"I was in the middle of a busy day and clicked without thinking," Cory recalled. "My phone stopped working almost immediately." Cory had received a text that looked like it came from his phone carrier ...

A bipartisan bill pending in Congress would require social media platforms to first verify a company’s business credentials ...

Humans aren’t infallible, as much as we’d like to be. That includes security experts, as Troy Hunt revealed yesterday. Turns out, the legend behind HaveIBeenPwned (a site that lets you see which data ...

Phyllis Weisberg, 90, never thought she’d fall for a scam. Though widowed and living alone, she maintained robust social connections and confidently used her mobile phone and laptop computer to ...

Learner drivers are increasingly being scammed on social media by fraudsters offering driving lessons and tests that do not exist, a bank has warned. TSB said losses among learner drivers had more ...

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The job market was bruising in 2025. The start of 2026 doesn't look much better. Gold bars, crypto, and cash are fueling new scams. What to watch for.

The holiday season isn’t just about spreading cheer; scammers are spreading fear. The FTC reports consumers lost $12.5 billion to fraud last year, with more than 2.6 million reports filed. The top ...

Worldwide, nearly 1 in 4 people say they’ve been scammed online. One of the fastest growing, and most devastating, types is the romance scam, where fraudsters pretend to fall in love, then ask for ...