Text scams hit a record $470 million in losses in 2024, with delivery, job and toll scams accounting for the biggest share.

Consumers lost $66 million to crypto ATM fraud in the first six months of 2024, the Federal Trade Commission said. The money often cannot be recovered.

In March, the EFCC warned on the activities of about 58 illegal Ponzi scheme operators in the country. It said these ...

The advice claims that in order to trick unwary people, fraudsters are exploiting phony websites, false social media profiles ...

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission reveals a staggering $470 million in consumer losses from text message scams in 2024, which is nearly five times the amount reported in 2020 despite a ...

President Donald Trump's second administration has not been lacking in scandal. One of the largest incidents recently ...

As expected, the internet at large had some very entertaining and insightful reactions to the news, including the return of Channing Tatum's Gambit and other X-Men to this big movie that will see ...

Leading the list of policy violations were ads related to financial services, followed by trademark infringements, abuse of ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft published its Cyber Signals report titled 'AI-Driven Deception: Emerging Fraud Threats and ...

Key takeaways Scammers are increasingly using text messages for fraud (smishing): As technology has evolved, so have scams — moving from phone cal ...

A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds months earlier but remain ...