearing, ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — While temperatures across Chicagoland remain summer-like, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning homeowners not to fall for some seasonal scams during the months of autumn. “Fall ...

Americans receive fraudulent or scam messages twice as much as other countries, according to new research. A poll of 10,500 adults from around the world found that the average American navigates an ...

The next version of Apple’s top-of-the-line tablet, the M5 iPad Pro, has been rumored to make its debut this fall–and since it’s now the fall season (at least in the northern hemisphere), it could ...

Lana Swartz, a media studies professor in the University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Sciences, studies the intersection of AI and fraud, and how you can protect yourself. She recently chatted with ...

When a seemingly legitimate check, accompanied by a letter with an offer that seemed too good to be true, appeared in an NBC Chicago employee's mailbox, she turned to NBC 5 Responds for help. The ...

Phishing is a major and growing threat to businesses. But phishing awareness training has a minimal success rate. Researchers urge organizations to invest in countermeasures. A new study has confirmed ...

Mamello Thinyane receives funding from Optus and CSIRO. In 2024, more than A$2.03 billion was lost to scams in Australia across 494,732 reported cases. Most of these scams were enabled by technology, ...