Your phone already has powerful spam protection tools—you just need to activate them. We show you how on iPhone and Android.

The caller ID said “Chase Bank,” and the man on the line said I might be a victim of fraud. His supervisor would explain. Credit...Jordan Speer Supported by By Michael Wilson “Please hold,” the caller ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ experiences with and views of online scams and attacks. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,397 adults from April 14 to 20, 2025.

Americans age 60 and older have lost more than $745 million to scams in the first three months of 2025, nearly $200 million more than at the same point last year, according to the Federal Trade ...

There’s a new PayPal phishing scam making the rounds, and it’s so convincing that even security-conscious users are getting caught in it. Unlike typical scams riddled with typos and fake domains, this ...

Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Federal Communications ...

As you gather all the last-minute holiday packages arriving at your doorstep, be careful about any that you didn't order or ones that don't have a return address and want you to scan a QR code: it ...

The holiday shopping season has been in full swing for the past couple of months. As we get closer to the festivities and gift giving, scammers are taking advantage of the increase in online shopping ...

Crypto scams are schemes where fraudsters trick you into giving up your cryptocurrency or personal information or encouraging you to invest in fake crypto projects for their own financial gain. Since ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story included data provided to USA TODAY that misstated the amount lost to scams globally last year. It was $1.026 billion. Scammers have ...

If you're a Gmail user (there are nearly 2 billion of us), you'll want to be aware of a new "super realistic AI scam." In a recent blog post, Microsoft solutions consultant Sam Mitrovic shared how he ...

If someone claiming to be a recruiter is texting you about a job offer, don't immediately jump at the opportunity. Bad actors are preying on victims in the midst of a highly competitive labor market ...