The Securities and Exchange Commission is scaling back its unit that deals with cryptocurrency enforcement. Scams using the ...

Spokeo explains how catfishing + phishing leads to catphishing, which happens when the grift goes from messing with your ...

EXCLUSIVE: As romance scams are on the rise, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing new legislation aimed at holding accountable those who seek to defraud retirees and steal their hard ...

Online marketplaces like Face Marketplace, Facebook community buy and sell sites, Kijiji and eBay have made it more convenient to shop for bargains, but they have also made it easier to become a ...

Dating websites, apps and social media have made it easier than ever to meet someone special online. While millions use these platforms to find love, scammers often lurk behind fake dating ...

Hello, is this Marta?” The man on the phone had an accent that was hard to place, but his English was clear and direct. He introduced himself as Nick. As you might expect of someone in her 80s ...

“This is technically a romance scam, but this is a romance scam on steroids,” Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas division, said in a news conference Friday.

A pig butchering scam is a type of long-term scam, which usually but not always combines the various forms of romance scams and investment frauds, in which the victim is gradually lured into ...

Journey with us to Myanmar’s shadowy scam factories, where trafficked workers are forced to run romance-baiting and fake tech ...