In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...

Identity theft has become extremely common, where different types including business impersonation, criminal identity theft ...

American consumers lost more than $12 billion to fraud and scams in 2025. Financial scams are everywhere these days, and unfortunately, they’re not always easy to identify. On top of that, some ...

Online scams are an ever-present threat, costing Americans nearly $119 billion a year. It’s not just happening on the internet either. Robocalls and text scams hit a six-year high in 2025. Now, with ...

OS 27 adds ‘Impersonation Risk Detection’ to help protect against scams, but it’s off by default. Here’s how to enable it.

Pig butchering, address poisoning and AI deepfakes are just a few of the tricks scammers have up their sleeves.

If you see an ad for extremely discounted Halloween costumes, beware! BBB Scam Tracker has received a few reports of phony websites offering deals that are too good to be true or fake coupons sent via ...

A chilling new scam uses AI to clone your child's voice, tricking parents into paying ransom. Here's how the horror unfolds—and how to avoid it. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, ...

EASTON — The Easton Police Department hosted a fraud and scam prevention session Wednesday, teaching residents about different types of scams and how to avoid them. Dozens of residents gathered at ...

Attendees should be cautious of scams involving fake tickets, especially when purchasing secondhand. Churchill Downs has a strict "no reentry" policy, so used tickets or wristbands will not grant ...