People say they don't want to be sad, but their online habits disagree. Content that channels sorrow for views has become a ...

Three Chicago-area residents were charged in connection with moving more than $3.5 million for an overseas-based romance scam ...

In 2015, the blogging site Tumblr launched a GIF discovery feature called Tumblr TV as an experimental product. Now, with the U.S. TikTok ban leaving the fate of the short-form video app uncertain ...

In a half-hour inaugural address, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump twisted some facts while painting the last few years ...

Scammers are posing as representatives of government agencies, tech support services, or trusted businesses to target ...

With all the uncertainty surrounding student loans, scammers are preying on individuals who are looking for lower payments or ...

The young man, who refers to himself as Beard, said he was then held captive and forced to scam people for a living. He worked alongside hundreds of others aiming to steal money in a ‘pig ...

Cryptocurrency scams are expected to become more sophisticated in 2025, leveraging AI-generated deepfakes, fake trading ...

The Global Anti-Scam Alliance, or GASA, reports that over $1.03 trillion was lost to scammers in 2024. Scammers almost always have the same goal—to get people’s personal information or money.

Police are advising citizens to be cautious of scams that target seniors as the financial crime unit continues to receive reports of scammers trying to defraud seniors of their money. In each ...

An attractive job posting. Scammers can worm their way into your world—and your money—in insidious ways. And today, even old scams are being given new life using technology that can make bogus ...

“Pig butchering” refers to several kinds of scams where perpetrators slowly and methodically gain their victims’ trust, then steal as much money from them as possible. The name comes from a ...