More people than ever are trying to find romance online these days. But scammers are increasingly using those dating apps to ...

Both types of scams involve financial grooming, where the scammer builds a relationship with the victim before perpetrating the scam. Financial grooming scams are often complex and devastating for ...

A Colorado nonprofit organization is recovering after a scam drained $60,000 from the organization's bank account.

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

It covers romance scams, where criminals work to gain a victim’s trust or love over time. Grandparent scams, where criminals impersonate a grandchild or other close relative in a crisis.

The death of a 24-year-old cosplay influencer has triggered an outpouring grief from mainland Chinese internet users who sympathised with her strained financial situation and her suffering from ...

Online scams are rising in the U.S., with fraudsters targeting victims through social media. One of the latest cases involves a 63-year-old woman from Los Angeles, Guadalupe Cepeda, who was ...

In a new warning, the FBI says scammers are moving state to state with new "smishing" or "spoofing" text messages that claim the recipient owes money for unpaid tolls with common phrases noted ...

Never click on the link in the message. There are some things you can do to help identify whether someone is trying to scam you. Annoyed by text messages showing up on your phone warning you about ...

Smishing is a type of phishing scam that works through text messages. The name comes from a mix of "SMS" and "phishing," since scammers use fake messages to trick people into giving away personal ...

An 86-year-old woman from Mumbai was duped of Rs 20.25 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam running from December 2024 to March 2025. Scammers posing as police officers coerced her into transferring ...