These tricks have become more convincing every year, and millions of people fall for them. Learning how to avoid scams is not ...

In recent years, financial scams have grown at an alarming rate in the United States. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in 2024 alone, there were more than 2.6 million reports of fraud ...

FRIEDENSBURG — The head of the Senior Protection Unit in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office offered advice on how to avoid being victimized by scams during a seminar Thursday in St. John’s ...

Experts say voice cloning and AI video are making scams harder to detect. Learn more about a free seminar for seniors and ...

With any innovation comes risk, but those risks can be managed with the right precautions. Protecting yourself online is just as important in your crypto wallet as it is in your email inbox or your ...

If you get a text claiming to be from your bank, especially one asking you to act fast, it might be a scam. Chase customers are among the latest targets in a phishing campaign using fake alerts to ...

How to recognize the latest scams. March 19, 2012 — -- I have some con artists to thank for today's column. Yes, you heard that right. This week's topic arrived by mail -- in the form of a ...

“We can work together to be smarter than the scammers,” emcee and Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, told a capacity crowd at Immanuel Living ready to learn about scams — and how to avoid them.

FARGO — Hundreds of older adults gathered at the Fargodome on Tuesday for Fraud Fest, an event hosted by AARP to help seniors protect themselves from scams. The program featured a former San Diego ...

Artificial intelligence is making scams easier to create and harder to spot. From deepfake videos and phone calls, scams now ...

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!" From phone calls to emails and text messages, scams show up in many ways.