Convicted con artists reveal secrets to how they hook people. — -- It was 11 o’clock in the morning when Luann and Betty Ann’s world was shattered with a single phone call. “He says, ‘Do you have ...

Holiday travelers are warned to watch out for fake travel sites that steal cash and personal information. The BBB warns that packages you didn't order could show up at the door as part of a new scam ...

Spammers, scammers, and snake-oil peddlers are at an all-time high thanks to the internet. Scamming tactics are ever-changing and are becoming increasingly creative, making them hard for the average ...

I may be a tech reporter, but I am not tech savvy. Something breaks, I turn it off and back on, and then I give up. But even I was able to deepfake my own bank with relative ease. Generative AI has ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, online protection company McAfee is taking a major step forward in the fight against scams by introducing McAfee’s Scam Detector, a powerful new feature that ...

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Two men are facing charges after police say they scammed people in Prince George's County out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while posing as Federal Trade Commission (FTC) agents. According to ...

Over the past decade, organized crime gangs working out of Southeast Asia have scammed people out of billions of dollars. Operating giant scam compounds—where experts estimate around 200,000 victims ...