BREVARD COUNTY, Fla — 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 ...

Online scams are evolving fast, but the tricks behind them are surprisingly predictable once you know what to look for. I ...

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 ...

Scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and can target anyone, regardless of intelligence. Smart people can fall prey to scams due to cognitive biases such as confirmation bias, authority bias, ...

WXIN/WTTV – According to the newly-formed National Task Force on Fraud and Scam Prevention, Americans are losing $158 billion a year to scams and fraud, claiming about 57,000 new victims every day. So ...

While scam artists target anyone and everyone they can if they believe there's a potential for a payoff, they sadly most often focus heavily on senior citizens. Why? That's because many retirees have ...

Millennials like to think we're pretty immune to the scams our boomer and Gen Z family and friends seem to fall for, but when Reddit user d_rek asked fellow millennials what scams this generation ...

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 simple act of answering a telephone call recently lured two Athens residents into scams that cost them thousands. One scam is common and notoriously successful in that the caller convinces people ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — As rental scams go, it’s common for homes on the market to be targeted by a variety of get-rich-quick schemes. The lack of affordable housing is among the drivers that lead people to ...

Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and Johnny Depp have also warned fans of impersonators using their likenesses and names to scam people in recent months Jon Kopaloff/Getty Helen Mirren took to Instagram to ...